SAA 05 055 (P334528)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 05 055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334528 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative Letter |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the ki]ng, [my] lord, [your servant] Aššur-dur-paniya. [Good] health to the king, [my] lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | My [sco]uts in the m[ountain] have captured an informer [who] was g[oing from A]rgistiani t[o Ar]iye, over the mountain. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | [I as]ked him about [the ne]ws of the Ura[rṭian], and he informed me: |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | "The [...]tinaean(s) [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [has n]ot [yet] come out [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL\p⸣ be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka] {1}aš-šur—BAD₃\p—IGI-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 3 | [lu-u] ⸢šul⸣-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 4 | {[lu₂}da-a].a-li-ia ša\yd ina ŠA₃ ⸢KUR⸣-[i] | |
| 5 | [šu]-⸢nu⸣-u-ni {lu₂p}EME šu-[u₂ ša] | |
| 6 | [TA@v\m {uru]}⸢ir⸣-gi-is-ti\t-a-ni a-⸢na⸣ [x x] | |
| 7 | {1}[a]-⸢ri⸣-e a-na KUR-i ⸢il⸣-[lik-u-ni] | |
| 8 | {lu₂}⸢da⸣-a.a-li\p-ia iṣ-ṣab-[tu-ni-šu₂] | |
| 9 | a-sa-⸢ʾa⸣-al-šu₂ mu-ku mi-[i-nu] | |
| 10 | ⸢ṭe₃-e⸣-mu ša {kur}⸢URI⸣-[a.a] | |
| 11 | ma-⸢a⸣ {[kur]}⸢e⸣-ti\t-na-a.a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12 | ma-⸢a⸣ [x] ⸢il⸣ <$x$> is-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 13 | ma-⸢a⸣ [x] ⸢la⸣-a u₂\m-ṣa ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 14 | it-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣ gam ša₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | mi-mi-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢it-x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢ID₂⸣ [x x] ⸢pa⸣-an [x x x x] | |
| 6' | {1}qa-[x x x] ri ⸢ri⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | i—da\d-at i—da\d-at am-⸢mu⸣-[ti x x x x] | |
| 8' | {1}⸢x x⸣ ul ⸢la⸣ a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢x x⸣ ib šu₂-u [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | giš-ri ih-[x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ⸢it⸣-ta-lak [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x]+⸢x⸣ ik\d ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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