SAA 17 142 (P334701)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 17 142 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334701 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:14] o 1'1'– | Let the vizier send a bribe to the governor that he should deport them. The messengers of the Puqudeans, who live in the Qatannu marsh, go daily to the son of Yakin. The vizier may also write to the governor that he should lead Sagibi-ilu, the Amukanean who lives in Bit-re'î, to them. If he delivers them into the hands of the vizier, my lord, he is a servant of the vizier. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | If, (on the other hand), he does not deliver them into the hands of my lord, then my lord may know that his heart is not with my lord. |
| Reverse [4:13] r 55–r 1313 | As to my lord's sending Ṣalamu to Nabû-ušabši, I have seized Nabû-ušabši and am herewith sending him to the vizier, my lord. The vizier, my lord, may do as he wishes. He is [a ser]vant of the vizier, my lord; he prays daily to Bel and Nabû for the good health of the vizier, my lord. |
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' | ṭa-a-⸢ti⸣ {lu₂}⸢SUKKAL⸣ [a]-na {lu₂}[EN.NAM] | |
| 2' | liš-pur-ma li-⸢is-suh⸣-šu₂-nu-tu₂ | |
| 3' | {lu₂}pu-qu-da-a.a ša₂ ina AMBAR qa-tan-nu | |
| 4' | aš₂-bu UD-mu-us-su {lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu {lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 5' | a-na pa-an DUMU—{1}ia-ki-ni il-la-ku | |
| 6' | {lu₂}SUKKAL a-na {lu₂}EN.NAM liš-pur-ma | |
| 7' | {1}sa₁₆-gi-bi—DINGIR {lu₂}am-ka-nu-u₂-a | |
| 8' | ša₂ ina E₂—{lu₂}SIPA-i aš₂-bu | |
| 9' | šu₂-u₂ a-na UGU-[hi]-šu₂-nu | |
| 10' | li-ir-di-iš ki-i | |
| 11' | ina ŠU.2 {lu₂}SUKKAL be-li₂-ia₂ in-da-ni-šu₂-nu-tu₂ | |
| 12' | ARAD ša₂ {lu₂}SUKKAL šu₂-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ ki-i ina ŠU.2 be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2 | la in-da-ni-šu₂-nu-tu₂ | |
| 3 | be-li₂ lu-u₂ i-di ki-i ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ul it-ti be-li₂-ia₂ šu₂-u₂ | |
| 5 | ša₂ be-li₂ {1}ṣa-la-mu a-na {1}{d}AG—GAL₂-ši | |
| 6 | iš-pur {1}{d}AG—GAL₂-ši ki-i aṣ-bat | |
| 7 | a-na {lu₂}SUKKAL be-li₂-ia₂ al-tap-ra | |
| 8 | ap—pi ap—pi ša₂ {lu₂}SUKKAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 9 | ha-du-u₂ li-pu-uš | |
| 10 | ⸢ARAD⸣ ša₂ {lu₂}SUKKAL be-li₂-ia₂ šu₂-u₂ | |
| 11 | [UD]-⸢mu⸣-us-su a-na TIN ZI-MEŠ | |
| 12 | a-⸢na⸣ {lu₂}⸢SUKKAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ {d}EN u {d}AG | |
| 13 | [u₂-ṣal]-la ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
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