SAA 17 169 (P334712)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 17 169 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334712 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | not [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the king, my lord [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | as [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | settl[ed ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | the deputy of [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | the governor of [GN ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | killed the people and destroyed [their houses]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | When the god [......], |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 10'b.e. 10'– | he we[nt] to Babylon [...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Because Aššur-belu-taqq[in ...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | the governor said, "Go [... to] the king [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | ask [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | for the god (and) the kin[g ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | will be sav[ed ...] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | and the land [...] |
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' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ul [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | LUGAL ⸢EN⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ul-te-ši-[bu x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}02-u₂ ša₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | {lu₂}EN.NAM ša₂ {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | UN-MEŠ id-duk u₃ [E₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu] | |
| 9' | ih-te-pe DINGIR ki-i [x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | a-na TIN.TIR{ki} it-⸢ta⸣-[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-ki {1}AN.ŠAR₂—EN—LAL-[in x x x] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}EN.NAM um-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | LUGAL al-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | e-re-ši [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | a-na DINGIR ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | in-ni-⸢ṭir⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | u₃ KUR [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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