SAA 17 180 (P336156)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 17 180 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336156 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | He kneels [...]. I am devoted to [the king]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | I am [indeb]ted [because of his...] (and) his favour. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | And since |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... w]ith the soldiers |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... he] bent and |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] to the king |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | I spoke [with him ...], and it turned out well. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] After we had waited [for ...], a report |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'– | [...] when our words |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] left |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] the soldiers |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] were captured |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] the agreements |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] completed |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] of the king entered |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] were relieved. |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | May we hear [of the well-being of the k]ing, so we can give [... t]o the king. |
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 ⸢i-kam-miš⸣ | |
| 2' | [a-na UGU LUGAL] am-ra-ku | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ṭa-ab-ta-šu | |
| 4' | [i-na UGU]-⸢hi⸣-ia u₃ ki-i | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢it⸣-ti {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢ik⸣-pu-up-ma | |
| 7' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na UGU LUGAL | |
| 8' | [x x x ki]-i ad-bu-bu il-te-lim | |
| 9' | [x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i nid-gu-lu ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 10' | [x x x x] dib-bi-ni ki-i | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] u₂-maš-ši-ru | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x]-lu {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x] ṣu-ub-bu-tu | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ rik-sa-ni-ma | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x] ⸢ki⸣-i u₂-šal-li-mu | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] LUGAL i-te-er-bu | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x] ip-taš-hu | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x ša₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣ niš-me-e-ma | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL nid-din | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂ u₃ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x]-MEŠ | |
Sources & licences
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