SAA 03, 018 (P336599)
Literary Work, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 03, 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336599 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary Work |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa03 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] ... and the scorpion man [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] Šerua and Ninegal [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [To] the right and left of the gates burned [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | The king makes a speech, the magn[ates ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | The guard of the river [...] in front of [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | One cavalryman, ...[......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | The equipment of another is of [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | His horse is wind [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | He does not [... befo]re the magnates [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......]... like ...[......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] the chassis of the wagon [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [The ...]s of the king occupied the mountain [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | He courageously passed [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | ... not to capture the city [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] Sargon [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [He turned] his attention to [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | A bow ...[......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | One bow, like a bo[w of ...... |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | To an Elamite bow [...... |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [May] the bow you grasp [...] Ela[m ... |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | May [it ...] in Elam [......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | The Illipaean(s) ...[......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] Anzanaean(s)s [...... |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [...] like [...... |
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]-⸢a-ni⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi u {d}GIR₂.TAB.⸢LU₂⸣.[U₁₈.LU x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] {d}A.EDIN u {d}NIN.E₂.[GAL x x x x] | |
| 4' | [ina] ⸢im⸣-ni u šu-me-lu ša₂ KA₂-ME šum-mu-⸢u⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | LUGAL dib-bi i-dab-bu-ub {lu₂}⸢GAL⸣-[ME x x x] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}EN.NUN ID₂ ina ma-har il-ta-[x x x x] | |
| 7' | {lu₂}ša₂—pet₂-hal-lum 01-en {lu₂}[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | 01-en til-le-e-šu₂-ma ⸢ša₂ x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | {anše}KUR.RA-šu₂ ša₂-a-ri-ma [x x x x] | |
| 10' | [ina] ⸢pa⸣-an {⸢lu₂}GAL-ME⸣ ul [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-⸢i⸣ ši-[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ṭup-pu ša₂ {giš}sa-par-ri ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]-⸢ti⸣ LUGAL ša₂-du-u₂ iṣ-ṣab-tu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina ⸢ma-le⸣-e ir-ti i-te-ti-⸢iq⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢x x x URU⸣ la ka-ša₂-du ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x {1}MAN—GIN [x x x x] | |
| 7' | a-⸢na x x x x x⸣ PI.2-šu₂ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | {giš}⸢BAN x x x⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 9' | {giš}BAN 01-et ki-i {giš}⸢BAN⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10' | a-na {giš}BAN NIM.MA-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11' | {giš}BAN ṣi-bit-ka e-la-⸢an⸣-[du x x x] | |
| 12' | ina e-la-an-du lu sar-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13' | {⸢lu₂⸣}il-li-pa-a.a pa-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x {kur]}an-za-nu-u₂-a [x x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x] ⸢a⸣-ki ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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