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SAA 03, 019 (P336600)

Literary Work, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSAA 03, 019
IDP336600
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreLiterary Work
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By ORACC project saao/saa03 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2'"[...]... when I came [......]
Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3'"I trod the sea road ...[......]
Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4'"I opened the gate of righteousness [......]."
Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5'Assurbanipal opened his mouth and [spoke, saying to divine Ištar]:
Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6'"Desire, desire, love, se[ek ......]!
Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7'"You, [Ištar ......]
Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8'"You indeed, ...[......]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o
1'[x x x]+⸢x li bi x⸣ [x x x x x x]
2'[x x]-⸢e⸣ ki-i al-li-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x x]
3'gir-ru ti-amat ak-bu-sa is-[x x x x x x]
4'KA₂.GAL ke-e-nu-ti ap-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x]
5'{1}aš—DU₃—A KA-šu₂ e-pu-⸢uš⸣-[ma x x x x x x]
6'er-ši er-ši ha-⸢bi⸣ še-[ʾi-i x x x]
7'at-ti-ma {d}15 x x x x x]
8'⸢at⸣-ti-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]
r
1⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x]
2i-[x x x x x x x x x x]
3⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x]
4⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x]
5⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x]

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