SAA 03, 028 (P336602)
Literary Work, Neo-Assyrian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 03, 028 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336602 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary Work |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa03 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [Say to Assurbanipal ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [the king whose rule] is made good over [all nations], |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [......] the eloquent, intelligent one, [who] gives orders [to ......], |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [the lord to whom all the kings from the Upper Sea] until the Lower Sea of [Sun]set [......] have brought tribute and submitted to his yoke, |
| Obverse [6:9] o 7'7'–o 9'9' | [......] who gives life to the righteous one, [...... the] revealer of Šamaš, who does not countenance calumny, [......] who rescues the wronged one, |
| Obverse [9:12] o 10'10'–o 12'12' | [...... of whose] features one does not get sated, [who]se sweet lips [......], [......] who turns [want] and scarcity into plentifulness: |
| Obverse [12:16] o 13'13'–o 16'16' | [thus (speaks) ......, who] for the sake of your life, [for your happiness and] your physical health, [and for the ...] of your body [...... constantly] prays to the great gods: |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...... who] does not desc[end] to the lowlands |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] pomegranate of ... |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] a goblet to drink the healing potion of Nisan |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] of the Upper Sea |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...... who] hold fast springs in there |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] of Tyre |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [......] of oxen, ghee of sheep |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [......] ... dead cows |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [......] of the opopanax of the mountains |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [......] sp[rings] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [......] sesame oil [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [......] of ... [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [......] the sandy countryside of Elam |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [......] an alû drum [...] |
| Reverse [15:17] r 16'16'–r 17'17' | [...... who br]ing |
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 bit⸣-tu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] šu-ṭu-ub-bu UGU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] le-ʾu-u₂ da-ba-bu ha-as-⸢su⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x i]-šak-ka-nu ṭe₃-e-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢EN⸣ tam-tim šap-li-te ša e-reb—{⸢d⸣}[UTU-ši] | |
| 6' | [x x x]-⸢uš⸣-šu₂ iš-šu-niš-šu₂ bil-tu₂ i-šu-ṭu ap-ša₂-an-šu₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x]-nu-u₂ mu-bal-liṭ ke-e-ni | |
| 8' | [x x mu]-kal-lim {d}UTU la ma-hir kar-ṣi | |
| 9' | [x x x]-⸢a⸣ mu-še-zib hab-li | |
| 10' | [x x x] bu-un-ni-šu₂ la iš-ša₂-bu-u | |
| 11' | [x x x]-⸢nu⸣ šap-ta-⸢a⸣-[šu₂] du-uš-šu-pa-a-te | |
| 12' | [x x x]-MEŠ u i-ṣa-a-ti a-na mu-uʾ-de-e u₂-tar-ru | |
| 13' | [x x x]-⸢u₂⸣ a-na ba-laṭ ZI-MEŠ-ka | |
| 14' | [x x ṭu]-⸢ub⸣ UZU-MEŠ-ka | |
| 15' | [x x x]-hi ša₂ SU-ka | |
| 16' | [x x u₂]-ṣal-la-a DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x a]-na šu-pa-li la u₂-ra-[du-ni] | |
| 3' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {giš}nu-ur₂-ma-a ša₂ U₂.⸢LA₂⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x] ⸢GU₂⸣.ZI ša₂-te-e U₂.BUR₂ U₂.BUR₂ ša₂ {iti}BARAG | |
| 5' | [x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ tam-tim e-li-ti | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-ka-lu-u-ni e-ni a-na ŠA₃-bi | |
| 7' | [x x x]-tu {uru}ṣur-ri | |
| 8' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ GUD-MEŠ I₃.NUN.NA ša₂ UDU-MEŠ | |
| 9' | [x x x]-sa AB₂ RI.RI.GA | |
| 10' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ru-u₂ ša ṭu-ri ša₂-de-e | |
| 11' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ e-⸢na⸣-[a-ti] | |
| 12' | [x x x]-pa-at u₂-lu uh-[x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša ⸢ki⸣-ṣir i-[x x (x)] | |
| 14' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KUR ša₂ ba-ṣa-a-ti ša₂ {⸢kur}NIM⸣.MA{⸢ki⸣} [x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u KUŠ.GU₄.GAL [x x] | |
| 16' | [x x x x x] ⸢na⸣-aš₂-šu-u-ni | |
| 17' | [x x x x] KUR ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
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