SAA 03, 036 (P336605)
Literary Work, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 03, 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336605 |
| 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] 2'2'–2'2' | [......] was born to him [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [......] astragal [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [...... of m]en, who dwells in the city of [...] |
| Obverse [5:7] 6'6'–7'7' | [......] I am the Lady of Kid[muri], the great [lady]. |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [......] went |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [......] goes to Arbela |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [......] they go [to] the god Aššur |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | [......] stood |
| Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12' | [......] "Make it go out, Aššur!" |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | [......] held back the [...] of the mountain. |
| Obverse [13:14] 14'14'–14'14' | [......] goes before Aššur |
| Obverse [14:15] 15'15'–15'15' | [......] lifted it/him [to ......] Arbela. The king ... |
| Obverse [15:16] 16'16'–16'16' | [......] held back [......], [...] to the Lahmu gods. |
| Obverse [16:18] 17'17'– | [...... and] crowned it/him. Both of them approached |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......] quivers |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [......] Aššur [put] his arm in his quiver [and] drew out [an arro]w, saying: "Over [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......] He said to the Lahmu gods: |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | "Give him [......] the arrows!" |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [......] him, saying: "Set out, go!" |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [......] his [ha]nds open (in prayer), saying: "..." |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] six torches |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [......] right side, another one in the left yoke |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [......] "Set out, go! Just as |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [......] which is in front of you" |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [......]... of the left asked: |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | "Whither [......]?" He said: "To the open country [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [......] sweet bread, [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [......]... chariot [......] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢pa⸣ a a [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ul⸣-da-aš₂-šu₂ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x] ki-ṣil-li ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x]-qa-ab pu-[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢zi⸣-ka-ri a-šib {⸢uru⸣}[x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x] a-na-ku GAŠAN—kad-[mu-ri] | |
| 7' | [be-el-tu] GAL-[tu₂] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x] il-li-⸢ku⸣-[ni] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na {uru}arba-il₃ il-[lak] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x {d]}aš-šur il-lu-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢it⸣-ti-ti-iz | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ še-ṣa-niš-šu₂ {d}aš-šur | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša KUR-e ik-ta-la | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x] ina IGI {d}aš-šur il-lak | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x {uru]}⸢arba⸣-il₃ us-se-li-šu₂ LUGAL ab-bu-[x] | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x x]-bi ik-ta-la a-na {d}lah₃-ma-ni | |
| 17' | [x x x x x uk]-⸢tal⸣-li-la-šu₂ ki-lal-lu-šu₂-nu iq-ṭar-bu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]-kab sa-al-ṭa-ni | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] {d}aš-šur A₂.2-šu₂ ina ŠA₃ sa-al-ṭi-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [is-sa-kan {giš}GAG.UD.TAG].GA is-sa-da ma-a UGU [x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ {d}lah₃-ma-ni iq-ṭi-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x {giš]}⸢GAG⸣.UD.TAG.GA-⸢MEŠ⸣ di-na-⸢niš⸣-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-aš₂-šu₂ ma-a nam-⸢mi₃-iš⸣ a-lik | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x up]-⸢ni⸣-šu₂ pa-ti-a ma-⸢a⸣ u₂ ⸢ši⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x] 06 zi-qa-a-te | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x] ZAG 02-ta ina ni-ri ⸢KAB⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x nam]-mi₃-iš ⸢a⸣-lik ma a-ki ša₂ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x] ša ina pa-na-tuk-ka | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša 150 is-sa-ʾa-⸢al⸣ | |
| 13 | [ma-a x x x x a].a-e-ša₂ ma-a ina EDIN [x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x] NINDA mat-qu še [x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-tu₂ {giš}⸢GIGIR⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x] ru [x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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