SAA 16, 173 (P336782)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 16, 173 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336782 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] they [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | "[They] are not enthro[ning] anybody [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | "[h]ere. The day before yesterday the gods [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | "I placed. Another ma[tter: When] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | "you were in my presence [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | your [......] |
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⸣ me a ⸢šu-nu x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ma-a] me-me-ni la-a u₂-še-šu-[bu x x x x] | |
| 3' | [an]-na-ka a—ša₂-šu-me a—ša₂-šu-me DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | a-sa-kan ma-a ša-ni-tu₂ a-[bu-tu₂ ma-a ki-i] | |
| 5' | ina pa-ni-ka at-ta-ni ma\d-⸢a⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]-⸢ruk⸣-ka ma-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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