SAAB 01, 040-041 (P336796)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 01, 040-041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336796 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Uruk; I love ditto, I love Eanna, my nuptial chamber! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Ditto; I love (its) ziggurat, house of my pleasure! |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Ditto; I love Babylon, my father's house! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Ditto; I love Esaggil, house of my veiling! |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Ditto; I love Ehiligar, house of my joy! |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Ditto; I love Borsippa, house of my kingship! |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Ditto; I love Ezida, along with our Nabû! |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Ditto; I love Šapazzu, along with Bel-ṣarbi! |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Ditto; I love Cutha, along with Nergal! |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Ditto; I love Der, along with Ištaran! |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Ditto; I love Kiš and Ehursagkalamma! |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Ditto; I love Sippar, along with Šamaš! |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Ditto; I love the Inner City, along with Aššur! |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Ditto; I love Nineveh, along with Mullissu! |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | Ditto; I love Arbela, along with Mullissu! |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | Ditto; I love Calah, along with Ninurta! |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | Ditto; I love Harran, along with Sin! |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | Uruk; choose ditto, choose ......! |
| Obverse [18:23] o 1919–o 2323 | The [...] of Uruk consumes me! The fires of Eanna (ditto), [...] the ziggurat constantly plucks at my heart. I ponder the affairs of Uruk in my heart, (while) I ever exalt those of Eanna! |
| Obverse [23:28] o 2424– | [Ditto] of Babylon ditto. The fires of [Mardu]k and the Lady of Babylon consume me! I ponder [the affairs of Uruk] in my heart (while) I ever exalt [those of Esaggil] and Ehiligar! |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | I ponder [the affairs of Uruk] in my heart, (while) I ever exalt those of B[orsippa]! |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | The fires of Ezida, along with our Nabû, con[sume me]! I ponder the (affairs) of Uruk in my heart, (while) I ever exalt those of Šapazzu! Bel-ṣarbi sees me, the one whom his fires consume! |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | I ponder the (affairs) of Uruk in my heart, (while) I ever exalt those of Cutha! (The fires) of Nergal along with Laṣ ditto! |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Ditto; (while I) ditto those of Kiš and Ehursagkalamma! (The fires) of Zababa and Baba ditto! |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Ditto; (while I) ditto those of Der! The fires of Ištaran and the Lady of Der consume me! |
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 | ⸢UNUG⸣{ki} AG₂ KI.MIN AG₂ E₂.AN.NA E₂ ha-mu-ti-ia₂ | |
| 2 | KI.MIN AG₂ {e₂}si-qu-ru-tu E₂ la-le-ia₂ | |
| 3 | KI.MIN AG₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} E₂ AD-ia | |
| 4 | KI.MIN AG₂ {e₂}sag-gil₂ E₂ ⸢ka⸣-lu-li-ia₂ | |
| 5 | KI.MIN AG₂ E₂.HI.LI.GAR E₂ ha-du-ti-ia | |
| 6 | KI.MIN AG₂ BAR₂.SIPA{ki} ⸢E₂ šar⸣-ru-ti-ia₂ | |
| 7 | KI.MIN AG₂ E₂.ZI.DA a-di {d}na-bi-a-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 8 | KI.MIN AG₂ {uru}ša₂-pa-zu a-di {d}LUGAL—{giš}ASAL₂ | |
| 9 | KI.MIN AG₂ GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} a-⸢di⸣ {d}U.GUR | |
| 10 | KI.MIN AG₂ {uru}de-ru a-di {d}⸢KA⸣.DI | |
| 11 | KI.MIN AG₂ KIŠ{ki} ⸢E₂.HUR.SAG.KALAM.MA⸣ | |
| 12 | KI.MIN AG₂ UD.KIB.NUN{ki} a-di {d}UTU | |
| 13 | KI.MIN AG₂ {uru}ŠA₃—URU a-di {d}aš-šur | |
| 14 | KI.MIN AG₂ {uru}ni-nu-a a-⸢di {d}NIN⸣.LIL₂ | |
| 15 | KI.MIN AG₂ {uru}⸢arba-il₃⸣ a-⸢di {d}NIN⸣.LIL₂ | |
| 16 | KI.MIN AG₂ {uru}⸢kal-ha⸣ a-⸢di {d}NIN⸣.URTA | |
| 17 | KI.MIN AG₂ {uru}KASKAL a-⸢di {d}30 | |
| 18 | UNUG{ki} hi-⸢ri KI.MIN hi-ri x x x x x⸣-nu | |
| 19 | ša₂ UNUG{ki} ⸢x x x ta-kal-an⸣-ni | |
| 20 | ⸢ša₂ E₂⸣.AN.NA ⸢i⸣-ša₂-ta-⸢te-e⸣-šu₂ | |
| 21 | ⸢x x x⸣ si-qur-ru-tu₂ ta-al-ta-na-⸢qa⸣-[ta] ina ŠA₃-ia₂ | |
| 22 | ša₂ ⸢UNUG{ki} TA@v⸣ ŠA₃-bi-⸢ia⸣ a-dab₂-bu-⸢ub⸣ | |
| 23 | [ša₂] E₂.AN.NA us-sa-ne₂-la-a | |
| 24 | [KI.MIN] ša₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 25 | [ša₂ {d}AMAR].⸢UTU⸣ u {d}GAŠAN—KA₂.DINGIR{ki} i-ša₂-ta-te-šu₂ e-⸢kal⸣-a-in-ni | |
| 26 | [ša₂ UNUG]{⸢ki⸣} TA@v ŠA₃-bi-ia₂ a-dab₂-bu-ub | |
| 27 | [ša₂ {e₂}sag-gil₂] ⸢u⸣ E₂.HI.LI.GAR ul-ta-ne₂-⸢la⸣-[a] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ša₂] ⸢UNUG⸣{[ki} TA@v] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi-ia₂ a-dab₂-bu-ub | |
| 2 | ša₂ ⸢BAR₂⸣.[SIPA]{⸢ki⸣} ul-ta-⸢ne₂-la⸣-a | |
| 3 | ša₂ E₂.ZI.DA a-di {d}na-bi-a-ni i-ša₂-ta-te-šu₂ KU₂-⸢a⸣-[a-in-ni] | |
| 4 | ša₂ UNUG{ki} TA@v ŠA₃-ia₂ a-dab₂-bu-ub | |
| 5 | ša₂ {uru}ša₂-pa-zu ul-ta-ne₂-la-a | |
| 6 | IGI-an-ni {d}EN—⸢ṣar⸣-be ša₂ i-ša₂-ta-te-šu₂ ek-kal-a-in-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 7 | ša₂ UNUG{ki} TA@v ŠA₃-ia₂ a-dab₂-bu-ub ša₂ ⸢GU₂⸣.DU₈.A{ki} us-sa-ne₂-la-⸢a⸣ | |
| 8 | ša₂ {d}U.GUR a-di {d}la-aṣ | |
| 9 | KI.MIN ša₂ KIŠ{ki} ⸢E₂.HUR⸣.SAG.KALAM.MA | |
| 10 | ša₂ {d}za-ba₄-⸢ba₄⸣ u {d}BA.U₂ | |
| 11 | KI.MIN ša₂ {uru}de-ri | |
| 12 | ša₂ {d}KA.DI u {d}GAŠAN—de-ri i-ša₂-ta-te-ša₂ KU₂-a-a-in-ni | |
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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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