SAAB 01, 059 (P336797)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 01, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336797 |
| Museum no. | BM 118796 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa12 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | To Nabû, great lord, his lord, Aššur-reṣuwa [has dedicated] for the preservation of his life and the prolongation of his days: a house in the city of Calah; an estate of 30 homers of tax-exempt land in the village of Mallaṣi; Remanni-Ištar, a farmer and 3 persons (of his family); Nabû-qata-ṣabat, Nabû-nashir and Ṣil-Nabû, a shepherd and 3 persons (of his family), with his sheep; Kapar-ili, a baker; an estate of 12 homers of land in the town of Urad-Ištar, the farmer ...... |
| Reverse [4:8] r 1414–r 1717 | May Marduk, king of heaven and earth [impose on him] a heavy punishment, [may] Gula, the great physician, [visit him with a curse] which cannot be cured ...... |
| Reverse [8:9] r 1919–r 1919 | May [DN], ferocious hero [......] smite him with his weapons. |
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 | a-na {d}PA EN GAL-e ⸢U⸣-šu₂ {1}aš-šur—re-ṣu-u-a | |
| 2 | a-na TI.LA ZI-MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂ UD-me-šu₂ | |
| 3 | E₂ ina {uru}kal-hi E₂ 30 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ | |
| 4 | za-ku-ti ina {uru}ŠE—ma-al-la-ṣi | |
| 5 | {1}rem₂-ni—15 {lu₂}ENGAR 03 ZI {1}{d}PA—ŠU.2—DIB-bat | |
| 6 | {1}{d}PA—NIGIN-hir₂ {1}ṣil—{d}PA {lu₂}SIPA 03 ZI | |
| 7 | a-di UDU-MEŠ-šu₂ {1}ka-par—DINGIR {lu₂}NINDA | |
| 8 | E₂ 12 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ ina URU ša₂ {1}ARAD—15 {lu₂}ENGAR ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 9 | {⸢lu₂}x x⸣ LUGAL {1}a-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 4 | {1}na-ša₂-x x x [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | a-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x]-ru-qu {lu₂}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x] ur u₂ šam [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | {d}AMAR.UTU LUGAL AN-e u KI.TIM še-ret-⸢su⸣ | |
| 15 | ka-bit-[tu x x x x x] ša₂ la pa-[ša-ri] | |
| 16 | {d}gu-la a-⸢zu⸣-gal-la-ti na x ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 17 | NAM GAL.GAL [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x] qar-du da-pi-nu | |
| 20 | [x x x x x] ina {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu ⸢li-x-x⸣-ma | |
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