SAAB 02, 040 (P336799)
Administrative, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 02, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336799 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa11 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [......] 2 [teams ...] of m[ule]s. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] teams of [hors]es, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [tribu]te of Tuatti, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Hanubuni], Ašhiti, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Kalu], Pulî, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Hili, Uluanda], Urpallâ, |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | [Pišelmu — (in all, 9] kings of ... (and) Tabal, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | (who) have [del]ivered [within] their year. |
| Obverse [11:14] o 12'12'–o 14'14' | [Tr]ibute of [NN of] (the city of) Šudi[...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [x ta]lents [of ...], |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [x] talents [of ...], |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [x] talents of ala[baster], |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [x] teams of [hor]ses: |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Tuatti, Hanubuni, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Ašhitu, Kalu, |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Pulî, Hili, |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Uluanda, Urpallâ, |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Pišelmu |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | — [in all] 9 kings (who) have delivered within their year. |
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]-⸢MEŠ 2 ANŠE⸣ [x (x) x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [(x x x)] ša {anše}⸢ku⸣-[di]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3' | [x {anše]}u-rat-a-ti {⸢anše⸣}[KUR].⸢RA⸣-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [ma-da]-⸢tu₂⸣ ša {1}tu-⸢at⸣-ti | |
| 5' | {1}ha-nu-bu-ni] {1}aš₂-hi-ti | |
| 6' | {1}ka-a-lu] {1}⸢pu⸣-li-i | |
| 7' | {1}hi-i-li {1}u₂-lu-an-da {1}ur]-pal-a | |
| 8' | {1}pi-šil-mu PAB] LUGAL-MEŠ-ni | |
| 9' | [x x] ⸢x <x> x-ba⸣-a.a | |
| 10' | {⸢uru⸣}ta-bal-⸢la⸣-a.a | |
| 11' | [ina] MU.AN.NA-šu₂-⸢nu SUM-nu⸣ | |
| 12' | [ma]-da-tu₂ ša {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x] {⸢uru⸣}šu-di-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x] bu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x (x) GU₂].⸢UN⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x (x)] ⸢GU₂.UN x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x (x)] GU₂.UN {na₄}GIŠ.⸢NU⸣.[GAL] | |
| 4 | [x (x)] {anše}u-rat-a-ti {⸢anše}KUR.RA⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 5 | {1}tu-at-ti {1}ha-nu-⸢bu⸣-ni | |
| 6 | {1}aš₂-hi-tu {1}ka-a-lu | |
| 7 | {1}pu-li-i {1}hi-i-li | |
| 8 | {1}u₂-lu-an-da {1}ur-pal-la-a | |
| 9 | {1}pi-⸢šil⸣-mu | |
| 10 | [(PAB)] 09 LUGAL-MEŠ-ni | |
| 11 | ⸢ina⸣ MU.AN.NA-šu₂-nu SUM-nu | |
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