SAAB 04, 005 (P336802)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 04, 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336802 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | Concerning the merchan[ts] about whom my lord said: "I have not sent their money, (for) there is no silver" — I have heard (it). My lord should send 14 minas of silver. |
| Obverse [5:13] o 66–o 1313 | Perhaps my lord will say: "How did you figure it out?" Four merchants: half a mina each. Their four wives: half a mina each. One female dyer: half a mina. The re[st I shall i]tem[ise] (and) [...] in [a ...] |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | And [...] come to [...] in front of the city gate! |
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 | ina UGU {lu₂}DAM.QAR-[MEŠ] | |
| 2 | ša be-li₂ iq-bu-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3 | ma-a kas-pi-šu₂-nu la ⸢u₂-še⸣-<bi>-la | |
| 4 | ma-a KUG.UD ⸢la⸣-aš₂-šu₂ as-se-me | |
| 5 | 14 MA.NA KUG.UD be-li₂ lu-še-bi-la | |
| 6 | is—su-ri be-li₂ i-qa-bi | |
| 7 | ma-a a-ke-e tak-ṣip | |
| 8 | 04 {lu₂}DAM.QAR-MEŠ 1/2 MA.NA-a.a | |
| 9 | 04 MI₂-ME-šu₂-nu 1/2 MA.NA-a.⸢a⸣ | |
| 10 | 01 {mi₂}mu-ṣap-pi-tu₂ 1/2 MA.NA [o] | |
| 11 | re-⸢eh-tu₂⸣ [a]-sa-[dir] | |
| 12 | ina [x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | u₃ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | pa-an KA₂.GAL [x x] | |
| 4' | al-ka | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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