STT 1, 041 (P338358)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 1, 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338358 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Huzirina (mod. Sultantepe) |
| Coordinates | 37.0501, 38.9062 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'o 1'–o 2'2' | I wrote to you [...] the [great ...] ... of [...] plated with liqtu-gold, to attach [...] Enkidu, my friend, and [...]: "There are none". |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [...] I am writing to you (again). The day you see this tablet of mine, [...] go to the land of Eriš and take a team of horses with you! |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [n] gnawing away [...] whose attack is as strong as a lion's; |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [n] thousand white horses whose girth-straps are black; |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | 70 thousand black horses whose girth-straps are white; |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | 1 hundred thousand mares whose skin is formed (like) the surface of a mountainous incense-bearing kanaktu-tree; |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | 40 thousand young calves whose gamboling doesn't stop; |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | 50 thousand teams of piebald mules; |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | 50 thousand spirited calves whose hooves are beautified, whose horns are intact; |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | 20 thousand containers of beer, 90 thousand pots of butter, 80 thousand jugs of wine; |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | 80 thousand ... of andahšu-plants, 90 thousand great tabletops of the black wood of a tatīdu-tree; |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | Load (lit. fill) 1 hundred thousand donkeys with ... (and) burāšu-juniper, gather (all this) before you and come. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | I want to fix 1 lump of red gold - may its weight be 30 minas - to the chest of Enkidu, my friend; on (it) I want to fashion a string of amulet stones (with) [n] thousand small beads of chalcedony, lapis lazuli (and) mountain-stones, as many as there are. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | 40 thousand silver alloy (and) white tin for the treasury of the great lord, Marduk. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 17'17'– | [n] talents of iron: pure, fine, precious, [...], |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...], showing no [...] ... - with it the [smith ...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] good, pure, all of the property will be put in order ... [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | His own [...], something precious from afar, which my eyes [...] never [...], given or empty. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Select [...] of ... and bring (them) together! |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Fill new boats with silver (and) gold, and [...] with the silver and gold to/on the Euphrates! |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Carry (them) off [to] the quay of Babylon so that my gods may see it and my heart may be stunned. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | I will see you on the 15th day of Tašritu (month VII) at the city gate of my city Ur. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | I swear by the great gods whose oath cannot be annulled, |
| Reverse [8:13] r 99–r 1313 | I swear by my gods Lugalbanda, Sin, Šamaš, Palil, Lugalira, Meslamtaea, Zababa and (my personal?) god, that I will send to you the ready lord of my officials, whose name you continually praise, so that he will wipe out your cities, pillage your palaces, ... [...] your gardens, fix lattices [in] the mouth of your rivers, (and) in the [...] of your fortified cities, who ... [...] I enter his dreams, so that [Gilgameš] will sit therein. Whoever [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...] ... at the city gate [...] your [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [...] Ur [...] |
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 [GAL]-⸢MEŠ ša⸣ [...] ⸢KU₃.SI₂₂⸣ liq-⸢ti uh⸣-[hu-zu] | |
| 2' | [... {d}en-ki]-du₃ ⸢ib⸣-ri-ia ⸢ša₂⸣ ra-⸢ka⸣-[si aš₂-pu]-⸢ra⸣-kam₂-ma ia-aʾ-⸢nu⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... al]-tap-rak-ka u₄-mu ṭup-⸢pi šu⸣-a-tu₂ ta-⸢mu⸣-[ru] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢a-na⸣ {kur}e-riš a-lik-ma KI-ka il₄-lat ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ{e} šu-pur-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢tak-ri⸣-ṣi ša₂ ki-ma UR.⸢MAH da⸣-an ti-bu-šu₂-⸢un⸣ | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢lim⸣ ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ BABBAR-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ ⸢mi-kir⸣-šu₂-nu ṣal-mu | |
| 7' | 1.10 lim ANŠE.KUR.⸢RA⸣-MEŠ GE₆-MEŠ ⸢ša₂ mi-kir⸣-šu₂-nu pe-ṣu-u | |
| 8' | 1 ⸢me lim {munus}ANŠE⸣.KUR.RA-MEŠ ša₂ KUŠ-ši-na pa-⸢an⸣ ka-⸢nak⸣-ti KUR{i} šak-nu | |
| 9' | 40 lim AMAR-⸢MEŠ⸣ TUR ša₂ ⸢da⸣-ka-⸢ka⸣ la i-kil-lu-u | |
| 10' | 50 lim ⸢ṣi⸣-in-da-at pa-⸢re⸣-e bit-ru-mu-ti | |
| 11' | 50 ⸢lim AMAR⸣-MEŠ tak-di-⸢ri⸣ ša₂ ṣu-pu-ru bu-⸢un⸣-nu-u₂ qar-nu šal-mu | |
| 12' | 20 lim {dug}DAL ⸢KAŠ⸣ 1.30 lim DUG I₃.NUN.⸢NA⸣ 1.20 ⸢lim⸣ {dug}ku-ut-tu {giš}GEŠTIN-MEŠ | |
| 13' | 1.20 lim ⸢ṢU⸣ KUR an-dah-ši 1.30 lim ⸢SAG.DU BANŠUR⸣-MEŠ{⸢e⸣} GAL-MEŠ ša₂ ṣu-lum {giš}ta-ti-di | |
| 14' | 1 me lim ANŠE.NITA₂-MEŠ{e} ⸢kar-šu⸣ {šim}LI mul-la-⸢ma⸣ ana IGI-ka te-ram-ma al-ka | |
| 15' | 1 {⸢na₄}ši-bir⸣-ti KU₃.⸢SI₂₂ hu-uš-šu₂⸣ 30 MA.NA lu KI.⸢LA₂⸣-BI ana ⸢i-rat⸣ {d}en-ki-du₃ ib-ri-ia lu-⸢kin⸣ ; [...] lim tak₃-⸢kas₃⸣ {na₄}aš-pu-u {na₄}⸢ZA⸣.GIN₃ ⸢NA₄-MEŠ⸣ KUR ma-la ⸢GAL₂⸣{u} tak-ṣi-⸢ri⸣ [ina] ⸢muh⸣-hi lu-ban-ni(NIN) | |
| 16' | 40 lim ⸢za⸣-ha-⸢lu⸣ AN.NA BABBAR{e} ⸢a-na ERIM₄ EN GAL⸣{[e} {d]}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU] | |
| 17' | [...] ⸢GUN⸣ AN.BAR za-ka-a dam-qu ⸢na⸣-aš₂-[qu ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢nu⸣ la ra-šu-u ⸢KI⸣-šu {⸢lu₂⸣}[SIMUG ...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢DU₁₀.GA za-ku ŠU₂ nam-kur⸣ in-neš-ru x [...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢ša ra⸣-ma-ni-šu₂ ⸢mim-ma⸣ aq-ru ru-⸢u₂-qu⸣ ša₂ ul-tu ma-ti-⸢e IGI-MIN-MEŠ-a⸣-[a ...] ; [... SUM]{a} u₃ ri-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢ša⸣ x-⸢ba-li a⸣-mur-ma a-na a-ha-meš qur-⸢rib⸣ | |
| 5 | {[giš}MA₂].⸢GUR₈-MEŠ e⸣-ša₂-⸢a-ti KU₃⸣.BABBAR KU₃.SI₂₂ mul-⸢la-am⸣-ma it-ti KU₃.BABBAR{im}ma KU₃.⸢SI₂₂⸣ a-na {id₂}BURANUN(|UD.NUN|){[ki} ...] | |
| 6 | [a-na ka]-ar ⸢KA₂⸣.DINGIR.RA{ki} ta-⸢bal⸣-ma DINGIR-MEŠ-[a]-⸢a li⸣-mu-ra-ma lib₃-bi li-ih-mu | |
| 7 | ⸢šum⸣-[ma] ina {iti}DUL U₄ 15-kam ina ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL IRI-ia ⸢ŠEŠ⸣.UNUG{ki} la at-ma-ru-ka | |
| 8 | ⸢at-ma⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ ta-⸢mit⸣-su-nu la up-<ta>-sa-as-su | |
| 9 | ⸢at⸣-ma DINGIR-u₂-a {d}LUGAL.⸢BAN₃.DA⸣ {d}30 {d}⸢UTU⸣ {d}IGI.DU {d}LUGAL.IR₉.RA {d}MES.LAM.TA.E₃.A | |
| 10 | {d}za-ba₄-ba₄ u ⸢DINGIR⸣ be-li₂ SAG{⸢ši⸣}ia ZI{bu} ša₂ MU-šu tal-ta(TU-)⸢nam₃⸣-[ma-ru] | |
| 11 | a-šap-pa-rak-⸢kam₂-ma⸣ IRI-MEŠ-ka i-mar-raq [E₂].⸢GAL⸣-MEŠ-ka i-maš-ša₂-aʾ {⸢giš⸣}KIRI₆-MEŠ-ka x [...] | |
| 12 | [ina] ⸢KA⸣ ID₂-MEŠ-⸢ka mur⸣-de-e u₂-rat-ta ⸢ina⸣ [...]-⸢MEŠ⸣ IRI dan-nu-ti-ka ša x [...] | |
| 13 | [šu-u₂-na]-a-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ e-rab-am-ma {⸢d⸣}[GIŠ-gim₂-maš ina] lib₃-bi u₂-⸢šab⸣ mam-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | [...] x-ka-ma ⸢SAG⸣ [...]-MEŠ-ka DUMU-MEŠ-⸢ka⸣ [...] | |
| 15 | [...] x ina KA₂.⸢GAL⸣ [...] x-ka [...] | |
| 16 | [... ŠEŠ].⸢UNUG⸣{[ki} ...] | |
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