STT 1, 042 (P338359)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 1, 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338359 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Say to ... [...] ... [...]: |
| Obverse [1:6] o 22–o 66 | Thus says Gilgameš [...], creation of Anu [...], who, like a [...] string, [...] and the kings [...] thrones kiss [...]; the king who [...] all the lands from [...] sunset [...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Thus, at [...] of Ellil-of-Devastation: |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] ... I sent you 6 hundred prominent troops [and ...] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | I wrote to you [...] the great [...] of obsidian (and) lapis lazuli plated with liqtu-gold, to attach [...], and you said: "There are none". |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | [...] I am writing to you (again). The day you see this tablet, [...] go [...] and take a team of horses with you! |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [n] gnawing away [...] whose attack is as strong as a lion's; |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [n] white horses whose girth-straps are black; |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [n] black horses whose girth-straps are white; |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [n] thousand mares whose skin is formed (like) the surface of a mountainous incense-bearing kanaktu-tree; |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [n] thousand young calves whose gamboling doesn't stop; |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [n] thousand teams of piebald mules; |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [n] spirited calves whose hooves are beautified, whose horns are intact; |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [... n] thousand pots of butter, 80 [thousand] jugs of wine; |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | [...] tabletops of the black wood of a tatīdu-tree; |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [...] gather (all this) [...] and come. |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | I want to fix [...] of Enkidu, my friend; on (it) I want to fashion [...]. |
| Obverse [23:25] o 2424– | [...] of the great [...], Marduk. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] selected, [...], good, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] will make stags. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] he will do work for the temple [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] my eyes [...] never [...], given or empty. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] bring (them) together! |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] float [... the silver] and gold down to/on the Euphrates! |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] may be stunned. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | I will see you [...]. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1818 | [... cannot] be annulled, |
| Reverse [11:13] r 2020–r 2121 | Letter [...]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 2121–r 2121 | Hand of [...]. |
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 TI⸣ [...] x [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢um-ma⸣ {d}⸢GIŠ⸣-[gim₂-maš ...] | |
| 3 | ⸢bi⸣-nu-ut {d}⸢a-nu⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ša₂ ki-ma qe₂-⸢e⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | u₃ LUGAL-MEŠ [... BARA₂]-⸢MEŠ u₂⸣-[na-aš₂-ša₂-qu ...] | |
| 6 | LUGAL ša₂ ul-⸢tu₂⸣ [... e-reb] {d}UTU{ši} KUR.KUR NIGIN-⸢ši⸣-[na ...] | |
| 7 | ⸢um⸣-ma ⸢a⸣-[na ...] {d}BAD ⸢na⸣-[aš-pan-ti-im-ma] | |
| 8 | [...] x {lu₂}EREN₂-MEŠ SIG-MEŠ 6 ME-TA.AM₃ aš₂-pu-{⸢ra}rak-kam₂⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 9 | [...]-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ša₂ {na₄}ZU₂ {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ KU₃.SI₂₂ liq-ti ⸢uh⸣-[hu-zu] | |
| 10 | [...] ša₂ ra-ka-si ⸢aš₂-pu-ra⸣-kam₂-ma ia-aʾ-nu ⸢taq⸣-[bi] | |
| 11 | [... al-tap-rak]-ka u₄-⸢mu⸣ ṭup-⸢pu⸣ šu-a-te ta-⸢mu⸣-[ru] | |
| 12 | [... a]-⸢lik⸣-ma KI-⸢ka⸣ il₄-⸢lat ANŠE⸣.KUR.RA-MEŠ{e} šu-⸢pur⸣-[ma] | |
| 13 | [... tak]-⸢ri-ṣi⸣ [ša₂] ⸢ki⸣-ma UR.MAH da-an ti-bu-šu₂-[un] | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢ANŠE⸣.KUR.RA-MEŠ ⸢BABBAR-MEŠ⸣ ša₂ mi-kir-šu₂-nu ṣal-[mu] | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢ANŠE⸣.KUR.RA-MEŠ ⸢GE₆⸣-MEŠ ša₂ mi-kir-šu₂-nu ⸢pe-ṣu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢lim {munus⸣}ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ ša₂ KUŠ-ši-⸢na⸣ <pa-an> ka-nak-ti KUR{i} ⸢šak⸣-[nu] | |
| 17 | [...] lim AMAR-MEŠ TUR ša₂ ⸢da⸣-ka-ka la i-⸢kil-lu-u₂⸣ | |
| 18 | [...] lim ṣi-⸢in-da-at⸣ pa-re-e bit-[ru]-mu-ti | |
| 19 | [...] ⸢AMAR⸣-MEŠ [tak]-⸢di⸣-ri ša₂ ṣu-pu-ru bu-⸢un-nu-u₂ qar⸣-[nu] šal-mu | |
| 20 | [...] lim DUG I₃.NUN.NA 1.20 [lim {dug}ku-ut]-⸢tu {giš⸣}GEŠTIN-MEŠ | |
| 21 | [...] ⸢SAG.DU⸣ {giš}⸢BANŠUR⸣-[MEŠ{e} ...] ⸢ṣu⸣-lum {giš}ta-⸢ti⸣-[di] | |
| 22 | [...] ⸢te⸣-ram-ma al-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 23 | [... {d}en]-⸢ki⸣-du₃ ib-ri-ia lu-⸢kin⸣ ; [... ina] ⸢muh-hi⸣ lu-⸢ban⸣-ni | |
| 24 | [... GAL]{⸢e⸣} {d}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... be₂]-⸢e⸣-[ru ... ta]-⸢aq⸣-nu | |
| 2 | [... ia]-a-⸢la i-ip⸣-pu-[šu₂] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢ši⸣-pir E₂.⸢KUR⸣ [...] ⸢ip-pu⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢ma-ti⸣-e ⸢IGI-MIN⸣-[MEŠ]-⸢a⸣-[a] ; [...] ⸢SUM{a} u₃⸣ ri-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 5 | [... a]-⸢na a⸣-ha-meš ⸢qur-rib⸣ | |
| 6 | [... KU₃.BABBAR{im]}⸢ma KU₃.SI₂₂⸣ ana {⸢id₂⸣}BURANUN(|UD.NUN|){⸢ki} ne₂-qel-pa-a⸣ | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢li-ih-mu⸣ | |
| 8 | [... at-ma]-⸢ru⸣-ka | |
| 9 | [... la up-ta-sa-as]-⸢su⸣ | |
| 18 | ⸢u₂⸣-x [...] | |
| 19 | ar-ha-[...] | |
| 20 | ⸢ši⸣-pir-ti [...] | |
| 21 | ŠU-MIN {m}[...] | |
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