SAAB 17, 087 22 (P481183)
Administrative, Neo-Assyrian, Tushhan · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAAB 17, 087 22 |
|---|---|
| ID | P481183 |
| Museum no. | ZTT 22 |
| Collection | Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum, Diyarbakır, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Tushhan (mod. Ziyaret Tepe) |
| Coordinates | 37.7936, 40.7929 |
English translation
By ORACC project atae/tuszhan · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the treasur]er, my lo[rd]: yo[ur servant], Mannu-kī-Libbāli. [Good] health to my lord! |
| Obverse [3:16] o 44–o 1616 | [O]f all the horses, Assyrian (and) Aramean scribes, cohort-commanders, officials, craftsmen, copper-smiths, blacksmiths, those who scour the tools (and) equipment, carpenters, bow-makers, arrow-makers, weavers, tailors (and) those who ma[ke] the repairs to whom should I pr[ay], what [should I say], what mo[re] should I do? |
| Obverse [16:28] o 1717– | Just as a man [...], everything is possi[ble ...]. Our [end is] one. (So) am I a[lone] going to die? [They pay] a[bsolutely] no he[ed to me]. Nabû-[kēnu-uṣur], my associate [...] entered [...] (and) has been put [in irons] in [...]. |
| Reverse [3:9] r 44–r 99 | As to [my] secon[d-best man ...] the work [o]n the [...] containers, the bandage boxes [...], even that of the accounts [...] of the month Tašritu (VII) should be prese[nt ...]. Nabû-kēnu-uṣur should be [...]. |
| Reverse [9:19] r 1010–r 1919 | Now, not one of them is there. How can I command? Nobody (mentioned) in this letter that I'm sending, not one (of them) is there! There are no “third men” to supervise the chariots. Who will make the muster instead of this one who is being kept in irons [...]? |
| Reverse [19:23] r 2020– | [The lists that] I sent [...] ... are not at my disposal. According to what can they collect [them]? |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | Death will come out of it! No one [will escape]. I am done! |
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 {lu₂}IGI].⸢UM EN⸣-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {m}man-nu-GIM-{uru}ŠA₃-URU | |
| 3 | [lu] DI-mu a-na ⸢EN⸣-ia | |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣ KUR-MEŠ gab-bu {lu₂}⸢A⸣.BA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | {⸢kur⸣}aš-šur-a-a {kur}ar₂-ma-a-a | |
| 6 | {lu₂}GAL-{tug₂}KA.KEŠ₂-MEŠ-ni {lu₂}GAL-{tug₂}KA.KEŠ₂-MEŠ-ni | |
| 7 | {lu₂}EN-pi-⸢qi⸣-ta-te {lu₂}EN-pi-⸢qi⸣-ta-te {lu₂}um-ma-ni | |
| 8 | {lu₂}SIMUG-URUDU {lu₂}SIMUG-URUDU {lu₂}SIMUG-AN.BAR | |
| 9 | ša a-nu-tu₂ {⸢giš⸣}til-li-MEŠ | |
| 10 | i-kap-pa-ru-ni {lu₂}NAGAR-MEŠ | |
| 11 | {lu₂}ZADIM-BAN {lu₂}ZADIM-BAN {lu₂}ZADIM-GAG.TI {lu₂}ZADIM-GAG.TI | |
| 12 | {lu₂}UŠ.BAR-MEŠ {lu₂}{tug₂}KA.KEŠ₂-MEŠ | |
| 13 | ša bat-qu i-ka-⸢ṣa⸣-[ru-ni] | |
| 14 | a-na-ku a-na man-ni [up-ni-ia] | |
| 15 | la-ap-te mi-i-⸢nu⸣ [la-aq-bi] | |
| 16 | mi-i-nu lu-ra-[ad-di] | |
| 17 | ki-i ša {lu₂}[x x x x] | |
| 18 | gab-bu ta-ri-[iṣ x x x] | |
| 19 | in-nu-u 01-en [x x x] | |
| 20 | a-na-ku-u u₂-[di-ia] | |
| 21 | a-mu-at ⸢la⸣-[aš₂-šu₂] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | la-a i-⸢ša₂⸣-[mu-u-ni] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}PA-[GIN-PAB ša] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-si-ia [x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | e-ta-rab [x x si-bar-ri] | |
| 3 | ša₂-ki-in ina [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ina UGU ši-ih-[li-ia x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢dul-lu ša⸣ {giš}⸢E₂⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 6 | {giš}E₂-ki-ṣir-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša NIG₂.ŠID-MEŠ-ma [x x x x] | |
| 8 | ša {iti}DU₆ lu qur-[bu x x x] | |
| 9 | {m}{d}PA-GIN-PAB ⸢lu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | u₂-ma-a 01-en ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 11 | la-aš₂-šu₂ a-ke-e a-qa-bi | |
| 12 | me-me-ni ina ŠA₃ ši-pir-ti | |
| 13 | an-ni-ti ša aš₂-pur-an-ni 01-en | |
| 14 | la-aš₂-šu₂ {⸢lu₂⸣}03.U₅-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 15 | ša IGI {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ me-me-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 16 | la-aš₂-šu₂ man-nu re-e-šu | |
| 17 | i-na-aš₂-ši ina ku-me | |
| 18 | an-⸢ni⸣-e ša si-bar-ri | |
| 19 | [x x x] x ša₂-ki-nu-u-ni | |
| 20 | [x x x] a-ša₂-par-u-ni | |
| 21 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ina IGI-ia la-aš₂-šu₂ ina pi-ti mi-i-ni lu-si-pu-[šu₂-ni] | |
| 2 | mu-a-tu₂ ina ŠA₃-bi il-la-ka la-a 01-en [u₂-še-za-ab] | |
| 3 | ep-ša₂-ak | |
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