SAA 21 013 (Q009252)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 21 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009252 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative Letter |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | The king’s word to Šadanu: I am well, you can be glad. |
| Obverse [2:9] o 33–o 99 | The day when you see my tablet, take into your hands Šumaya, son of Šuma-ukin, Bel-eṭir the brother of Aplaya son of Arkat-ili, and the scholars of Borsippa, whom you know, and dig up all the tablets that exist in their houses and all the tablets that are deposited in Ezida; |
| Obverse [9:17] o 1010–o 1717 | the tablets of the royal amulets for the rivers of the purifications of Nisan, the amulet for the rivers of Tishri of the Bīt salā’ mê ritual, the amulet for the rivers of the day’s verdict, the four amulets for the head of the king’s bed and the royal ..., the magic-wand weapon for the head of the king’s bed, and the incantation “May Ea and Asalluhi perfect the wisdom” — they have (already) been collected — |
| Obverse [17:23] o 1818– | the series of Battle, all that there is, together with their additional one-column tablets, all that exist, (the rituals) For an Arrow not to Approach a Man, Proceeding in the Open Country, and Entering the Palace, |
| Reverse [1:9] r 22–r 99 | rituals, hand-lifting prayers, texts on stones and ones useful to kingship, cleansing of city, vertigo as distress, and anything needful to the palace, whatever there is, and all valuable tablets that are known to you and not found in Assyria — look up and send them to me. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010–r 1212 | I’m now writing to the prelate and the commandant; wherever you are going to lay your hand, no one shall hold back a tablet from you. |
| Reverse [12:17] r 1313–r 1717 | And if you find any tablet and ritual that I have not written you about and is useful to my palace, fetch and send it to me as well. |
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-mat LUGAL a-na {1}ša₂-du-nu | |
| 2 | šul-mu ia-a-ši ŠA₃-ba-ka lu-u ṭa-ab-ka | |
| 3 | UD-mi ṭup-pi ta-mu-ru {1}šu-ma-a | |
| 4 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}MU—GI.NA {1}{d}EN—KAR-ir ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | {1}DUMU.UŠ-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}ar₂-kat₂—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 6 | u₃ {lu₂}um-ma-nu ša₂ BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 7 | ša₂ at-ta ti-du-u₂ ina ŠU.2-ka ṣa-bat-ma | |
| 8 | DUB-MEŠ ma-la ina E₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu i-ba-aš₂-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 9 | u₃ DUB-MEŠ ma-la ina E₂.ZI.DA šak-nu | |
| 10 | hi-pi-ir-ma DUB-MEŠ ša₂ GU₂-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 11 | ša₂ na-ra-a-ti ša₂ UD.UD-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}BARAG | |
| 12 | {na₄}GU₂ ša₂ ID₂-MEŠ ša₂ {iti}DU₆ ša₂ E₂—sa-la-aʾ—A-MEŠ | |
| 13 | {na₄}GU₂ ša₂ ID₂-MEŠ ša₂ di-ni UD-mu | |
| 14 | 04 {na₄}GU₂-MEŠ ša₂ SAG {giš}NA₂ LUGAL u ŠE.GA₂ LUGAL | |
| 15 | {giš}TUKUL {giš}MA.NU ša₂ SAG {giš}NA₂ LUGAL | |
| 16 | EN₂ {d}E₂.A u {d}ASAR.LU₂.HI ne₂-me-qa | |
| 17 | li-gam-me-ru-ni pu-uh-hu-ru | |
| 18 | EŠ₂.QAR ME₃ ma-la ba-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 19 | a-di IM.GID₂.DA-ME-šu₂-nu at-ra-a-ti | |
| 20 | ma-la i-ba-aš₂-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 21 | ina ME₃ GI ana LU₂ la₃ TE-e | |
| r | ||
| 1 | EDIN.NA.DIB.BI.DA E₂.GAL.TU.RA | |
| 2 | ne₂-pe-ša₂-a-nu ŠU.IL₂.LA.KAM₂-a-nu | |
| 3 | mal-ṭa-ru ša₂ NA₄-MEŠ u | |
| 4 | ša₂ a-na LUGAL-u₂-ti ṭa-a-bi | |
| 5 | tak-pir-ti URU IGI.NIGIN.NA | |
| 6 | ki-i na-kut-ti u mim-ma hi-ših-ti | |
| 7 | ina E₂.GAL ma-la ba-šu₂-u₂ u₃ DUB-MEŠ | |
| 8 | aq-ru-tu ša₂ mi-dak-ku-nu-šim-ma | |
| 9 | ina KUR—aš-šur{ki} ia-aʾ-nu bu-ʾa-a-nim-ma | |
| 10 | šu-bi-la-a-ni a-du-u₂ a-na | |
| 11 | {lu₂}ŠA₃.TAM u {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ al-tap-ra | |
| 12 | ina E₂ ŠU.2-ka tal-tak-nu mam-ma | |
| 13 | ṭup-pi ul i-kil-lak-ka u ki-i | |
| 14 | mim-ma ṭup-pi u ne₂-pe-šu₂ ša₂ a-na-ku | |
| 15 | la aš₂-pu-rak-ku-nu-šu₂-u ta-tam-ra-ma | |
| 16 | a-na E₂.GAL-ia ṭa-a-bu | |
| 17 | it-ti-ʾi-im-ma i-ša₂-nim-ma | |
| 18 | šu-bi-la-a-ni | |
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