SAA 21 140 (X211891)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 21 140 |
|---|---|
| ID | X211891 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | I went [to] my [......] (and) ap[pealed] to Assurbanipal, my lord, [for ...]. He released [the town Til-šikari] t[o me] as a [g]rant, [in the ...]th year, in the outskirts of [GN]. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | [..., Ahi-d]uri came to me. I gave him [a field], saying: “It may not come out [...] from the presence of Ištar; Ištar [will ...] where you [...]. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | [No]w Ahi-duri has [taken] a farm outside Til-šikari (and) sent me 25 souls of 3 orchards, saying: “See what I have given to my son!” |
| Obverse [10:15] o 11'11'– | [I told him]: “You must cultivate 1,200 homers of seed. Why did you give possession of [the farm] next to your fi[eld] to your son? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] will add 15 days [of labour] to him.” |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | [The ...] extracted much silver from me and [r]obbed [...] fr[om my ...]. I have r[emoved] their hands from my house, gi[ven or]chards and people for my livelihood, (and) pro[moted Ahi-duri to] cohort commandership in my stead. He is [a serva]nt of the king; nobody in their presence [...]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [The responsibility] for the Palace (property) of Til-šikari is upon me [...]. I have constantly sought [...] (and) [...ed] the ki[ng]’s household [...]. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | May the [..., which] I gave into his possession, [...] |
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 x x x x]-ia₂ at-ta-⸢lak⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢x a-na⸣ {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A EN-ia₂ ⸢at⸣-[ta-har] | |
| 3' | [x ki-i re]-mu-ut-ti ur-tam-⸢ma⸣-[an-ni] | |
| 4' | [x x x x]-tum MU.AN.NA ina qa-an-ni ša₂ [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x {1}PAB]—⸢BAD₃⸣ ina UGU-hi-ia₂ it-tal-ka | |
| 6' | [A.ŠA₃ ša₂] ⸢ad⸣-di-na-aš₂-šu₂ muk TA@v\dm IGI {d}15 ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 7' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ la u₂-ṣa-a muk {d}15 be₂-et tu-[x x] | |
| 8' | [u₂-ma]-⸢a⸣ {1}PAB—BAD₃ {uru}ŠE qa-an-ni {uru}DUL—KAŠ | |
| 9' | [x x x] {lu₂}ZI-MEŠ 25 03 {giš}SAR-MEŠ | |
| 10' | [x x] ⸢us⸣-se-bi-la ma-a a-mur ša₂ ana DUMU-ia₂ a-din-[u-ni] | |
| 11' | [x x x x] {še}NUMUN 01-lim 02-me ta-ra-aš₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | [x x x x] ⸢ina⸣ qa-ni ⸢A⸣.[ŠA₃]-ka 0 | |
| 13' | [x x a-na] DUMU-ka a-ta-a ina ŠU.2 ta-din-⸢ni⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x] ⸢UD⸣ 15 ina UGU-hi u₂-rad-da-aš₂-[šu₂ 0 | |
| 2 | [x x x]-nu KUG.UD ma-aʾ-du ut-ta-si-hu-u-ni ⸢ina⸣ [x x] | |
| 3 | [uh]-⸢ta⸣-me-ṣu ŠU.2-su-nu TA@v\dm E₂-ia₂ ⸢us⸣-[x x] | |
| 4 | {[giš]}⸢SAR⸣-MEŠ UN-MEŠ ina ba-la-ṭi-ia₂ at-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5 | [a-na {lu₂v]}⸢GAL—ki⸣-ṣir-u₂-ti {lu₂v]}⸢GAL—ki⸣-ṣir-u₂-ti ik—ku-me-ia₂ ik—ku-me-ia₂ us-[se-li] | |
| 6 | {[lu₂v]}⸢ARAD⸣ ša₂ LUGAL šu-u-tu₂ me-me-e-ni ina IGI-MEŠ-šu₂-nu [x x] | |
| 7 | [pu-tu]-ha E₂.GAL ša₂ {uru}DUL—KAŠ ina UGU-hi-ia₂ [x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x]-⸢ru⸣ ub-ta-ta-ʾi E₂ ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x] ina ŠU.2 a-din-aš₂-šu₂-un-ni lu-u ⸢du⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] dul [x x x x x x x x x] | |
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