SAA 21 091. (no title) (CT 54 501)

~660 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P237200

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 21

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(Obverse destroyed) (b.e. 1) Answer (m.) fo[r] hi[m] (and) for [yourself]! Are we to give you (m.) to drink without men? Are you (f.) my hummu? (r 2) [Y]ou are arguing a lawsuit against one of my servants. If my hummu is placed [un]der your (m.) feet and accordingly he is [a ...] of yours (m.), [he] will pull out [......] (r 7) [......] with me (Rest destroyed)

State Archives of Assyria, volume 21 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

[x] a-[na] UGU-⸢šú⸣ a-⸢pul UGU?⸣ / ⸢x⸣ a-ni-ni šá la ERIM-MEŠ-i 0* / ka-a-šá ni-šá-aq-qí at-ti / ḫum-ma-a di-nu it-ti 01-en ARAD-MEŠ-ía / ⸢ta⸣-dab-bu-ub ki-i ḫum-ma-a / [a-na? šu]-pal GÌR.2-ka šá-kin-ma ŠÀ-bu-ma / [x x x x]-i-ka i-ba-áš-ši / [x x x x x x i]-šal-làḫ / [x x x x x x x x] it-ti-ía / [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣

Scholarly note

Royal correspondence under Assurbanipal, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 21, 2018). ORACC text P237200.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237200). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 2018. The Correspondence of Assurbanipal, Part I: Letters from Assyria, Central Babylonia, and Vassal States. SAA 21. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa21/P237200/.

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