SAA 13 002. Gutters for the Temple of Aššur (CT 53 520)

~665 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P313933

Translation · reference

High confidence

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [They] should transport [here a ...] 12 cubits [...] and [x] cubits thick and lay it [down] in the temple of Aššur. (r 6) They [will be used] for the gutt[ers] of the temple of Aššur. (r 8) I have written to you; do n[ot be negligent].

Source: Cole, S.W. & Machinist, P. 1998. Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. SAA 13. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa13/P313933/

Why it matters

Transliteration

[x x]+⸢x ni⸣ [x x x x x] / [x x] 12 KÙŠ [x x x x] / [x] KÙŠ ku-bur [x x x] / li-in-ta-⸢ḫu⸣-[ni (x)] / ina É—aš-šur lik-[ru-ru] / a-na GIŠ.pi-sa-[na-te] / ⸢ša⸣ É—aš-šur i-[x x x] / [a]-sap-rak-ka ⸢la⸣ [ta-ši-aṭ]

Scholarly note

Letter from a temple priest or ritual official to Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal, edited by Steven Cole & Peter Machinist (SAA 13, 1998). ORACC text P313933.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P313933). source
Translation excerpted from Cole, S.W. & Machinist, P. 1998. Letters from Priests to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. SAA 13. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa13/P313933/.

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