BRM 4, 50 (P296062)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 4, 50 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296062 |
| Museum no. | MLC 01302 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa02 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | The treaty of Sin-šarru-išk[un, king of Assyria], son of Assurbanipal, [king of the world, king of Assyria], with Nabû-apla-iddina [......], with Kanunayu [......], (and) with Aqri [......] in the presence of Ju[piter, Venus ... |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [By Aššur], augu[st] lord, [defeater of] enemies, lover of [the just], [who] loves the [kin]g and [destroys] his enemy: |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | [Whoever] a[lters] the wording of this tablet, or sins against the [trea]ty of the great gods, |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | May [......] of heaven and earth cover (sic) them with an evil, irremovable curse. Above, may [he uproot] them from the amongst the living, (and) below, in the underworld, deprive [their] ghosts of water. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 10'10'–r 12'12' | May Sin, light of heaven and earth, clothe them in leprosy as in a cloak (and) destroy their stands from temple and palace, |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | (so that) their offspring and their statues be thrown into the fire, (and) their torches be extinguished with water. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-de]-e ša {1}{d}30—⸢MAN—GAR⸣—[un MAN KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 2 | ⸢DUMU⸣ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—A [MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 3 | ⸢TA@v⸣ {1}{d}AG—A—⸢SUM⸣-na [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ⸢TA@v⸣ {1}{iti}AB-⸢a⸣.a [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢TA@v⸣ {1}aq-ri [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [i]-⸢na⸣ ma-har {d}⸢SAG⸣.[ME.GAR {d}dil-bat x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [MU AN.ŠAR₂] EN ṣi-⸢i-ri⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [ša] ⸢a.a⸣-bi ra-im-a-nu ša [ke-nu-ti] | |
| 4' | [ša] ⸢LUGAL AG₂⸣-u₂-ni za-ia-ra-an-⸢šu₂⸣ [u₂-hal-li-qu-ni] | |
| 5' | [man-nu] ⸢ša⸣ da-bab ṭup-pi an-ni-e ⸢e⸣-[nu-u-ni] | |
| 6' | [o a-de]-e DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ i-haṭ-⸢ṭu⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 7' | [x x] ša₂ AN-e u KI.TIM ar-rat la ⸢nap⸣-[šu-ri] | |
| 8' | [GIG]-⸢tu₂⸣ li-ri-im-šu₂-nu e-liš i-na ⸢TI⸣.[LA-MEŠ] | |
| 9' | [li-su-uh]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu šap-liš i-na KI.TIM ⸢e⸣-[ṭim₂-ma-šu₂-nu] | |
| 10' | [A]-⸢MEŠ⸣ lu-u-za-am-me {d}30 {d}ŠEŠ.KI ⸢AN⸣-[e u KI.TIM] | |
| 11' | [SAHAR].ŠUB-pu ki-ma na-ah-lap-ti lu-u-hal-lip-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 12' | ma-za-sa-šu-nu TA@v ŠA₃ E₂.KUR E₂.GAL lu-hal-liq [o] | |
| 13' | NUMUN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ṣa-lam-<a>-ni-šu₂-nu i-na IZI i-kar-ru-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 14' | di-pa-ra-šu₂-nu i-na A-MEŠ u₂-bal-⸢lu⸣-[u₂] | |
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