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2R 53, 1 (P333950)

Administrative, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation	2R 53, 1
ID	P333950
Museum no.	BM —
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates	36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By ORACC project saao/saa11 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

Line	English
Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1o i 1–o i 1o i 1	Ba[bylon, Baby]lon
Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 22–o i 22	Babylon, [Babylon]
Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 33–o i 33	Borsippa, Borsippa
Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 44–o i 44	Nippur, Cutha
Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 55–o i 55	Uruk, Uruk
Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 66–o i 66	Larak, Larsa
Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 77–o i 77	Ur, Kullab
Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 88–o i 88	Sippar, Dilbat
Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 99–o i 99	Marad : Sahrina
Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 1010–o i 1010	Apšu, Opis
Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 1111–o i 1111	Eridu, Dilmun
Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 1212–o i 1212	Kisik : Kisik
Obverse Column i [12:13] o i 1313–o i 1313	Isin : Isin
Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 1414–o i 1414	Der, Itu'u
Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 1515–o i 1515	Labadudu
Obverse Column i [15:16] o i 1616–o i 1616	Yasubu
Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 1717–o i 1717	Land of the Treasurer
Obverse Column i [17:18] o i 1818–o i 1818	Land of the Palace Herald
Obverse Column i [18:19] o i 1919–o i 1919	Land of the Palace Herald
Obverse Column i [19:20] o i 2020–o i 2020	Land of the Chief Cupbearer
Obverse Column i [20:21] o i 2121–o i 2121	Ariyauate
Obverse Column i [21:22] o i 2222–o i 2222	...il
Obverse Column i [22:23] o i 2323–o i 2323	Izallu
Obverse Column i [23:24] o i 2424–o i 2424	[...] : Mount Sinjar
Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 11–o ii 11	Kar-Nergal
Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 22–o ii 22	Kar-Il[lil]
Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 33–o ii 33	Land of Musku : ...
Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 44–o ii 44	Mazamua
Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 55–o ii 55	Arzuhina
Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 66–o ii 66	Kullani(a)
Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 77–o ii 77	Suhu, Hindana
Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii 88–o ii 88	Land of Hilakku, Land of Ionia
Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii 99–o ii 99	Land of Melid, Phil[is]tia
Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii 1010–o ii 1010	Sardis, Ash[kelon]
Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 1111–o ii 1111	Edom : [...]
Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 1212–o ii 1212	Ammo[n]
Obverse Column ii [12:13] o ii 1313–o ii 1313	Land of Cush
Obverse Column ii [13:14] o ii 1414–o ii 1414	Media : Land of [...]
Obverse Column ii [14:17] o ii 1515–o ii 1717	Land of Parsu[a (...)]
Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1'1'–r i 1'1'	Land of S[amaria]
Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 2'2'–r i 2'2'	Land of S[a'arri]
Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 3'3'–r i 3'3'	Land of Hau[rina]
Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 4'4'–r i 4'4'	Sea-Land [...]
Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 5'5'–r i 5'5'	Land of Egypt
Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 6'6'–r i 6'6'	Damascus
Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 7'7'–r i 7'7'	Qarnini
Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 8'8'–r i 8'8'	Hama[th]
Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 9'9'–r i 9'9'	Hatarik[ka]
Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 10'10'–r i 10'10'	Manṣuate
Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 11'11'–r i 11'11'	Dor
Reverse Column i [11:12] r i 12'12'–r i 12'12'	Ṣupat, Hama[tu]
Reverse Column i [12:13] r i 13'13'–r i 13'13'	: Dur-Balihayu
Reverse Column i [13:14] r i 14'14'–r i 14'14'	Sam'al
Reverse Column i [14:15] r i 15'15'–r i 15'15'	Laqê
Reverse Column i [15:16] r i 16'16'–r i 16'16'	Land of Tabal, Que
Reverse Column i [16:17] r i 17'17'–r i 17'17'	Carchemish
Reverse Column i [17:18] r i 18'18'–r i 18'18'	Kummu[h]
Reverse Column i [18:19] r i 19'19'–r i 19'19'	Kummu[h]
Reverse Column i [19:21] r i 20'20'–	Kar-Mul[lissi]
Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 2'2'–r ii 2'2'	Adian, ...
Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 3'3'–r ii 3'3'	Imgur-Illil, Adian
Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 4'4'–r ii 4'4'	Nemed-Issar
Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 5'5'–r ii 5'5'	Šišlu
Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 6'6'–r ii 6'6'	Ubasê
Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 7'7'–r ii 7'7'	Ekallati
Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 8'8'–r ii 8'8'	Samarra
Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 9'9'–r ii 9'9'	Arrapha, Halahhu
Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 10'10'–r ii 10'10'	Raṣappa
Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 11'11'–r ii 11'11'	Tamnunu : Tamnunu
Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 12'12'–r ii 12'12'	Tillê, Apku
Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii 13'13'–r ii 13'13'	Isana
Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii 14'14'–r ii 14'14'	Šabirešu
Reverse Column ii [14:15] r ii 15'15'–r ii 15'15'	Šudu, Tušhan
Reverse Column ii [15:16] r ii 16'16'–r ii 16'16'	Guzana, Naṣibina
Reverse Column ii [16:17] r ii 17'17'–r ii 17'17'	Hamedê
Reverse Column ii [17:18] r ii 18'18'–r ii 18'18'	Suru-Nurani
Reverse Column ii [18:19] r ii 19'19'–r ii 19'19'	Bur-šarri, Karaš
Reverse Column ii [19:20] r ii 20'20'–r ii 20'20'	Kamanate
Reverse Column ii [20:21] r ii 21'21'–r ii 21'21'	[Ka]r-Shalmaneser
Reverse Column ii [21:22] r ii 22'22'–r ii 22'22'	[Dur]-Šarruken

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 i
1	⸢KA₂.DINGIR⸣ [x x x (x)] ⸢RA⸣{ki}
2	TIN.TIR{⸢ki} x x <x>{ki}
3	bar-sip{ki} bur-sip{ki}
4	d.EN.LIL₂{ki} GU₂.DU₈.A{ki}
5	UNUG{ki} TE.UNUG{ki}
6	UD.UD-ak{ki} UD.UNUG{ki}
7	ŠEŠ.UNUG{ki} kul-UNUG{ki}
8	UD.KIB.NUN{ki} dil-bat{ki}
9	MARAD.DA{ki} {uru}sah-ri-na
10	{uru}ap-šu {uru}u₂-pi-i
11	NUN{ki} NI.TUK{ki}
12	ki-sik{ki} kis-sik-ru{ki}
13	PA.{še}KI PA.TE.SI{ki}
14	BAD₃.DINGIR{ki} {kur}i-tu-ʾu
15	{kur}la-ba-du-du
16	{kur}ia-su-pu
17	KUR—{lu₂}IGI.UM
18	KUR—{lu₂}600—E₂.GAL
19	KUR—{lu₂v}NIGIR₂—KUR
20	KUR—{lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.LUL
21	{uru}a-ri-ia-u-a-te
22	{⸢uru⸣}GU₂-AN
23	{[kur]}i-zal-lu
24	[x x]+⸢x⸣ {kur}sin-gar
25	[x x x]+⸢x⸣ ši ⸢x⸣+[x x]
o ii
1	{uru}kar—{d}ŠEŠ.⸢GAL⸣
2	{uru}kar—{d}EN.⸢LIL₂⸣
3	{kur}mu-us-ku {uru}mar-⸢x x⸣
4	{uru}ma-za-mu-u-a
5	{uru}ar₂-zu-hi-na
6	{uru}kul-la-ni-i
7	{uru}su-u-hu {uru}hi-in-da-na
8	{kur}hi-lak-ku {kur}ia-⸢e⸣-na
9	{kur}me-li-di {uru}pi-⸢li-iš⸣-tu₂
10	{uru}ši-bar-tu₂ {uru}is-⸢qa⸣-[lu-na]
11	{uru}u₂-du-u-mu {uru}[x x]
12	{uru}am-ma-a-[na]
13	{kur}ku-u₂-su [o]
14	mat-a.a {kur}⸢x⸣+[x x x]
15	{kur}par-⸢su⸣-[x (x x)]
16	{kur}[x x x x x]
17	{kur}[x x x x x]
r i
1'	{kur}⸢sa⸣-[mir-i-na]
2'	{uru}sa-[ʾa-ar-ri]
3'	{kur}ha-a-u-[ri-na]
4'	{kur}tam-tim [x x]
5'	{kur}mu-uṣ-⸢ri⸣ [o]
6'	{uru}di-maš-qa [o]
7'	{uru}qar-ni-ni [o]
8'	{uru}ha-ma-⸢at⸣-[tu]
9'	{uru}ha-ta-rik-[ka]
10'	{uru}man-ṣu-a-te
11'	{uru}du-uʾ-ru
12'	{uru}ṣu-bat {uru}ha-ma-a-[tu₂]
13'	{uru}BAD₃—{d}KASKAL.KUR-a.a
14'	{uru}sa-am-al-la
15'	{uru}la-qe₂-e
16'	{kur}ta-bal {uru}qu-⸢e⸣
17'	{uru}gar-ga-⸢mis⸣
18'	{uru}ku-mu-[hi]
19'	{uru}kum₂-mu-[hi]
20'	{uru}kar—{d}NIN.[LIL₂]
r ii
1'	{uru}⸢x⸣+[x x x x]
2'	{uru}a-di-an {uru}⸢x x⸣
3'	{uru}im-gur₂—{d}BE {uru}EN-an
4'	{uru}ne₂-med—{d}15
5'	{uru}ši-iš-lu
6'	{uru}u₂-ba-se-e
7'	{uru}E₂.GAL-MEŠ
8'	{uru}su-ur-mar-ra-a-te
9'	{uru}arrap-ha {uru}ha-lah-hu
10'	{uru}ra-ṣa-ap-pa
11'	{uru}tam-nu-nu {uru}tam-KU₆.KU₆
12'	{uru}til-le-e {uru}ap-ku
13'	{uru}i-sa-na
14'	{uru}ša-bi-ri-i-šu₂
15'	{uru}šu-u-du {uru}tuš-ha-an
16'	{uru}gu-za-na {uru}na-ṣi-bi-na
17'	{uru}ha-me-de-e
18'	{uru}su-ru—{1}nu-ra-a-ni
19'	{uru}PU₂—LUGAL {uru}ka-raš
20'	{uru}ka-ma-na-a-te
21'	{[uru]}⸢kar⸣—{1}{⸢d⸣}DI-nu—MAŠ
22'	{[uru}BAD₃]—LUGAL—GIN

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