Ash pl. 03 + (P336126)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ash pl. 03 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P336126 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 Column i [0:4] o i 1o i 1–o i 44 | [The treat]y of Esarhad[don, king] of Assyria, son of [Sennacherib likewise king of Assyria, with Baa]l, king of Tyre, with [..., his son, and his other sons and grandsons, with a]ll [Tyrians], young and old [... |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5' | or ...[......] |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6' | or [......] |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7' | or with [......] |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8' | not[......] |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9' | if [......] not ...[......] |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10' | If Assyr[ia ......] |
| Obverse Column i [10:12] o i 11'11'–o i 12'12' | ... you [......]...[......] |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 1010–o ii 1010 | [......] according to [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 1111–o ii 1111 | [......] let [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [5:7] o ii 1313–o ii 1414 | [...... t]o the ex[empt] |
| Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii 1'1'–r iii 1'1' | [......] from ... until [......] |
| Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 2'2'–r iii 2'2' | [......] their [...]s; Esarhaddon, king of As[syria ......] |
| Reverse Column iii [2:3] r iii 3'3'–r iii 3'3' | [......] will not [...] upon it [...] |
| Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 4'4'–r iii 4'4' | [......] these [...]s and these cities which I destroyed [......] |
| Reverse Column iii [4:5] r iii 5'5'–r iii 5'5' | you must not send nor desp[atch] the [... which] (may) come [...]. |
| Reverse Column iii [5:6] r iii 6'6'–r iii 6'6' | [If the royal deputy whom] I have appointed over you [...] anything in [...] |
| Reverse Column iii [6:7] r iii 7'7'–r iii 7'7' | [...] the elders of your country [convene to take] counsel |
| Reverse Column iii [7:8] r iii 8'8'–r iii 8'8' | the royal deputy [will ...] with them [......] |
| Reverse Column iii [8:9] r iii 9'9'–r iii 9'9' | [......] of the ships [......] |
| Reverse Column iii [9:10] r iii 10'10'–r iii 10'10' | (iii 10) (Break) |
| Reverse Column iii [10:14] r iii 11'11'–r iii 14'14' | [You may not ... any ship ...] which comes to you; [if ......], do not listen to him, [do not ...] without the royal deputy; nor must you open a letter which I send you without the royal deputy. If the royal deputy is absent, wait for him and then open it, or [...] the messenger. |
| Reverse Column iii [14:17] r iii 15'15'–r iii 17'17' | If there is a ship of Baal or the people of Tyre that is shipwrecked off the land of the Philistines or within Assyrian territory, everything that is on ship belongs to Esarhaddon, king of Assyria; however, one must not do any harm to any person on board the ship but one must return them all to their country. |
| Reverse Column iii [17:21] r iii 18'18'–r iii 21'21' | These are the ports of trade and the trade routes which Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, [entrusted] to his servant Baal: to Akko, Dor, to the entire district of the Philistines, and to all the cities within Assyrian territory on the seacoast, and to Byblos, the Lebanon, all the cities in the mountains, all (these) being cities of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria. |
| Reverse Column iii [21:26] r iii 22'22'–r iii 26'26' | Baal [may enter these] cities. The people of Tyre [will], in accordance with what Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, has per[mitted, stay] in their ships, and all those who enter into the towns of [...], his towns, his villages, his ports of trade which [...] for collecting [toll ...], and all (the places) in their outskirts, will [pay toll], as in the past. |
| Reverse Column iii [26:31] r iii 27'27'– | Nobody will [do] injustice [to those] who are hired [...] and nobody will harm their ships. In the coun[try of ...], in his district, in his villages ...[...] the people of Sidon [...] as in the past [... |
| Reverse Column iv [0:1] r iv 1'1'–r iv 1'1' | [May Mullissu, who resides in Nineveh, tie to you a flaming sword]. |
| Reverse Column iv [1:2] r iv 2'2'–r iv 2'2' | [May] Ištar, [who resides in Arbela, not grant] you [mercy and forgiveness]. |
| Reverse Column iv [2:4] r iv 3'3'–r iv 4'4' | May Gula, the great physician, [put illness and weariness in] your [hearts] and an unhealing sore in your body; bathe [in blood and pus as if in water]! |
| Reverse Column iv [4:5] r iv 5'5'–r iv 5'5' | May the Pleiades, the heroic gods, [smi]te you [down] with their [fierce] weapons. |
| Reverse Column iv [5:7] r iv 6'6'–r iv 7'7' | May Bethel and Anath-Bethel [deliver] you to the paws of a man-eating lion. |
| Reverse Column iv [7:9] r iv 8'8'–r iv 9'9' | May the great gods of heaven and earth, the gods of Assyria, the gods of Akkad and the gods of Eber-nari curse you with an indissoluble curse. |
| Reverse Column iv [9:13] r iv 10'10'–r iv 13'13' | May Baal Shamaim Baal Malagê and Baal Saaphon raise an evil wind against your ships to undo their moorings and tear out their mooring pole, may a strong wave sink them in the sea and a violent tide [rise] against you. |
| Reverse Column iv [13:18] r iv 14'14'– | May Melqarth and Eshmun deliver your land to destruction and your people to deportation; may they [uproot] you from your land and take away the food from your mouth, clothes from your body, and the oil for your anointing. |
| Right [1:3] r.e. 1818–r.e. 1919 | May Astarte break your bow in the thick of battle and have you crouch at the feet of your enemy, may a foreign enemy divide your belongings. |
| Right [3:4] r.e. 2020–r.e. 2020 | Tablet of the treaty established with Baal of Tyre in [......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1 | [a-de]-e ša₂ {1}⸢aš-šur⸣—PAB—⸢AŠ MAN⸣ KUR—aš-šur{ki} DUMU {1}{⸢d⸣}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU MAN KUR—aš-šur{ki}ma] | |
| 2 | [TA@v {1}ba-a]-⸢lu⸣ MAN {kur}ṣur-ri TA@v {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [TA@v {kur}ṣur-ri gab]-⸢bi⸣-šu₂ TUR GAL [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢lu-u x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | lu-u e-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | lu-u TA@v [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | la ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | šum₂-ma la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | šum₂-ma KUR—aš-⸢šur⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [na]-ṣa-ku-nu ma-a [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x] ⸢ha x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| o ii | ||
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x a]-na pi-⸢i⸣ [x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ lid-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] aš [x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {lu₂}zak-[ke-e] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢TA⸣ UGU UD-⸢me⸣ [x] a-⸢di⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]-MEŠ-šu₂-nu {1}aš-šur—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-[šur{ki} x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x {kur]}⸢ṣur-ri⸣ ina UGU-hi la ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x an]-⸢nu⸣-te URU-MEŠ an-nu-te ša₂ ah-pu-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ il-la-ku-u-ni-ni ⸢la ta-šap-par la tu-še⸣-[ba-la-šu₂-nu] | |
| 6' | [x x {lu₂v}qe-e-pu ša₂ ina] UGU-hi-ka aš₂-kun-u-ni ⸢me-me-ni ina na-x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x]-ka {lut}par-ša₂-mu-te ša₂ KUR-ka ina mil-⸢ki⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x]-u-ni {lu₂v}qe-e-pu is-si-šu₂-nu i-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x ša₂ {giš⸣}MA₂-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ša₂ [x x x x] aš ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ša₂ ina IGI-⸢ka⸣ ta-lak-an-[ni la x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x ša₂] pi-i-šu₂ la ta-ša₂-me ⸢šum₂⸣-ma ba-la-at {lu₂v}[qe]-e-bi [x x x x] | |
| 13' | u₃ e-gir₂-tu₂ ⸢ša⸣ a-šap-par-kan-ni ba-la-at {lu₂v}qe-e-⸢bi⸣ la ta-pat-⸢ti⸣ [o] | |
| 14' | šum₂-ma {lu₂v}qe-e-pu la qur-bu ina IGI-šu₂ ta-da-gal ta-pat-ti u₂-la-a {lu₂}A—⸢KIN {lu₂}A—⸢KIN x⸣ | |
| 15' | šum₂-ma {giš}MA₂ ša₂ {1}ba-a-lu lu ša₂ UN-MEŠ {kur}ṣur-ri ša₂ ina {kur}pi-lis-ti lu ta-hu-me | |
| 16' | ša KUR—aš-šur{ki} gab-bu ta-mah-ha-ṣu-u-ni am—mar ša₂ ina ŠA₃ {giš}MA₂-ni ša₂ {1}aš-šur—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 17' | u₃ UN-MEŠ am—mar ša₂ ina ŠA₃ {giš}MA₂ ina ŠA₃-šu₂-nu ⸢la⸣ i-ha-ṭi-u ⸢ina KUR⸣-šu₂-nu u₂-sa-hu-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 18' | an-nu-te KAR-MEŠ KASKAL-MEŠ ša₂ {1}aš-šur—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur a-na {1}ba-a-lu ARAD-šu₂ ⸢ip-qi⸣-[du-ni] | |
| 19' | a-na {uru}a-ku-u {uru}du-uʾ-ri ina na-gi-e {kur}pi-lis-te gab-[bu o] | |
| 20' | u₃ ina URU-MEŠ ta-hu-me ša₂ KUR—aš-šur{ki} ša₂ ši-di tam-tim gab-[bu o] | |
| 21' | u₃ ina {uru}gu-ub-lu {kur}lab-na-[na] URU-MEŠ ša₂ ina KUR-i gab-[bu o] | |
| 22' | am—mar URU-MEŠ [ša₂ {1}aš]-⸢šur⸣—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur {1}ba-a-lu URU-MEŠ [x x] | |
| 23' | {kur}ṣur-ra-a.a ⸢pit-ti ša₂⸣ {1}aš-šur—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur{[ki]} i-din-[aš₂-šu₂-ni] | |
| 24' | ina ŠA₃ {giš}MA₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu u₃ am—mar e-⸢rab⸣-u-ni ina ŠA₃ URU-MEŠ ša₂ {1}[x x x] | |
| 25' | URU-MEŠ-šu₂ {uru}ŠE-MEŠ-šu₂ KAR-MEŠ-šu₂ ša a-na na-še-e [x x x x x x x] | |
| 26' | am—mar a-hi-ta-te-šu₂-nu-u-ni ki-i ša₂ ina la-bi-[ri x x x x x x x] | |
| 27' | in-na-⸢ga⸣-ru-u-ni me-me-ni pi-ir-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 28' | ina ŠA₃ {giš}MA₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu la i-ha-ṭi ina ŠA₃ {⸢kur⸣}[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 29' | ina na-gi-šu₂ {uru}ŠE-MEŠ-šu₂ e-rim-tu₂ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 30' | ki-i ša₂ la-bi-ri {kur}ṣi-du-[na-a.a x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r iv | ||
| 1' | {d}[NIN.LIL₂ a-ši-bat {uru}NINA{ki} GIR₂.AN.BAR ha-an-ṭu it-ti-ku-nu li-ir-ku-su] | |
| 2' | {d}IŠ.TAR ⸢a⸣-[ši-bat {uru}arba-il₃ re-e-mu gim-lu lu la i-ša₂-kan] ⸢UGU⸣-ku-un | |
| 3' | {d}gu-la a-zu-gal-la-⸢tu₂⸣ [GAL-tu₂ GIG ta-ne₂-hu ina ŠA₃-bi]-⸢ku⸣-nu | |
| 4' | si-im-mu la-zu ina zu-mur-ku-⸢nu⸣ [liš-kun da-a-mu u šar-ku ki-ma A-MEŠ] ru-un-ka | |
| 5' | {d}si-bit-te DINGIR-MEŠ qar-du-te ina {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂-nu [ez-zu-ti na-aš₂-pan-ta]-⸢ku⸣-nu liš-kun | |
| 6' | {d}ba-a.a-ti—DINGIR-MEŠ {d}a-na-ti—ba-⸢a⸣.[a-ti]—⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ | |
| 7' | ina ŠU.2 UR.MAH a-ki-⸢li⸣ [lim-nu-u]-⸢ku⸣-nu | |
| 8' | DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ša₂ AN-e u₃ KI.TIM DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—aš-šur{ki} DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 9' | DINGIR-MEŠ e-bir—ID₂ ar-rat la nap-šu₂-ri li-ru-ru-⸢ku⸣-nu | |
| 10' | {d}ba-al—sa-me-me {d}ba-al—ma-la-ge-e {d}ba-al—ṣa-pu-nu | |
| 11' | TU₁₅ lem-nu ina {giš}MA₂-MEŠ-ku-nu lu-šat-ba {giš}mar-kas-ši-na lip-ṭu-ur | |
| 12' | {giš}ṭar-kul-la-ši-na li-is-su-hu e-du-u dan-nu ina [tam]-⸢tim⸣ | |
| 13' | li-ṭa-bi-ši-na šam-ru a-gu-u e-li-ku-nu li-⸢li⸣-[a] | |
| 14' | {d}mi-il-qar-tu {d}ia-su-mu-nu KUR-ku-nu a-na ha-⸢pe-e⸣ | |
| 15' | UN-MEŠ-ku-nu a-na ša₂-la-li li-di-nu TA@v KUR-ku-nu [lis-su]-⸢hu-ku-nu⸣ | |
| 16' | ŠUKU-MEŠ ina pi-i-ku-nu ku-zip-pi ina la-ni-ku-nu [o] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | I₃-MEŠ ina pa-ša₂-ši-ku-nu lu-hal-li-qu [o] | |
| 18 | {d}as-tar-tu₂ ina ta-ha-zi dan-ni {giš}BAN-⸢ku-nu li-<iš>-bir ina šap-la⸣ {[lu₂v}KUR₂-ku-nu] | |
| 19 | li-še-ši-ib-ku-nu {lu₂v}KUR₂ a-hu-u li-za-i-za mim-[mu-ku-nu] | |
| 20 | ṭup-pi a-⸢de⸣-e kun-nu ša₂ {1}ba-a-lu {kur}⸢ṣur⸣-[ra-a.a] | |
| 21 | ina [x x x] | |
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