Iraq 34, 021 pl. 19 (P336215)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Iraq 34, 021 pl. 19 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336215 |
| Museum no. | BM 135586 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Šamaš-šumu-ukin. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | Šaridu (and) Nabû-ahhe-ereš, citizens of Babylon, (and) Bel-iddina, a citizen of Borsippa, have sent me the (following) letter: |
| Obverse [8:32] o 99– | "The king concluded a treaty with us concerning you: 'Tell your lord whatever you hear!' Now, Bel-eṭir (and) Šamaš-zeru-iqiša have neglected the order the king gave them (and) are acting on their own. Aplaya, whom the king sent (with the command): 'Go (and) set up sanctuaries in Babylon!', has made common cause with them. They are observing the stars (and) dissecting lambs, but he does not report anything concerning the king, our lord, or the crown prince of Babylon. Aplaya alone is a haruspex; Bel-eṭir (and) Šamaš-zeru-iqiša are astrologers, they watch the sky day and night. Moreover, he has assembled the people who captured Aššur-nadin-šumi (and) delivered him to Elam, and has concluded a treaty with them, adjuring them by Jupiter (and) Sirius. We have now heard (about it) and informed the crown prince of Babylon." |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Urdu-Nabû has written to Bel-eṭir and Šamaš-zeru-iqiša as follows: |
| Reverse [10:16] r 1111–r 1616 | "The treasurer who came, has come without (the consent of) the king. Scold him on my behalf! Sulaya, our brother, is kept in the Review Palace of Nineveh by royal command." |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.⸢NA⸣ | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | {d}AG u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu {1}ša₂-ri-du {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—APIN-eš | |
| 6 | DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 7 | {1}EN—SUM-na DUMU—BAR₂.SIPA{ki} DUMU—BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 8 | e-gir₂-tu₂ is-sa-ap-ru-u-ni | |
| 9 | ma a-de-e LUGAL ina UGU-hi-ka | |
| 10 | is-se-e-ni is-sa-kan | |
| 11 | ma-a mi-i-ni ša ta-ša₂-ma-a-ni | |
| 12 | a-na EN-ku-nu ta-qab-bi-a | |
| 13 | ma-a u₂-ma-a {1}EN—KAR-ir {1}{d}UTU—NUMUN—BA-ša₂ | |
| 14 | ṭe₃-e-mu ša LUGAL iš-ka-nu-ša₂-nu-u-ni | |
| 15 | ur-tam-mi-u₂ ša ra-ma-ni-šu₂-nu e-pu-uš | |
| 16 | {1}DUMU.UŠ-a.a ša LUGAL iš-pur-šu-u-ni | |
| 17 | ma a-lik BARAG-MEŠ ina KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} kur-ru | |
| 18 | is-si-šu₂-nu pi-i is-sa-kan | |
| 19 | MUL-MEŠ e-mur-ru {udu}pu-ha-da-a-ni | |
| 20 | i-nak-ki-su ina UGU LUGAL BE-i-ni | |
| 21 | DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} la i-qab-bi | |
| 22 | ma-a {1}DUMU.UŠ-a.a u₂-de-e-šu₂ {lu₂}HAL | |
| 23 | {1}EN—KAR-ir {1}{d}UTU—NUMUN—BA-ša₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂v}A.BA UD-mu—AN—EN.LIL₂ UD-mu—AN—EN.LIL₂ UD-mu—AN—EN.LIL₂ šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | mu-šu kal-la UD-mu AN-e i-da-gul | |
| 3 | ⸢u₃⸣ UN-MEŠ ša₂ a-na {1}aš-šur—na-din—MU | |
| 4 | iṣ-bat-⸢u₂⸣-ni a-na {kur}NIM.MA{ki} id-di-nu-u-ni | |
| 5 | up-ta-hir-šu₂-nu a-de-e is-si-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | is-sa-kan ina {mul}SAG.ME.GAR {mul}GAG.SI.SA₂ | |
| 7 | ut-ta-me-šu₂-nu u₂-ma-a ni-is-se-me | |
| 8 | a-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ni-iq-ṭi-bi | |
| 9 | {1}ARAD—{d}PA e-gir₂-tu₂ a-na {1}EN—KAR-ir | |
| 10 | a-na {1}{d}⸢UTU⸣—NUMUN—BA-ša₂ is-sa-ap-ra | |
| 11 | ma-a {lu₂v}IGI.DUB ša il-lik-an-ni | |
| 12 | ma-a ša₂ la LUGAL it-tal-ka | |
| 13 | ma-a ina UGU-hi pi-i-ia qa-li-la-šu | |
| 14 | {1}su-la-a.a ŠEŠ-u₂-ni | |
| 15 | ina UGU a-bat LUGAL ina KUR—ma-šar-ti KUR—ma-šar-ti | |
| 16 | {uru}ni-nu-u ṣa-bit | |
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