JCS 39, 159 (P336217)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 39, 159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336217 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa02 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [The treaty of Assurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon, likewise king of the world, king of Assyria, with Abi-yate' son of Te'ri, his sons, grandsons, brothers and nephews, with all Qedarites, young and old, and with ...] son of Yau[ta', in the presence of all the gods of] Assyria and Qedar: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Swear by Aššur], Mullissu and [Šerua]: |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | [Considering th]at Yauta' (your) malef[actor] handed all [Arab]s over to destruction [through] the iron sword, and put you to the sword, |
| Obverse [7:11] o 8'8'–o 11'11' | [and that Assur]banipal, king of Assyria, your lord, put oil on you and turned his friendly face towards you, |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | you shall not strive for peace with Yauta', |
| Obverse [13:16] o 14'14'–o 16'16' | you shall not [... with] your brothers, [your] unc[les ... |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | You shall [......]; |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | [you] sh[all keep] his feet [off ...], and shall not send [...] after him by the hand of anyone, |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | (but), considering the terrible things which he did, you shall make every effort to kill him. |
| Reverse [7:11] r 8'8'–r 11'11' | [May Aššur, Mu]llissu, Sin, Šamaš, [Bel, Na]bû, Ištar [of Nineveh, Iš]tar [of Arbela], Nergal [... |
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 | ||
| 1' | [TA@v {1}x x x] A {1}⸢ia-u₂⸣-[ta-aʾ x x x] | |
| 2' | [(IGI) DINGIR-MEŠ KUR]—aš-šur DINGIR-MEŠ {kur}qi-id-[ri DU₃-šu₂-nu] | |
| 3' | [aš-šur] {d}⸢NIN⸣.LIL₂ {d}⸢še⸣-[ru-u-a] | |
| 4' | [pit-ti] ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}ia-u₂-ta-aʾ la ⸢MUN⸣-[a-nu] | |
| 5' | [pi-i] ⸢GIR₂⸣.AN.BAR a-na ha-lu-[qi o] | |
| 6' | {[kur}a-ru]-⸢bu⸣ gab-bu id-din-⸢u⸣-[ni o] | |
| 7' | [ina pi]-⸢i⸣ GIR₂.AN.BAR iš-kun-u-ka-nu-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 8' | {1}aš-šur]—⸢DU₃⸣—A ⸢MAN⸣ KUR—aš-šur EN-ku-nu | |
| 9' | ⸢I₃⸣.GIŠ iš-kun-ak-ka-nu-u-ni | |
| 10' | pa-ni-šu₂ SIG₅-MEŠ ina UGU-hi-ku-nu | |
| 11' | iš-kun-u-ni | |
| 12' | šum-ma at-tu-nu TA@v {1}ia-u₂-ta-aʾ | |
| 13' | a-na MUN ta-qar-rib-a-ni | |
| 14' | šum-[ma TA] ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ku-nu ŠEŠ-ME—⸢AD⸣-[MEŠ-ku-nu] ŠEŠ-ME—⸢AD⸣-[MEŠ-ku-nu] | |
| 15' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ tu KUR [x x x x] | |
| 16' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ is [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x at]-tu-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [šum]-⸢ma⸣ GIR₃.2-šu₂ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [i]—⸢da⸣-tu-uš-[šu [i]—⸢da⸣-tu-uš-[šu x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina ŠU.2 me-me-ni ta-šap-⸢par-a⸣-[ni-(šu₂-ni)] | |
| 5' | ina pu-ut sa-an-ka-a-te ša₂ e-⸢pu⸣-[šu-u-ni] | |
| 6' | ina ⸢UGU⸣ du-a-ki-šu₂ la ta-kap-pu-⸢da⸣-[a-ni] | |
| 7' | la ta-⸢ṣar⸣-rim-a-ni | |
| 8' | {[d}aš-šur {d]}⸢NIN⸣.LIL₂ {d}30 {d}UTU | |
| 9' | {[d}EN {d]}⸢PA⸣ {d}15 [ša₂] NINA{[ki} {d]}15 | |
| 10' | [ša arba-il₃ {d]}U.GUR ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
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