JCS 39, 188 (P336220)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 39, 188 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336220 |
| 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 ii [1:2] o ii 2'2'–o ii 2'2' | [...] him. |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 3'3'–o ii 3'3' | You will not make peace [with] him |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4' | nor make [common cause] with him, |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | but will fe[ar] me |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 6'6'–o ii 6'6' | and do what is [good] to me. |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 7'7'–o ii 7'7' | [If] you do what is good to me, |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii 8'8'–o ii 8'8' | all [Ar]abia [... |
| Obverse Column ii [8:10] o ii 9'9'–o ii 10'10' | (ii 9) (Break) |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 11'11'–o ii 11'11' | [Should] I march |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 12'12'–o ii 12'12' | [...] against you |
| Obverse Column ii [12:13] o ii 13'13'–o ii 13'13' | [...] his mouth |
| Obverse Column ii [13:14] o ii 14'14'–o ii 14'14' | [...] keeping at a distance from you |
| Obverse Column ii [14:15] o ii 15'15'–o ii 15'15' | [...] you will bring forth |
| Obverse Column ii [15:16] o ii 16'16'–o ii 16'16' | [...] is set to him |
| Obverse Column ii [16:17] o ii 17'17'–o ii 17'17' | [... let them] make difficult |
| Obverse Column ii [17:18] o ii 18'18'–o ii 18'18' | [...] one of your servants |
| Obverse Column ii [18:19] o ii 19'19'–o ii 19'19' | [...] another country |
| Reverse Column iii [0:3] r iii 1r iii 1–r iii 33 | You will send no [messages], neither with a fish of the sea nor with a bird of the sky. |
| Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 44–r iii 44 | You shall not say: |
| Reverse Column iii [4:5] r iii 55–r iii 55 | "Go and tell to that king: |
| Reverse Column iii [5:6] r iii 66–r iii 66 | 'Now, the king of Assyria |
| Reverse Column iii [6:7] r iii 77–r iii 77 | is marching against you, |
| Reverse Column iii [7:8] r iii 88–r iii 88 | he has ...ed a certain [strat]agem |
| Reverse Column iii [8:9] r iii 99–r iii 99 | to use against you.'" |
| Reverse Column iii [9:15] r iii 1010–r iii 1515 | [Nor] will you conceal from me anything that you hear, be it from the mouth of a king, or on account of a country, (anything) that bears upon or is harmful to us or Assyria, |
| Reverse Column iii [15:16] r iii 1616–r iii 1616 | but you will write to me |
| Reverse Column iii [16:17] r iii 1717–r iii 1717 | and bring it to my attention. |
| Reverse Column iii [17:18] r iii 1818–r iii 1818 | Whatever [matters] |
| Reverse Column iii [18:19] r iii 1919–r iii 1919 | I may discu[ss with you], |
| Reverse Column iii [19:23] r iii 2020–r iii 2323 | whatever [...] the mankind |
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 ii | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]-ka-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [is-si]-šu₂ ⸢la⸣ ta-⸢sa-lim⸣ | |
| 4' | [pi-i] ⸢is⸣-si-šu₂ ⸢la⸣ ta-ša₂-kan | |
| 5' | [ta]-pa-⸢lah₃⸣-[an]-ni | |
| 6' | ⸢SIG₅⸣-ia te-⸢pa⸣-aš₂-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7' | [šum-ma] ⸢SIG₅-ia⸣ te-ta-pa-aš₂ | |
| 8' | [x x x {kur}a]-⸢ru⸣-bu gab-bu | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x]-bu | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x]-di-u | |
| 11' | [šum-ma a-na-ku ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-ka | |
| 12' | [x x x x x] ⸢al⸣-lak | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-bi pi-i-šu₂ | |
| 14' | [x x x x x] ⸢TA⸣ IGI-ka pa-ti-u-ni | |
| 15' | [x x x x] ⸢tu⸣-še-ṣa | |
| 16' | [x x x] ⸢šak⸣-na-šu-u-ni | |
| 17' | [x x lu]-⸢šam⸣-ri-ṣu | |
| 18' | [x x] 01-⸢en ina⸣ ŠA₃ ARAD-MEŠ-ka | |
| 19' | [x x x] ⸢KUR⸣ ša₂-ni-⸢tim⸣-ma | |
| 20' | [x x x x x x] ⸢at x⸣ | |
| r iii | ||
| 1 | lu-u ina ŠU.2 KU₆ ša₂ tam-⸢tim⸣ | |
| 2 | lu-u ina ŠU.2 MUŠEN ša₂ AN-e | |
| 3 | la ta-šap-par | |
| 4 | šum-ma at-ta ta-qab-bu-u-ni | |
| 5 | [ma]-⸢a⸣ a-lik a-na LUGAL am-mi₃-e qi-bi | |
| 6 | [ma-a] an-nu-rig LUGAL KUR—aš-šur | |
| 7 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-ka il-la-ka | |
| 8 | [nik]-⸢lu⸣ me-me-ni us-se-IL | |
| 9 | [ina UGU]-hi-ka a-na e-pa-ši | |
| 10 | [u₃] a-bu-tu₂ am-mar ta-šam-mu-ni | |
| 11 | [lu-u] ⸢TA⸣ pi-i 01-en LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| 12 | [lu-u] ⸢TA⸣ pa-an 01-et KUR-MEŠ | |
| 13 | [ša ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-ni ina UGU KUR—aš-šur | |
| 14 | [qur]-bu-u-ni la ṭa-bu-u-ni | |
| 15 | [TA] IGI-ia la tu-pa-zar | |
| 16 | [a-na] ⸢a⸣.a-ši ta-šap-pa-ra | |
| 17 | [tu]-⸢ša₂⸣-aš₂-man-ni | |
| 18 | [dib-bi] am—mar ša₂ a-na-ku | |
| 19 | [is-si-ka a]-⸢da⸣-bu-ub-u-ni | |
| 20 | [x x x x x]-⸢pi⸣ am—mar ša₂ a-me-lu-ti | |
| 21 | [x x x x x x x]-ṣa | |
| 22 | [x x x x x x x]-su | |
| 23 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ka⸣ | |
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