LAS 343 (P336238)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LAS 343 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336238 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [......] should cel[ebrat]e a festival. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [......] it is written as follows: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [If ......] he resumes the [cul]t of the city god |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [......] that city will prosper |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [......] will save [......]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......]... his prosperity |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] the sons of the king, m[y lord], |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [......] you don't exercise t[heir ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...... g]ive t[hem] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [......] fills th[eir ...]. |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 11b.e. 11– | [......]... wailing |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......] this |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] brings |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...... Af]terwards, those of Nineveh |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......] of Arbela |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...... o]f Tarbiṣu |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [......] each or 2 shekels each |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [......] they should bring [the ...] of the gods |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | they should do [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | At the same time, they should bring [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [......] is complete |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 12r.e. 12–r.e. 12r.e. 12 | (r.e. 12) (Rest destroyed) |
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 | [x x x x x] i-sin-nu liš-⸢kun⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] ki-i an-ni-i ša₃-ṭir | |
| 3 | [x x x x par]-⸢ṣu⸣ DINGIR—URU il-qi₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x] URU BI i-šal-lim | |
| 5 | [x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-še-za-ab | |
| 6 | [x x x x] ⸢tir⸣-ṣi ne₂-ma-⸢al⸣-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x] 30 DUMU-MEŠ—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU-MEŠ—⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x-šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ la ⸢tu-pa-aš₂⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ⸢di⸣-na-aš₂-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu] | |
| 10 | [x x x x šu₂]-nu u₂-mal-[la] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | [x x x x x]-zi-tu kil-⸢lum⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] an-ni-u₂ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] u₂-bal-u-ni | |
| 3 | [x x x x] ⸢ur⸣-ket ša {uru}NINA | |
| 4 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {uru}tar-bi-ṣi | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]-a.a lu-u 02 GIN₂-a.a | |
| 7 | [x x x x x] ša DINGIR-MEŠ liš-⸢šu⸣-ni | |
| 8 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ le-e-pu-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] is-se-niš lu-u₂-bi-lu₄ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ga-mir | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]-hi i-mar-ra-⸢ša₂⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢e⸣ [x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x] ki [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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