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NARGD 21 + (P336266)

Grant, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationNARGD 21 +
IDP336266
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreGrant
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By ORACC project saao/saa12 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4'[These people shall not be called up for labour and c]orvée service or for the le[vy of the land; they are free from] quay, cr[ossing and gate due]s [on la]nd or w[ater];
Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7'[in] all [the temple]s [......]; [they are free from] "boat and cr[ossbar"]; [the tax on] his [oxe]n, [sheep and goats shall not be collected];
Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8'[at the conclusion a business vent]ure he shall not [have to turn over anythin]g of his ear[nings].
Reverse [8:15] r 9'9'–r 15'15'[A fut]ure [prince among the king]s, [my] sons, [whom A]ššur and Ištar nominate [t]o rule the land and the people: respect [(the oath) by Aššur, Enl]il, Adad, Be[r and the Ass]yrian [Ištar] an[d do not alter the wording of thi]s [tablet. The great gods] will hea[r you]r [prayer].

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
r
1'[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]
2'[ina il-ki] ⸢tup⸣-šik-ki di-⸢ku⸣-[ut KUR x x x x]
3'[x x x mi-ik]-⸢si⸣ ka-a-ri ne₂-[bi-ri x x x x]
4'[x x x x] ⸢KUR⸣-e {⸢id₂⸣}[hi-ri-ti x x x x]
5'[x x x x E₂.KUR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ DU₃-ši-na [x x x x x]
6'[x x x x x {giš]}MA₂ {giš}hu-[u₂-qu x x x x]
7'[x x x ṣi-bit] ⸢GUD⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ [U₈.UDU-HI.A-šu₂]
8'[x x x x] ⸢har⸣-ra-ni sa-⸢hur⸣-[tu-šu₂ mim]-⸢ma la u₂⸣-[sah-har]
9'[NUN-u₂] ⸢EGIR⸣-u₂ [ina LUGAL]-⸢MEŠ⸣ DUMU-MEŠ-[ia]
10'[ša] ⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂ u {d}IŠ.TAR [a]-⸢na⸣ be-lut KUR u₃ UN-[MEŠ]
11'[i]-nam-bu-⸢u₂⸣ zi-kir-[šu₂]
12'[ni-iš AN.ŠAR₂] {⸢d⸣}[EN].⸢LIL₂⸣ {d}IM {d}be-⸢er⸣
13'[u₃ {d}15 aš]-⸢šur⸣-i-tu pi-lah₃-⸢ma⸣
14'[ša pi-i ṭup-pi šu-a]-⸢tum⸣ la tu-ša₂-an-⸢na⸣
15'[DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ik-ri-bi]-⸢ka⸣ i-šem-⸢mu⸣-[u₂]

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