PKT 31 (P336317)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PKT 31 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336317 |
| Museum no. | VAT 11449 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa02 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...... which Sennach]erib, king of Assyr[ia, your lord], has set to you: |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [If you should hear] improper things, you shall speak out [going] to Sennacherib, king of Assyria, [your lord], and totally devoting yourselves to the king, your lord, |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | if you should not protect [Esarhaddon, the crown prince designate, and] the other princes [whom Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has presen]ted to you; (otherwise): |
| Obverse [6:12] o 7'7'–o 12'12' | [May Aššur, Mullissu, Šerua], Sin, Nikkal, Šamaš, Nu[r, Anu, Antu, Illil, Adad, Š]ala, Kippat-mati, [Ištar of Heaven, Ištar of Nineveh], Ištar of [Arbela, the Assyrian Ištar, Zababa, Ba]bu, Ninurta, Nusku, and [..., the gods of the Akitu Chapel ... curse you with] an indissoluble, grievous curse [...] in the city of Aššur [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] in his heart [...], |
| Reverse [1:8] r 2'2'–r 8'8' | May [Aššur, Mullissu, Šerua], Sin, Nikkal, Šamaš, [Nur, Anu, Antu, I]llil, Adad, Šala, [Kippat-mati, Ištar of Heaven, Ištar of Nineveh, Ištar of Arb]ela, the Assyrian Ištar, [Zababa, Babu, Ea, Belet-ili, Damkina, Kakk]a, and Nergal, the gods [of the Akitu Chapel ... curse you with an indissoluble, griev]ous [curse, may they ...] your [...] in all l[ands...] the Akitu Chapel [...] |
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 ša {1}{d}30—PAB]-⸢MEŠ—SU⸣ MAN KUR—aš-⸢šur⸣{[ki} EN-ku-nu] | |
| 2' | [x x x x iš]-⸢ku⸣-na-⸢ka⸣-[nu-ni] a-bu-tu₂ ⸢la de⸣-iq-⸢tu₂⸣ [ta-šam-ma-a-ni] | |
| 3' | [la ta-qab-ba]-⸢a-ni⸣ a-na {1}{d}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU MAN KUR—aš-šur{[ki} EN-ku-nu] | |
| 4' | [la ta-lak-a-ni-ni] ⸢ŠA₃-ba⸣-ku-nu a-na LUGAL EN-ku-nu ⸢la ga⸣-mur-[u-ni o] | |
| 5' | [šum-ma {1}aš-šur—PAB—AŠ DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN GAL ša E₂—UŠ-ti E₂—UŠ-ti u₃] ⸢re-eh⸣-te DUMU-MEŠ—LUGAL DUMU-MEŠ—LUGAL [ša {1}{d}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU] | |
| 6' | [MAN KUR—aš-šur{ki} u₂-kal-lim]-⸢u₂⸣-ka-nu-ni la ta-na-ṣar-ša₂-⸢nu⸣-[ni o] | |
| 7' | [aš-šur {d}NIN.LIL₂ {d}še-ru-u-a] {⸢d⸣}30 {d}NIN.GAL {d}UTU {d}⸢A⸣.[A o] | |
| 8' | {[d}a-num an-tum {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}IM {d]}⸢ša⸣-la {d}kip-pat—KUR [o] | |
| 9' | {[d}15 ša AN-e {d}15 ša {uru}NINA{ki]} {d}15 ša {uru}[arba-il₃{ki]} | |
| 10' | {[d}15 aš-šur-i-tu₂ {d}za-ba₄-ba₄ {d}BA].U₂ {d}MAŠ {d}PA.⸢TUG₂ x⸣ [x x] | |
| 11' | [DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ {e₂}a₂-ki-it x x x ar]-rat la nap-šur ma-⸢ru⸣-[uš-tu] | |
| 12' | [li-ru-ru-ku-nu x x x x x x] ⸢ina⸣ {uru}{d}⸢aš-šur lik-x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x] ṣab ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [aš-šur {d}NIN.LIL₂ {d}še-ru-u-a] {⸢d⸣}30 {d}NIN.GAL {d}UTU {[d}A.A o] | |
| 3' | {[d}a-num an-tum {d]}⸢EN⸣.LIL₂ {d}IM {d}ša-la {[d}GAM—KUR {d}15 ša₂ AN-e] | |
| 4' | {[d}15 ša NINA{ki} {d}15 ša₂ arba]-il₃{⸢ki⸣} {d}15 aš-šur-[i-tu₂ {d}za-ba₄-ba₄ {d}BA.U₂] | |
| 5' | {[d}E₂.A DINGIR.MAH {d}dam-ki-na {d}GA].⸢GA⸣ {d}U.GUR DINGIR-MEŠ [ša {e₂}a₂-ki-it] | |
| 6' | [x x x ar-rat la nap-šur ma-ru]-⸢uš⸣-tu li-[ru-ru-ku-nu] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ku⸣-nu ina nap-har ⸢KUR⸣.[KUR x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ina⸣ {e₂}a₂-ki-⸢it⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
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