RIMA 3.0.104.009, ex. 01 (P336732)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RIMA 3.0.104.009, ex. 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336732 |
| Museum no. | BM 136974 + IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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/saa12 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | [Adad-nerari (III)], [gre]at [king], mighty king, king of the world, king of [Assyria]; [son of Šamš]i-Adad (V), mighty king, king of the [world, ki]ng of [Assyria]; [son of Shal]maneser (III), king of the four quarters; |
| Obverse [3:5] 44–55 | has assigned the [...] of the land of Hindanu to Pal[il-ereš], governor of Raṣappa, and [has ...ed (it)] to him. |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | No one shall change (anything) concerning (this) [......]. |
| Obverse [6:8] 77–88 | The governor of Raṣappa shall rule the pref[ect of Hindanu]; he is his lord; he is [his ...; the prefect] is his agent. |
| Obverse [8:10] 99–1010 | No one [at any time in the future shall make any] claim against Palil-ereš or say anything unfavourable (about him). |
| Obverse [10:12] 1111–1212 | [Adad-nerari (III), king of Assyria], in steadfastness of heart has ass[igned (this responsibility)] to [Palil-ereš], governor of Raṣappa — |
| Obverse [12:16] 1313–1616 | [by Aššur], Adad and Ber and [the Assyrian Ištar], a future prince whom [Aššur] nominates [to r]ule Assyria shall not cast aside the wording of this document; |
| Obverse [16:22] 1717–2222 | nor shall he take the land of Hindanu away from Palil-ereš, governor of Raṣappa and assign it to another province under the authority of another governor; for the future and forever, it will be reckoned with the province of Raṣappa [and] the governor of Raṣappa [shall ...]. |
| Obverse [22:24] 2323–2424 | [A futu]re [prince] who [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Whoever, be it a pri[nce, ......], |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | or the brother of the king, [or ......], |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | or a vizier, or a [......], |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | or an influential person, or a destitute person, o[r a ...... who] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | serves [...], and his word [......] |
| Reverse [5:14] r 66–r 1414 | (only) good words and no one shall speak un[pleasant words ...] to the [king, his lord,] concerning Hindanu or [say] to the king, his lord, "Take the land of Hindanu away from Palil-[ereš], governor of Raṣappa, and assign it to someone else." The king, his lord, will cast him out of his palace with a curse and a bad reputation. All the days of his life, his entrance to the palace will be forbidden. His province will be taken from him and he will be delivered to his (enemy). |
| Reverse [14:18] r 1515–r 1818 | Whoever voices a thought about Hindanu as follows: "Take the land of Hindanu away from the governor of [Raṣappa]," may Mar[duk], the great lord, l[ook at] him with wrath and [decree him] an evil fate forever [(...)]. |
| Reverse [18:20] r 1919–r 2020 | The king will take an oath that the land of Hind[anu, which he ...] assigned to Palil-ereš, he will ne[ver] take away. |
| Reverse [20:26] r 2121–r 2626 | Whoever [removes] this tablet from the presence of the Lady of Nin[eveh], or throws it in the water, or burns it, or buries it in the earth, or sets it up in another place, or takes it to a forbidden place where it is inaccessible and throws it (in) — |
| Reverse [26:33] r 2727–r 3333 | May Aššur, Šamaš, Nabû, Marduk, Enlil, father of the gods, Ninurta, the warrior, Nergal, lord of plagues, and the Assyrian Ištar — these great gods — look on him with wrath and make [his name, his seed] and his progeny dis[appear] from the land and cl[othe] his body with leprosy like a garment. |
| Reverse [33:35] r 3434–r 3535 | Month Sivan (III), 24th day, [eponym year of] Bel-tarṣi-il[umm]a, pre[fect of Calah] (797 B.C.) |
| Reverse [35:37] r 3636–r 3737 | Whoever says to the king: "Take [the land of Hindanu] away [from Palil-ereš, go]vernor of Raṣappa, and appoint me [......] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {1}10—ERIM.GABA MAN] ⸢GAL⸣-u₂ MAN dan-⸢nu⸣ MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR—[aš{ki]} | |
| 2 | [DUMU {1}{d}UTU]-⸢ši⸣—{d}IM MAN dan-nu ⸢MAN⸣ [ŠU₂] ⸢MAN⸣ KUR—[aš{ki]} | |
| 3 | [DUMU {1}{d}DI]-ma-nu—MAŠ MAN kib-rat erbe-[tim] | |
| 4 | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x] {⸢kur⸣}hi-in-da-nu ina ŠU {1}{d}IGI.⸢DU⸣—[KAM] | |
| 5 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAR.KUR {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAR.KUR {kur}ra-ṣa-pa im-tu-nu ina ŠU-šu₂ ⸢il⸣-[x-x] | |
| 6 | man-ma ina UGU-hi ⸢la⸣ i-⸢ni-e x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {kur}ra-ṣa-⸢pa⸣ {lu₂v}ša₂-ki-⸢in⸣—[ṭe₂-mi₃ {lu₂v}ša₂-ki-⸢in⸣—[ṭe₂-mi₃ {kur}hi-in-da-ni] | |
| 8 | i-rad-di-šu₂ šu-tu₂ EN-šu₂ šu-tu₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | {lu₂v}mu-tir—ṭe₂-mi₃-i-šu₂ {lu₂v}mu-tir—ṭe₂-mi₃-i-šu₂ man-ma [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ina IGI MAN pu-qur₂ {1}{d}IGI.DU—⸢KAM⸣ [la i-pa-qar] | |
| 11 | u NU {mi₂}SIG₅-te la i-zak-kar {1}10—ERIM.GABA MAN KUR—aš{ki]} | |
| 12 | ina kun-nu ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ ina ŠU {1}{[d}IGI.DU—KAM] | |
| 13 | {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {kur}ra-ṣa-pa im-[tu-nu MU {d}aš-šur] | |
| 14 | {d}IM u {d}be-er {[d}U.DAR aš₂-šu-ri-tu] | |
| 15 | NUN-u₂ EGIR-u₂ ša [aš-šur a-na be]-⸢lu⸣-ut KUR—aš{ki} | |
| 16 | i-nam-bu-u MU-⸢šu₂ ša pi⸣-i dan-ni-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 17 | ⸢šu⸣-[a]-⸢tu₂ la⸣ u₂-šam-sak {kur}hi-in-da-na-⸢a⸣.[a] | |
| 18 | [ina] ŠU {1}{d}IGI.DU—KAM {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {kur}ra-⸢ṣa⸣-[pa] | |
| 19 | la-a e-kim a-na pa-ha-ti ša₂-ni-ti-ma ina ŠU man-ma | |
| 20 | ša₂-ni-im-ma la i-man-nu a-na EGIR UD-MEŠ a-na UD-MEŠ ṣa-a-ti | |
| 21 | ⸢it⸣-ti pa-ha-at {kur}ra-ṣa-pa ⸢ma-ni⸣ | |
| 22 | [x x] {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {lu₂v}GAR.KUR {kur}ra-ṣa-pa [x x x x x] | |
| 23 | [NUN-u₂] ⸢EGIR⸣-u₂ ša₂ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 24 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | man-nu lu NUN-[u₂ x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | lu ŠEŠ MAN [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | lu {lu₂v}SUKKAL lu {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | lu IDIM lu MAŠ.EN.GAG ⸢lu⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | u₂-⸢šu-zu⸣-ma a-mat-su [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | a-⸢mat⸣ {mi₂}SIG₅-tim u la [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša₂ {kur}hi-in-da-na-a.a ina IGI [MAN EN-šu₂ x x] | |
| 8 | man-ma la i-zak-kar ana IGI MAN EN-šu₂ la i-[qa-bi] | |
| 9 | ma-a {kur}hi-in-da-na-a.a ina ŠU {1}{d}IGI.DU—[KAM] | |
| 10 | {lu₂v}GAR {kur}ra-ṣa-pa še-ṣi ina ŠU ša₂-ni-im-ma mu-nu-šu₂ | |
| 11 | MAN EN-šu₂ ul-tu qe₂-reb E₂.GAL-šu₂ | |
| 12 | ⸢it⸣-ti a-mat HUL-tim u MU NU SIG₅ i-na-sah₃-šu₂ | |
| 13 | ⸢a⸣-di UD-me TI.LA ina qe₂-reb e-rib-šu₂ NU GAL₂ | |
| 14 | NAM-su e-ki-mu-šu₂-ma ina ŠU {lu₂v}<KUR₂>-šu i-man-nu-šu₂ | |
| 15 | ⸢man⸣-nu ša₂ a-mat ša₂ {kur}hi-in-da-ni i-qa-bu-ni | |
| 16 | ma-a {kur}hi-in-da-nu TA@v ŠU {lu₂v}GAR {kur}[ra-ṣa-pa] še-ṣi | |
| 17 | {d}AMAR.[UTU] EN GAL-u₂ ez-⸢zi⸣-iš ⸢lik⸣-[kil-me]-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 18 | ⸢ši-mat⸣ HUL-tim ana ṣa-a-ti [li-šim-šu₂ x x x x] | |
| 19 | MAN MU ⸢DINGIR⸣ i-za-kar {kur}hi-⸢in⸣-[da-ni x x x x] | |
| 20 | ina ŠU {1}{d}IGI⸣.DU—⸢KAM⸣ im-tu-[nu x x x x x] | |
| 21 | la u₂-šam-sak ⸢ša₂⸣ ṭup-pa [šu-a-tu] | |
| 22 | ul-tu IGI {d}⸢GAŠAN—{uru⸣}ni-⸢na⸣-[a x x x x x] | |
| 23 | lu-u₂ ina A-[MEŠ i-nam-du]-u₂ ⸢lu ina IZI⸣ GIBIL₂-u₂ | |
| 24 | lu ina KI i-tam-me-ru lu ina aš₂-ri ša₂-ni-im-ma | |
| 25 | i-šak-ka-nu lu-u₂ ina E₂—a-sak-ki | |
| 26 | a-šar la—aʾ-a-ri la—aʾ-a-ri TU-ma i-na-su-ku | |
| 27 | aš-šur {d}UTU {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU {d}EN.LIL₂ AD DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 28 | {d}MAŠ qar-ra-[du] {d}GIR₃.UNUG.GAL EN šib-ṭi | |
| 29 | {d}U.DAR aš₂-šu-ri-⸢tu⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ an-nu-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 30 | ez-zi-iš lik-kil-mu-⸢šu₂-ma⸣ [x x x x x-šu₂] | |
| 31 | u NUNUZ-šu₂ i-na KUR li-⸢hal⸣-[li-qu-ma] | |
| 32 | SAHAR.ŠUB.BA-a i-na zu-[um-ri-šu₂] | |
| 33 | GIM ṣu-ba-ti li-hal-[li-pu-šu₂] | |
| 34 | {iti}SIG₄.GA UD 24-⸢KAM⸣ [lim-mu] | |
| 35 | {1}EN—LAL—⸢DINGIR-ma⸣ {lu₂v}GAR.[KUR {lu₂v}GAR.[KUR {uru}kal-hi] | |
| 36 | man-nu ša₂ ina IGI MAN i-qab-bu-ni ma-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x {1}{d}IGI.DU—KAM] | |
| 37 | {[lu₂v]}⸢GAR⸣.KUR {[lu₂v]}⸢GAR⸣.KUR {kur}ra-ṣa-pa še-ṣi qi₂-⸢pa⸣-an-ni [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 38 | [x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
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