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AfO 10, 002-005 (P393790)
Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 10, 002-005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393790 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [ul]-tu ⸢x⸣ [...] | From the ... temple |
| 2' | ⸢ki⸣-i i-pu₂-[lu ...] | They built the Eki’ei |
| 3' | ID₂-MEŠ [...] | The rivers |
| 4' | [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢il⸣-tak-⸢nu⸣ | ... Iltak-Enu |
| 6' | [... tu]-qi₂-ia-an-ni | ... you have presented to me. |
| 7' | [...] ⸢i⸣-du-⸢ma⸣ | ... the ēdû-priest |
| r | ||
| 1'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ lu-u₂ i-du-u₂ a-na-ku ul ak-ru-bak-kam-ma ša₂ qur-ru-bi-ia uq-tar-ri-bak-kam-ma a-na ṣu-he-e-ti ša₂ LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ li-mi-ti-ka il-tak-nu-ka-ma | ... may they know. I did not accept you, but I asked you about my greatness, and they placed you in the scepter of the kings of your ancestors. |
| 2'' | u₃ a-me-ni dib-bu-ku-nu a-na ša šar-ra-be₂-e maš-lu šu-ma ša at-ta₅ taš-pu-ra um-ma(UM) 1{en} u₄-me ina {iri}zaq-qa lu-u₂ tu-qi₂-i-an-ni | And who are your words to Šarrabê? Who is it that you wrote to me, saying: “Let me wait one day in Zaqqa!’ |
| 3'' | im-ma-ti ša₂-pa-a-ru ša₂ mun-dal-ku-tu u₃ le-ʾu-u₂-ti šu-ma u₃ qu-un-nu-tu ARAD {m}aš+šur-MU-SI.SA₂ | He is a ša-pāru, a maldalkû-demon, and a deaf man. And qunnutu-disease, servant of Esarhaddon. |
| 4'' | ša it-ti be-li₂-šu iṭ-ru-du-niš-šum-ma a-na KUR an-ni-ti il-li-kam-ma AD-u₂-a u₂-sa-ta i-pu-ša₂-aš₂-šum-ma | Whom his lord has cursed and who came to this land, and my father has made a curse against him, and |
| 5'' | a-na KUR-šu₂ u-ter-ru-šu₂ ul-tu at-ta {m}har-bi-ši-hu ha-bir-a-a ṭe₃-ma ta-šak-ka-nu šu-u₂ ina pa-ni-ka u₂-šu-uz u ip-pa-la₁₂ a-kan-⸢na⸣-[a] | After you, Ḫarbišiḫu, the Habiraean, spoke to you, he stood before you and looked at me. |
| 6'' | [i]-qab-bi um-ma-a kit-tam-ma 1{en} u₄-ma ina {iri}zaq-qa lu-u₂ tu₂-qi₂-ia-an-na-ši i-na lib₃-bi-ku-nu man-nu ki-i LUGAL-ma ṭe₃-ma i-šak-⸢ka⸣-[nu] | He says thus: “Is it true that you should wait for us in Zaqqa every day? In your heart, who is like the king? Will he ask you? |
| 7'' | [i-na pi]-⸢i⸣ {d}EN KUR.KUR lim-qu-tam-ma dib-bu ša₂ {kur}aš+šur a-na ša₂ šar-ra-be₂-e lu-u₂ maš-lu u₃ i-na pi-i a-ha-meš dib-bi li-⸢ik⸣-[ki-mu] | By the command of Bel of the lands may it fall and the words of Assyria to the king be true, and by the mouth of each other may it be uttered. |
| 8'' | {[m}{d}aš+šur-MU]-⸢SI⸣.SA₂ ba-ni u₃ ina KUR-šu₂ lu-u₂ a-šib ul-tu a-na {kur}URI{ki} il-li-ka i-na ⸢bu⸣-ni šu-u₂ uh-hi-[ra] | Assurnasirpal (II), the creator, and in his land I resided. From Urarṭu he came and in the Ebuni he returned. |
| 9'' | [ana KUR-šu₂ il]-lik-ma {d}NIN.URTA-{giš}TUKUL-{d}aš+šur EN-šu₂ ina KUR an-ni-ti ik-ka-li {d}MAŠ-{giš}⸢TUKUL-aš⸣+šur ša a-na be-lu-ti-šu₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | went to his land, and Ninurta-tukul-Ašṣur, his lord, stayed in this land. Inurti-Tukultī-Šarru, who for his rule ... |
| 10'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u₃ a-šib {d}NIN.URTA-{giš}TUKUL-{d}aš+šur i-na la be-lu-ti-šu₂ ša {m}aš+šur-MU-SI.SA₂ {d}EN KUR.KUR im-ma-ti u₂-⸢nak⸣-[kir-šu₂-ma] | ... and in the presence of Ninurta-tukul-Assur, without lordship of Assur-šumu-lišir, the en-priestess of all the lands, he made him enter and |
| 11'' | [...]-⸢u₂⸣ ul-tu AD-u₂-a ana KUR-šu₂ u-ter-⸢ru-šu₂ ib⸣-ni-ma dib-bi ša taš-ri-ih-ti i-dab-bu-bi ša taš-⸢pu⸣-ra um-ma a-na-ku ki-i [...] | ... from my father he returned to his land and spoke the words of the tašriḫtu-demon that you spoke, saying: “I like |
| 12'' | [...]-⸢qu⸣ u₂-šaq-qu-u₂ ṭa-ab-tam-ma ša {kur}URI{ki} u {kur}aš+šur DINGIR-ia er-riš at-ta ki-i lib₃-bi-ka e-pu-⸢uš⸣ [x]-bat-tu-u ta-šap-pa-ra 1{en} u₄-ma] | You are the one who makes Urarṭu and Assyria tremble. You, when your heart desires (to do this), you write ... one day. |
| 13'' | [lu-u₂ tu-qi₂-ia]-an-ni-ma a-ha-meš lu-u₂ ni-mur u₃ ša-nu-ti-ik-ka ta-šap-pa-ra um-ma ṭa-ab-tam-ma ⸢ša⸣ {[kur}URI]{⸢ki} u⸣ {kur}aš+šur <ki>-i er-⸢ri⸣-[šu₂-ma] | You should wait for me, and may we see each other. Further, you will write to me as follows: “You have seized the land of Akkad, the land Assyria, and the land Erišû |
| 14'' | [an-nu-u₂ da-ba]-bu ša LUGAL-MEŠ ma-a šu-u₂ ša a-na {m}har-bi-ši-hu taq-bu-u₂ um-ma a-ki-i ana-ku aq-⸢bu⸣-[u₂] ⸢um⸣-ma {d}MAŠ-{[giš}TUKUL-aš+šur] | This is a matter of kings: "That is what you said to Harbišihu, saying: “When I spoke, Ninurta-tukul |
| 15'' | [ina A.GAR₃ ...] u₃ a-šib-ma lu-bir-ma a-ha-meš i ni-mur šu-nu {d}NIN.URTA-{giš}TUKUL-{d}aš+šur it-⸢ti⸣ [ka-a]-⸢ši⸣ a-na KUR ki-⸢i⸣ [...] | In the meadow ... and I will go out and see each other. That is Ninurta-tukul-Assur. When you enter, to the land when you enter |
| 16'' | [...] {giš}TUKUL {d}aš+šur ul-<<he-pi₂>>-er MU.AN.NA i-na A.ŠA₃ ul-li-i a-šib u ⸢la⸣ [ut-ta]-aš₂-šar [...] | ... the weapon of (the god) Aštar I had made (and) year after year from a field I was living and the ešāgu-plant I raised up |
| 17'' | [...]-⸢x-ka⸣ ta-ku-šu tak-tu-uš ul-tu tak-[tu-šu x x] ⸢x⸣ ana ⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) ..., you are smitten, you have sinned (Akk) From your ... ... to ... |
| 18'' | [...] ⸢x am⸣-me-ni la te-bi-ram-ma mi-nu-u₂ ⸢ša⸣ [...] | ... why did you not send ...? What is the ... of ... |
| 19'' | [... {d}NIN].⸢URTA⸣-{giš}TUKUL-{d}aš+šur it-ti-ia a-na KUR i-ri-qa at-ta₅ šu-[ma ...] | ... Ninurta-tukul-Assur with me went down to the land. You are indeed . |
| 20'' | [... {d}NIN.URTA]-{giš}TUKUL-{d}aš+šur ki-i pi-i dib-bi-ma [...] | Ninurta-tukul-Assur, according to the word(s) spoken |
| 21'' | [... {d}NIN.URTA]-{⸢giš⸣}TUKUL-{d}aš+šur ša taq-bu-u₂ um-ma ku-lu-ʾu-u₂ la zi-ka-ru šu-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | Ninurta-tukul-Assur, about whom you spoke, saying: “It is not true, it is the hand of ... |
| 22'' | [...] ⸢mar⸣-ṣa-tu-nu u₃ ba-na-tu-nu {d}NIN.URTA-{giš}TUKUL-{d}aš+⸢šur⸣ [...] | ... Emar-ešbatunu and Banatunu Ninurta-tukul-Ashur |
| 23'' | [...]-⸢x⸣-u₂ i-na bu-ni ki-i ka-šu-nu am-me-ni la ga-⸢mir⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... (Akk) In a būnu like a kasû I do not see |
| 24'' | [...] ša taš-pu-ra um-ma ⸢im⸣-[ma-ti ...] | ... of which you wrote, saying: “The ghosts |
| 25'' | [...] {kur}aš+šur{ki} MUNUS-MEŠ-ma {kur}URI{ki} la ih-⸢ta⸣-[...] | ... Assyria women and Akkad did not escape |
| 26'' | [...] diš ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... of ... |
| 27'' | [...] ⸢x kil še x x⸣ [...] | ... pure ... ... |
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