Fs Grayson 227-234 (P394734)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Fs Grayson 227-234 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394734 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:8] o 3'3'–o 8'8' | [I have heard] the words [that th]is [no-br]oth[er] has concoct[ed] — that he has spoken (them) to you and that you have believed [him]. I swear by Aššur (and) Marduk, my gods, that I did not know, nor have I said a word of what he has spoken to you, nor has anybody given me such advice! They are all but lies and vain words which he has invented and spoken for his own purposes. |
| Obverse [8:14] o 9'9'–o 14'14' | And look at him now! After his revolt, as soon as I had robed (in purple) all the Babylonians who were captured at the first fighting and taken into my presence, and had tied a mina of silver to the waist of each of them with the words, "it is to be spent on bread and water," [I sen]t them to Babylon, and having written a writing-board, I placed it in their hands and said, "G[ive it] to the Babylonians [and] tell them [thi]s word: |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | '[This] no-brother has alienated you [from] your [wet nu]rse, [but he is going to have a ha]rd time. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | 'Once this with [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | '[...] your [...] I do not see [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | '[......] the enemy, help [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | '[......] I will not let (him) live |
| Obverse [19:21] o 20'20'–o 21'21' | '[...... no] mercy [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | me[ssage ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | the da[y ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | unt[il ......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | I c[ome ......], |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | may [......]! |
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' | ⸢dib-bi⸣ [ša₂] ⸢la—ŠEŠ⸣ [a]-⸢ga⸣-a ib-lu-⸢lu⸣ [al-te-me-šu₂-nu] | |
| 2' | ki-i id-bu-⸢ba⸣-ku-nu-ši u at-tu-nu ⸢taq-qi₂-pa-šu⸣ | |
| 3' | ina ŠA₃ AN.ŠAR₂ {d}AMAR.UTU DINGIR-MEŠ-ia₂ at-te-me ki-i mim-ma | |
| 4' | ma-al id-bu-ba-ku-nu-ši a-mat ina ŠA₃-bi i-du-u | |
| 5' | aq-bu-u₂ u mam-ma im-lik-an-ni al-la gab-bi pir-ṣa-a-te | |
| 6' | u₃ ša₂-ra-a-te a-na ṣi-bu-ti-šu₂ ⸢ik-kil⸣-am-ma id-bu-bu | |
| 7' | u₃ šu-u₂ en-na-ma ul-tu ik-kir₃ {lu₂}TIN.TIR{ki}MEŠ | |
| 8' | ma-al ša₂ ina di-ik-te mah-ri-i-te u₂-ṣab-bit-u-ni | |
| 9' | a-na IGI-ia i-bu-ku-u₂-ni ki-i u₂-lab-bi-šu | |
| 10' | 01 MA.NA-TA.AM₃ KUG.UD ina MURUB₄-šu-nu ki-i u₂-rak-ki-su | |
| 11' | um-ma a-na NINDA-HI.A u A-MEŠ in-na-ad-di ana KA₂.DINGIR.RA{[ki]} | |
| 12' | ⸢al-ta⸣-par u {giš}ZU ki-i al-ṭur a-na ŠU.2-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 13' | [al-ta]-⸢kan⸣ um-ma a-na {lu₂}TIN.TIR{ki}MEŠ in-[na-ma] | |
| 14' | [a-mat a]-⸢ga⸣-a qi₂-ba-niš-šu-nu-ti um-ma la—ŠEŠ [a-ga-a] | |
| 15' | [la—pa-an {mi₂]}⸢ŠA₃⸣.ZU-ku-nu up-ta-ri-is-ku-nu-[ši] | |
| 16' | [x x x x]-⸢ra⸣-aṣ-ṣa 01-⸢šu⸣ a-ga-a it-ti [x x x] | |
| 17' | [x x x x x]-bi-ku-nu la am-mar um-ma [x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x]-⸢ru⸣ {lu₂}KUR₂ a.a-la [x x x x] | |
| 19' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ul⸣ u₂-bal-⸢laṭ⸣ | |
| 20' | [x x x x x x x x x] re-e-⸢mu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ši-[pir-ti x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | an-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | UD [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-⸢di⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | al-[la-ka x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | lu [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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