SKT 2, 66, K 05483 (P396041)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SKT 2, 66, K 05483 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396041 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [A tablet of Ša]maš-šumu-ukin [to the king, my brother: The best of health] to my brother! May [Marduk], Zarpanitu, Nabû, [Tašmetu, Nanaya, and all] the gods of the cult centres bless my [broth]er. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | On the [n]th of Nisan (I) [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | all the [...] who [render] judgment [...], |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [concerning whom my brother ... wrote m]e, saying: “[......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] Let them say [...], |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] what can I say in retu[rn]? |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] What do these people [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...], what have [they] do[ne]? |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | They are made [like th]is. Rea[lly ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... f]right [...] |
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 | [a-na LUGAL ŠEŠ-ia IM {1}{d}GIŠ].NU₁₁—MU—⸢GI⸣.[NA] | |
| 2 | [lu-u DI-mu] a-na ŠEŠ-ia [a—dan-niš] | |
| 3 | {[d}AMAR.UTU {d]}zar-pa-ni-tum {d}PA {[d}taš-me-tu₂] | |
| 4 | {[d}na-na-a] DINGIR-MEŠ ma-ha-zi [DU₃-šu₂-nu] | |
| 5 | [a-na] ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ia lik-ru-[bu] | |
| 6 | 0 UD x]-KAM₂ ša {iti}BARAG [x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢a⸣—mar di-⸢nu⸣ [x x] | |
| 8 | [ša LUGAL x x iš-pur]-an-ni ⸢ma⸣-[a x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] liq-bi-ʾu | |
| 2' | [x x a]-na-ku mi-i-nu lu-ša₂-am-[hir] | |
| 3' | [x x] UN-MEŠ an-nu-ti mi-⸢i⸣-[nu x] | |
| 4' | [x x x]+x mi-i-nu i-pu-[x x] | |
| 5' | [x an]-ni-i ep-šu₂ ket-[tu₂ x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x] bi su bal [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x hi]-ip—ŠA₃-ba-te hi]-ip—ŠA₃-ba-te ⸢x x⸣+[x] | |
Sources & licences
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