BM 099013 (P422081)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 099013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422081 |
| Museum no. | BM 099013 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative Letter |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | A tablet of Šamaš-šumu-ukin to the king, my brother: Good health to my brother! May Marduk, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Tašmetu and Nanaya bless my brother. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | Concerning the ships of that emissary about which I wrote to my brother, saying, “I have ordered that they be released” — |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | since I had repeatedly written to my brother without getting an answer, I became afraid. |
| Obverse [13:20] o 1414– | The king knows that Ummanigaš, that crown prince, is hot-headed. I thought, “Perhaps he will put something in the sacks holding this grain and cause poisoning.” |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | The king also knows that we — any of us — are not able to do anything at all about any sack. |
| Reverse [6:12] r 77–r 1212 | (So) I ordered: “Release the boats, let them pass!” Now, having seen a letter of Bel-iqiša, I’m giving the order: “Don’t let the boats pass, hold them back!” |
| Reverse [12:16] r 1313–r 1616 | I am herewith sending the letter of Bel-iqiša to the king. May the king act as he deems best. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL ŠEŠ-ia | |
| 2 | IM {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na ŠEŠ-ia | |
| 4 | {d}AMAR.UTU {d}zar-pa-ni-tum {d}PA | |
| 5 | {d}taš-me-tu₂ {d}na-na-a a-na | |
| 6 | ŠEŠ-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | ina UGU {giš}MA₂-MEŠ ša {lu₂}ṣi-i-ri | |
| 8 | am-mi₃-i ša aš₂-pur-an-ni | |
| 9 | a-na ŠEŠ-ia mu-uk a-sap-ra | |
| 10 | u₂-ra-am-mu-u ne₂-me-el | |
| 11 | 01 02-šu₂ a-na ŠEŠ-ia aš₂-pur-an-ni | |
| 12 | gab-ri di-ib-bi la iš-pur-ni-ni | |
| 13 | a-na-ku ap-ta-lah₃ {1}um-man-ni-gaš | |
| 14 | am-mi₃-i DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN LUGAL u₂-da | |
| 15 | ra-as-mu šu-u mu-uk | |
| 16 | pi-iq-ta-a-te ina ŠA₃ it-tu-sa-te | |
| 17 | ša {še}⸢PAD⸣-MEŠ an-ni-ti | |
| r | ||
| 1 | me-me-ni e-pa-ša₂ 0 | |
| 2 | su-ma-me-tu₂ i-kar-ra-⸢ar₂⸣ | |
| 3 | u₃ LUGAL u₂-da a-ni-nu | |
| 4 | am—mar ša₂ a-ni-nu-ni | |
| 5 | am—mar it-us-si am—mar | |
| 6 | me-me-ni la ma-ṣa-an-ni | |
| 7 | a-sap-ra mu-uk {giš}MA₂-MEŠ | |
| 8 | ra-am-me-ia lu-še-ti-qu | |
| 9 | u₂-ma-a e-gir₂-tu₂ | |
| 10 | ša {1}EN—BA-ša₂ a-ta-mar | |
| 11 | a-šap-par mu-uk {giš}MA₂-MEŠ | |
| 12 | lu la e-te-qa | |
| 13 | ki-il-a e-gir₂-tu₂ | |
| 14 | ša {1}EN—BA-ša₂ a-na LUGAL | |
| 15 | us-se-bi-la ki-i | |
| 16 | ša MAN i-la-ʾu-u-ni | |
| 17 | le-pu-uš | |
Sources & licences
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