BM 099239 (P422197)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 099239 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422197 |
| Museum no. | BM 099239 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [May I hear the well]-being of the king! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | His [servant] Tammaritu, ki[ng of Elam]: |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | May Bel, Nabû, Aššur, Šamaš, Nin[urta and ..., the god]s of Assyria and Ela[m], love and [bless] the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:13] o 66–o 1313 | In the same way as the king, my lord, has treated m[e], has done good to m[e], and strengthened [me] more than any (other) people, in accordance with that may al[l] the gods ac[t] in the same way and gi[ve] it to the king, my lord; and may their bow g[o] before the king, [my lord]! |
| Obverse [13:17] o 1414–o 1717 | May the king, my lord, rule the four quarters of the world! Just as the heaven and earth last for ever, may [the king] live for ever! |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [Let ......] the gods of Elam not be pla[ced ...]! |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Let me hear [the well-being of the king], my [lord], |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | let me co[me to the presence of the king], my lord, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | let me co[me ......], |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | let me co[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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [DI]-mu ša LUGAL [la-aš₂-me] | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-šu₂ {1}ta-am-ma-ri-tu₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ {[kur}NIM.MA{ki]} | |
| 3 | {[d]}EN {d}AG {d}aš-šur {d}UTU {d}⸢MAŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 4 | [DINGIR]-MEŠ KUR—aš-šur{ki} u {kur}⸢NIM⸣.[MA{ki]} | |
| 5 | [a]-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ li-ir-u-mu ⸢li⸣-[x x] | |
| 6 | ki-i ša LUGAL be-li e-pu-[ša₂-an-ni] | |
| 7 | u₂-dam-mi₃-qa-⸢an⸣-[ni] | |
| 8 | ina UGU UN-MEŠ gab-bu u₂-dan-in-[an-ni] | |
| 9 | ina pit-tim-ma DINGIR-MEŠ gab-[bu] | |
| 10 | ki-i an-ni-i le-e-[pu-šu₂] | |
| 11 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lid-[di-nu] | |
| 12 | u₃ {giš}BAN-šu₂-nu pa-na-at LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 13 | lu-u₂ ta-al-[lik] | |
| 14 | LUGAL be-li kip-pat 04-tim li-be-[el] | |
| 15 | ki-i ša AN-e u KI.TIM da-⸢ru⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 16 | [LUGAL] be-li lu-u₂ da-[a-ar] | |
| 17 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ na [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] DINGIR-MEŠ {kur}NIM.[MA{ki]} | |
| 2' | [x x x x lu] la i-šak-[ku-nu] | |
| 3' | [DI-mu ša LUGAL EN]-ia la-⸢aš⸣-[me x x] | |
| 4' | [ina pa-an LUGAL] EN-ia₂ la-⸢al⸣-[li-ka] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] la-al-[li-ka] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] la-al-[li-ka] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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