1882-05-22, 0166 unpublished unassigned ? (P452585)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1882-05-22, 0166 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452585 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] the king [...] |
| Obverse [2:12] o 3'3'–o 12'12' | I w[ro]te to you [...] from [the beginning]: "You and the governors, [stay] and work (together), and produce food for me." (Thus) I sa[id], and you certainly heard it. Now w[hy] did you say, "What is my fault?" It is not your fault! It is the fault of your colleagues, the governors whom I keep sending but who do not come, stay and work with you! |
| Obverse [12:27] o 13'13'– | As to what you said, "May the king not abandon Ur, and may the Gurasimmu [not get lo]st to the king! What else [can be done]? Let me do it!" — [did I not send send the governor of Mazamua and the prefects, did they not keep watch with you, did they not get wea]k and did they not [die for your d]efence? [When I sa]w that they were wea[kening and d]ying, I sent orders [to release them], (but) did I not appoint with you the governors of Lahiru and Arrapha? |
| Reverse [6:13] r 77–r 1313 | And now, even before you wrote me, I have sent the treasurer Aššur-gimilli-terra with the army. Do whatever is opportune to do, be it to block the canal or to subjugate those people. |
| Reverse [13:18] r 1414–r 1818 | After the letter which you sent I am sending to you Bel-eṭir and Arbayu, the cohort commander, with the horses, to stay and wo[rk] with you. |
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' | [x x ša₂ taš-pur]-an-ni [ma-a x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] LUGAL ⸢ul⸣-[li ki-i] | |
| 3' | ša TA@v\dm re-e-še as-sa-par-[ak-ka] | |
| 4' | muk at-tu-nu u {lu₂}NAM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [i-ti-is-sa] | |
| 5' | dul-lu ep-ša₂ NINDA-MEŠ iṣ-ṣa-a-ni ak—an-[ni-i] ak—an-[ni-i] | |
| 6' | la taš-me-a u₂-ma-a ana mi-i-ni | |
| 7' | taq-bi ma-a mi₃-i-nu hi-ṭa-a.a | |
| 8' | la-a hi-ṭa-a-ka šu-u₂ hi-iṭ-ṭu | |
| 9' | ša {lu₂}ki-na-at-ta-te-e-ka | |
| 10' | {lu₂}NAM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [šu]-u₂ ša₂ KIN-aš₂-ša₂-nu-u-ni | |
| 11' | la-a il-⸢lak⸣-[u₂]-nin-ni is-si-ku-nu | |
| 12' | la iz-za-zu-u₂-ni dul-lu | |
| 13' | la ep-pa-šu-u₂-ni u ina UGU | |
| 14' | ša taq-bu-u₂-ni ma-a LUGAL | |
| 15' | la u₂-ram-ma ŠEŠ.UNUG{ki} | |
| 16' | [u {lu₂]}gur₂-a-sim-mu TA@v\dm ŠU.2 LUGAL | |
| 17' | [la-a] ⸢el⸣-li-u₂ a-ke-e ah—hur | |
| 18' | [ep-pu-šu₂] ana-ku le-pu-uš | |
| 19' | [la aš₂-pu-ra {lu₂}EN.NAM {kur}za-mu-a] | |
| 20' | {[lu₂}GAR-MEŠ is-si-ku-nu la iṣ-ṣu-ru] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [la e-ni-šu₂]-u la [me-e-tu₂] | |
| 2 | [ina UGU] ⸢EN⸣.NUN-[ku-nu ki-i] | |
| 3 | [e-mur]-u₂-ni e-⸢ni⸣-[šu₂-u-ni] | |
| 4 | [me]-tu-u₂-ni as-sa-par [ap-ta-ṭar-šu₂-nu] | |
| 5 | {lu₂}EN.NAM {uru}la-hi-ri u₃ | |
| 6 | {lu₂}EN.NAM {uru}ar₂-rap-ha | |
| 7 | is-si-ku-nu la ap-qid u u₂-ma-a | |
| 8 | ki-i ud-di-i-na la ta-šap-par-an-ni | |
| 9 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠU—GUR-ra {lu₂}IGI.DUB u e-muq-qi | |
| 10 | is-si-šu₂ as-sap-ra mi₃-i-nu | |
| 11 | ša₂ ana e-pa-a-še DUG₃.GA-u₂-ni ep-ša₂ | |
| 12 | BE-ma {id₂}har-ru sik-ra šum₂-ma | |
| 13 | UN-MEŠ am-mu-u₂-te ku-ub-sa | |
| 14 | u₃ id—da-at id—da-at e-gir₂-te ša | |
| 15 | taš-pur-an-ni {1}{d}EN—ŠUR u {1}ar-ba-a | |
| 16 | {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 17 | ina ŠU.2-šu₂-nu na-aṣ-ṣu-u-ni | |
| 18 | is-si-ku-nu li-iz-zi-zu | |
| 19 | ⸢dul⸣-[lu] le-⸢pu⸣-[šu] | |
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