1883-01-18, 0100 unpublished unassigned ? (P452644)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1883-01-18, 0100 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452644 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [who had ...] upon him [...], killed him, trusting in [...]. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | Now [that the country] is in revolt, my lord must not rest and must not be weak! |
| Obverse [7:17] o 8'8'– | Let my [lo]rd come and stay in Der, and just as Ummanigaš has done, let him do and finish doing accordingly. Let them besiege the Elamites and [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......] them |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] bring |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [... will] scare them. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [Those who he]ar and |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] enter there |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [... will r]ebel |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Let them m]ove up [...] |
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] ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ša₂] ina UGU-hi-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | id-du-ku-uš a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4' | tak-ku-lu u₂-ma-a [ki-i KUR] | |
| 5' | na-bal-kut-a-tu-u-ni | |
| 6' | be-li₂ lu la i-nu-ah | |
| 7' | ⸢lu⸣ la u₂-šar-ba-ab | |
| 8' | [be]-li₂ lil-li-ka ina {uru}de-ri | |
| 9' | ⸢lu⸣-šib ki-i ša₂ {1}um-man-i-gaš | |
| 10' | [e]-pu-uš-u-ni be-li₂ | |
| 11' | [ina] ⸢pit⸣-te le-e-pu-uš | |
| 12' | [lig]-mu-ra {lu₂}NIM.MA{ki}a.a | |
| 13' | ⸢lil-bi⸣-u₂ u₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]-ku | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x]-ia | |
| 3 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣-at-u-ni | |
| 4 | [x x x x x]-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ⸢a⸣ u₂-bal-u-ni | |
| 6 | [x x x u₂]-šap-rad-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | [x x x]-mu-u-ni u₃ ina ŠA₃ | |
| 8 | [x x x x] e-rab-u-ni | |
| 9 | [x x x x ib]-bal-ak-⸢kat₃⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x lu]-⸢še⸣-li-u [x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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