1883-01-18, 0169 unpublished unassigned ? (P452648)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1883-01-18, 0169 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452648 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | When [..., NN] and 10 servants of the king, my lord, came to me [......], saying, “Why don’t you appeal to the king, your lord?” |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | I thought, “They did act harshly there.” So I came now and seized the feet of the king, my lord, but no forces of the king were available. |
| Obverse [7:14] o 8'8'– | I (reasoned), “I’ve spoken to him, he is not angry with me; she fled to Yaubusî, and he acted harshly there; so he may accordingly act harshly here too. I’ll request no forces from him, but say (this) and go to Der [......].” |
| Bottom [2:5] b.e. 14'14'– | Now then [I’ve com]e [to ...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | They tol[d me that ......] him. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Being alert [......] has fallen upon my heart. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | Now Marduk-šarru-uṣur and Kiligigu, the king’s servants whom the king sent — the king, my lord, has heard what they have done together. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | Now may the forces of the king, my lord, go with me, (and) may the king, bring me out [......] |
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' | be₂-et ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₃ 10 ARAD-MEŠ ša LUGAL EN-ia [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | il-lik-u₂-nin-ni i-qab-bu-u-ni ⸢ma⸣-[a] a-ta-a | |
| 4' | LUGAL EN-ka la ta-mah-har a-na-ku a-qab-bi | |
| 5' | mu-uk am-ma-ka us-sa-me-ku u₃ ana-ku | |
| 6' | an-nu-ri at-tal-ka GIR₃.2 ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ aṣ-ṣa-bat | |
| 7' | u₃ e-mu-qi₂ ša LUGAL la-a ra-qu mu-uk | |
| 8' | ana-ku aq-ṭi-ba-aš₂-šu₂ ŠA₃-ba-te-ia la i-mal-la-a | |
| 9' | ⸢ina {uru⸣}ia-u₂-bu-u₂-si-i tah-ti-liq | |
| 10' | mu-uk am-ma-ka us-sa-am-me-ek u an-na-ka | |
| 11' | tu-ra ina bi-it-tim-ma lu-sa-am-me-ek | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | mu-uk e-mu-qi₂ la e-ri-su | |
| 13' | mu-uk a-qab-bi al-lak ina {uru}de-re | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x] an-nu-ri | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x at-tal]-ka | |
| 2 | iq-ṭi-⸢bu⸣-[x x x x x x x]-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 3 | ha-ra-a-⸢du⸣ [x x x x x] UGU ŠA₃-bi-ia₂ | |
| 4 | it-tu-qu-ut ⸢u₂-ma⸣-[a] {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MAN—PAB | |
| 5 | {1}ki-li-gu-gu ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 6 | ša₂ LUGAL iš-pur-u₂-šu₂-nu-ni {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 7 | mi₃-i-nu ša a-he-iš e-pa-šu₂-u-ni LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 8 | is-se-me u₂-ma-a e-mu-qi₂ ša LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 9 | is-si-ia₂ li-⸢li⸣-ka LUGAL be-li₂ lu-še-ṣa-an-ni | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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