1883-01-18, 0021 unpublished unassigned ? (P452649)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1883-01-18, 0021 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452649 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-bel-šumati. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. May they grant the king, my lord], happiness, physical well-being and the length of days. |
| Obverse [7:13] o 88–o 1313 | Having heard that the king of Elam had suffered a stroke and that several towns had revolted against him saying, "We will not remain your subjects," I wrote to the king, my lord, what I had heard. |
| Obverse [13:35] o 1414– | (As to) the Sealand, (which) has not been settled since (the time of) Na'id-Marduk – Sîn-balassu-iqbi has arrested the plundered refugees who had gone over to the Gurasimmu, 500 of them, has put them in handcuffs and given them to Natan, the king of the Thamudites, an en[emy] of the king, and [has said] to Nat[an]: "[...] my daughter." Now through a pretext [...] he is turning my house into Thamudite, ... ing the Sealand, servants of the ki[ng, my lord], (and) [giving] (them) to Natan. I have now written and informed the king, my lord. Laylê, the king of Bazu, is now in the presence of the king; let the king, my lord, ask him. |
| Reverse [10:20] r 1111– | Nabû (and) Marduk, your gods, have tied your [enemie]s and placed them [unde]r your feet saying: "May he rule all the [land]s!" Let him place a prin[ce] from amongst his servants to the governors[hip of El]am and let him place another in the Sealand! [Bel] and Na[bû] have destroyed Elam on your behalf saying: “Soon [......].” |
| Top [1:5] t.e. 2020– | In the same way [......] you will destroy his [..., and] any time [...] help of the crown prince’s servants. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | [...] the gods [......] |
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 | [a]-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}{d}PA—EN—MU-MEŠ-te | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | {d}aš-šur {d}PA u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU-[MEŠ] | |
| 7 | u₃ a-ra-ku UD-mi a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 8 | li-qi₂-šu₂ ki-i aš₂-mu-u₂ | |
| 9 | LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki} mi-ši-id | |
| 10 | u₃ URU-MEŠ ma-aʾ-du-u₂-te | |
| 11 | la—pa-ni-šu₂ it-ti-ik-ru | |
| 12 | um-ma ina ŠU.2-ka ul ni-il-lak | |
| 13 | ki-i ša₂ aš₂-mu-u a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 14 | al-tap-ra KUR—tam-tim ša₂ ul-tu E₂ | |
| 15 | {1}na-ʾi-id—{d}AMAR.UTU la aš₂-bu | |
| 16 | {lu₂}hab-tu-te u {lu₂}mun-na-bi-tu | |
| 17 | ša₂ a-na {lu₂}gu-ra-sim-mu il-li-ku | |
| 18 | UN-MEŠ 05-me šu₂-nu {1}{d}30—TIN-su—iq-bi | |
| 19 | ki-i iṣ-ba-tu iš-qa-a-ti | |
| 20 | it-ta-di-šu₂-nu-ti a-na {1}na-ta-[nu] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 21 | LUGAL ša₂ {lu₂}tam-da-a.a EN—⸢da⸣-[mi] EN—⸢da⸣-[mi] | |
| 22 | ša₂ LUGAL it-ta-din-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 23 | na-⸢ta⸣-[nu 0 | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ a-na {1}na-⸢tan⸣ [iq-ta-bi] | |
| 2 | um-ma DUMU.MI₂-a.a u₂-[ṭu-ul] | |
| 3 | a-du-u₂ ina te-qi₂-ti x+[x x x] | |
| 4 | E₂ ina {lu₂}tam-da-a.a ip-pu-[uš] | |
| 5 | u₃ KUR—tam-tim ARAD-MEŠ ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 6 | u₂-ša₂-aṭ-ṭal-ma a-na {1}na-tan i-[na-din] | |
| 7 | a-du-u₂ ki-i aš₂-pu-ra ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 8 | be-li₂-a ul-te-eš-mu u₃ a-du-u | |
| 9 | {1}la-a.a-le-e LUGAL {lu₂}be-zu | |
| 10 | ina IGI LUGAL LUGAL be-li₂-a liš-al-šu₂ | |
| 11 | {d}PA {[d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU DINGIR-MEŠ-ka ⸢uk⸣-ta-as-si-u | |
| 12 | {⸢lu₂⸣}[KUR₂]-⸢MEŠ-ka⸣ ina [KI].⸢TA⸣ GIR₃.2-MEŠ-ka | |
| 13 | is-sak-nu ma-⸢a⸣ [KUR.KUR]-MEŠ gab-bu | |
| 14 | li-be-el DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ 01-en] TA@v\dm ŠA₃ ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 15 | a-na {lu₂}NAM-u-⸢te⸣ ša₂ {⸢kur}NIM⸣.MA{ki} liš-kun | |
| 16 | u₃ 01-en-ma [ina] ⸢KUR—tam-tim⸣ liš-ku-nu | |
| 17 | {[d}EN] u {d}⸢AG⸣ [x x x] {⸢kur⸣}NIM.MA{ki} 0 | |
| 18 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-ka uh-tal-li-qu ma-a bi-si | |
| t.e. | ||
| 19 | [x x] ⸢x x x x x x x x⸣ | |
| 20 | [ki]-⸢i ha⸣-an-nim-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x]-tu-šu₂ ta-hal-⸢liq⸣ [x x] | |
| 22 | [a].⸢a⸣-lu ša ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ DUMU—⸢MAN⸣ DUMU—⸢MAN⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | im—mat-e-⸢ma⸣ im—mat-e-⸢ma⸣ [x x x] DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2 | [x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
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