1883-01-18, 0059 unpublished unassigned ? (P452730)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1883-01-18, 0059 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452730 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | and [...] salt and cress [......] |
| Obverse [1:6] o 2'2'–o 6'6' | "Should he have come to me first, he would have seen whether I am a peacemaker, the man being who gave (him) his land, his gods, and his kingship!" And is a fornicating dog, who bit me a peacemaker? |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | As to what you said: "What have I done to the king of Assyria, that he should have treated me in this way?" — |
| Obverse [8:16] o 9'9'– | send me this traitor who is in your presence, the ... of idiocy, Nabû-bel-šumati [...]! All this [misfortune] of yours is due to him; he is the cause of everything, and he brings it to you [...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Concerning what [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | has returned [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | you have [...ed] all [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | "tomorrow [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | in view of this [......] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | Who is [th]is [human] being whom you [...] against [...]? |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | Alternatively, [send me] Nabû-qata-ṣabat who threw his lord [into] the fire [and who ...] has been staying in [your] presence |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [......] in the house of his lords |
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' | ⸢u⸣ MUN ku-⸢dim-me⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ma-a lu ih-ru-up lu il-lik-an-ni lu-u e-mur | |
| 3' | šum-ma DI-ma-a-nu ana-ku LU₂-u₂ | |
| 4' | ša KUR-su DINGIR-MEŠ-šu₂ LUGAL-u-tu₂-šu₂ id-din-u-ni | |
| 5' | u₃ kal-bu 01+en ni-⸢ia⸣-ku ša iš-šuk-an-ni | |
| 6' | DI-ma-a-nu šu₂-<u> u ša₂ taq-bu-u-ni | |
| 7' | ma-a mi-i-nu e-pu-uš a-na MAN KUR—AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | |
| 8' | u ki-i an-ni-i e-pu-uš-an-ni | |
| 9' | {lu₂}LUL.MU ša₂ ina IGI-ka še-bi-la | |
| 10' | ⸢x⸣ a mat sak-ku-uk-ku-tu₂ {1}{d}PA—EN—MU-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ šu-u am—mar an-ni-i gab-bu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | [x x]-ta-ku-nu ina UGU-hi-šu₂ | |
| 13' | me-me-nu GAL₂-ši ub-bal | |
| 14' | ina IGI-ku-nu [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina UGU ša₂ ⸢da⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | u₂-sah-hi-ir [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 3 | gab-bu ta-at-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ma-a iš—ši-a-ri iš—ši-a-ri [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ina pu-ut an-ni-i [x x x x x x x] na-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 6 | man-nu šu-u₂ NUMUN [LU₂-u₂-ti an]-ni-u | |
| 7 | ša₂ at-tu-nu ina UGU ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x⸣-a-ni | |
| 8 | u₂-la-a {1}{d}PA—ŠU.2—ṣa-bat ša EN-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [i-na] i-ša₂-a-ti ik-ru-ur-u-ni | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x ina] IGI-ka iz-zi-zu-ni | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢di⸣ ina E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
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