1883-01-18, 0070 unpublished unassigned ? (P452738)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1883-01-18, 0070 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452738 |
| 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 [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | The people who became subjects [of the king, my lord], stole the slaughtered sheep from me [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | their sto[len] sheep [......] |
| Obverse [5:10] o 6'6'–o 10'10' | they appealed to the chief eunuch. [And he] sent a letter to Belu-lu-[balaṭ], saying: "Give back [... (and)] the sheep to our servants!" But he refused to g[ive them (back)]. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 11'11'–o 14'14' | After this, nobody [said] anything to the king, my lord, (about the matter). I sai[d to them] as follows: "Why don't you cross (the river?/mountain?) and grasp [the feet of the king]?" |
| Obverse [14:16] o 15'15'–o 16'16' | They sa[id to me]: "Our troops [...]." |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | I, a mes[senger] and [...] |
| Obverse [17:19] o 18'18'– | Tammariti [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | troops [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | to the [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | troops [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | they went [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | (and) crossed. [NN ...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | (Rest too broken for translation) |
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] | |
| 2' | UN-MEŠ ša₂ a-na ARAD-MEŠ [ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 3' | i-tu-ru-u-ni DUG-MEŠ-šu₂-[nu x x] | |
| 4' | ih-tab-tu-u-ni ⸢SI-MEŠ⸣ ša₂ [x x x] | |
| 5' | UDU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu hab-⸢tu⸣ u ir-⸢tag⸣-[mu] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}GAL—SAG {lu₂}GAL—SAG it-tah-ru [šu-tu] | |
| 7' | e-gir₂-tu ina UGU {1}EN—⸢lu⸣—[TI.LA] | |
| 8' | is-sap-ra ⸢ma-a⸣ sa-hi-ir [x x x] | |
| 9' | UDU-MEŠ a-na ARAD-MEŠ-ni di-[ni] | |
| 10' | la im-ma-gu-ur la ⸢id⸣-[di-na] | |
| 11' | id—da-at id—da-at an-ni-i me-me-e-[ni] | |
| 12' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia la [iq-bi] | |
| 13' | ana-ku ki-i an-ni-i aq-ṭi-[ba-šu₂-nu] | |
| 14' | mu-uk a-ta-a la te-bi-ra [GIR₃.2-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 15' | la ta-ṣab-ba-ta iq-⸢ti⸣-[bu-u-ni] | |
| 16' | ma-a e-mu-qe₂-e-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 17' | ana-ku {lu₂}A—⸢KIN {lu₂}A—⸢KIN x⸣ a ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 18' | {1}tam-ma-ri-ti ⸢ub-x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | e-mu-qi₂ it-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | a-na {lu₂}ra-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | e-mu-qi₂ it-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | it-tal-ku ma [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | e-tab-⸢ru⸣ {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | la [x x] ⸢ub⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | e [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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