1883-01-18, 0085 unpublished unassigned ? (P452784)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1883-01-18, 0085 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452784 |
| 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 1o 1–o 33 | The king’s word to Zakir (and) Kabtiya: I am well, you can be glad. |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | Concerning the Cuthaeans (and) the ar[chitect] who receive provisions in Samarra, [whom you w]rote me about, originally a[ll who went there] were servants whom [NN] int[roduce]d in the t[empl]e of Cutha, saying: “The son of Zakir [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | the architec[t ......]” |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | 4 servant[s ......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | I will divid[e ......]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | Fear not, and don’t be negligent [...]! |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | Month of Tishri (VII), 5th day, eponym year of Aššur-duru-uṣur. |
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-mat LUGAL a-na {1}za-kir | |
| 2 | {1}kab-ti-ia DI-mu a.a-ši | |
| 3 | ŠA₃-ba-ku-nu lu-u DUG₃.GA-ku-nu | |
| 4 | ina UGU {[lu₂]}GU₂.DU₈.A{ki}MEŠ | |
| 5 | {lu₂}⸢še⸣-[lap-a.a] ša₂ ina {uru}šur-mir-ra-te | |
| 6 | ṣu-⸢du-u⸣ [ša taš]-pur-an-ni | |
| 7 | re-es-su ma-[la il-lik]-⸢u₂⸣-ni | |
| 8 | ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ ina ⸢E₂—DINGIR⸣-MEŠ ⸢E₂—DINGIR⸣-MEŠ ša | |
| 9 | ina GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} {1}x x⸣ u₂-še-[ri]-⸢ib⸣ | |
| 10 | um-ma DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}⸢za-kir x⸣ [x x] | |
| 11 | {lu₂}še-lap-⸢a⸣.[a x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | 04 ARAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | lu-zi-⸢zi⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | la ta-pal-la-ha [x x x x] | |
| 4' | la ta-šil-la-⸢ma⸣ 0 | |
| 5' | {iti}DUL UD 05-KAM₂ | |
| 6' | lim-mu {1}aš-šur—BAD₃—PAB | |
Sources & licences
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