1883-01-18, 0096 unpublished unassigned ? (P452805)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1883-01-18, 0096 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452805 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | The king's word to Nabû-ušabši: |
| Obverse [2:10] o 33–o 1010 | Concerning the Bit-Amukaneans about whom you wrote, what you did is excellent. A person who loves his lords acts in this way! Where his objective can be reached with a studied face, he achieves it with a studied face; where it can be reached with friendly words, he achieves it with friendly words. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | As to [the ......] about which you wrote, [it its good that you] reminded me [...]. Just as [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] they eat [...] |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | [...] from/with [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] bring [...], |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | pronounce the name of Bel upon [them], and then present them to 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-bat LUGAL | |
| 2 | a-⸢na⸣ {1}{d}PA—GAL₂-ši | |
| 3 | ina [UGU] {lu₂}E₂—{1}a-muk-a-na-a.a | |
| 4 | ša₂ [KIN-an]-ni SIG₅ E₂ te-pu-šu₂-ni | |
| 5 | ⸢ra⸣-[ʾi]-i-mu ša₂ EN-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 6 | ki-[i] ⸢ha⸣-an-ni-i DU₃-aš₂ | |
| 7 | E₂ ina pa-ni har-du-u-te | |
| 8 | il-lak-aš₂-šu₂-un-ni | |
| 9 | ina IGI har-du-u-te DU₃-aš₂ | |
| 10 | E₂ ina pi-i DUG₃.GA il-lak-[aš₂-šu₂-un-ni] | |
| 11 | ⸢ina pi-i⸣ DUG₃.GA DU₃-aš₂ ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ ša₂ KIN-an-ni [x x] | |
| 13 | [SIG₅ ša tah]-su-sa-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 14 | [x x x]-⸢an⸣-ni ki-i ša₂ [x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x] pa KU₂-MEŠ ni [x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x] ⸢ma⸣-a TA@v\dm ⸢E₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ki ub-bal-⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢ki⸣ | |
| 2' | šu-mu ša₂ {d}EN ina ⸢UGU⸣-[hi] | |
| 3' | zuk-ra id—da-a-⸢ti⸣ id—da-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 4' | ina IGI DINGIR-MEŠ-ni qar-ri-ba | |
Sources & licences
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