1891-05-09 Bu, 0165 unpublished unassigned ? (P452901)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1891-05-09 Bu, 0165 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452901 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [A ...] call[ed ...]gi |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | has [...ed the ...] of the people, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | has [...ed ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | has gone up [...]. About [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] Elam is not of Ya[...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] I sent a letter |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... of] the king brought |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] are planned in the king's presence; you |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] is taking counsel [wi]th you |
| Obverse [10:16] o 11'11'– | [......] hears |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] against us |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] my servant |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [...] through the act of Marduk I have descended into Elam. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | [To] keep Elam in order quickly send me [Amm]anappi [and] let me quickly hear of your health. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [Month of Ad]ar (XII), 27th day, [eponym year of Na]bû-šar-ahhešu (646). |
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] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-gi i-qab-⸢bu⸣-[niš-šu₂] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ ša₂ UN-MEŠ e-ta-[x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] us-sa-an-⸢ni⸣ 0 | |
| 5' | [x x] e-te-li ina UGU ta-[qa-ni] | |
| 6' | [ša₂] {kur}NIM.MA{ki} la ša₂ {1}ia-[x] | |
| 7' | [x x] e-gir₂-tu₂ as-⸢sap-ra⸣ | |
| 8' | [a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL us-se-bil | |
| 9' | [tak]-lak ina IGI LUGAL kab-du at-ta 0 | |
| 10' | [šu-u is]-si-ka im-mal-lik | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x⸣-ka i-šam-me | |
| 12' | [x x x x x] ⸢e⸣-ta-ka | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x] ⸢lil⸣-lik | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣-bu | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x] UGU-ni | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢x ARAD⸣-ia | |
| 3' | [x x x x] {d}AMAR.UTU e-tap-aš₂ | |
| 4' | at-tu-rid ina {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 5' | [a-na] {kur}NIM.MA{ki} ta-qa-an-nu | |
| 6' | {1}am]-⸢man⸣-ap-pi ar₂-hiš še-bi-la | |
| 7' | [u₃ DI]-mu-ka ar₂-hiš la-aš₂-me | |
| 8' | {[iti]}⸢ŠE⸣ UD 27-KAM₂ | |
| 9' | [lim-mu {1}{d]}⸢AG⸣—MAN—PAB-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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