ABL 0924 [Historic letter][via tcma/nineveh]
&P393862= ABL 0924
#project: tcma/nineveh
#atf: lang akk-x-stdbab
#atf: use unicode
#atf: use math
@tablet
@obverse
1. [a-na] {m}{d}aš+šur-na-ra-ra u₃ {m}DINGIR-[pa-da]
#lem: +ana[to]PRP$; +Aššur-neʾrari[Assur-nirari III]RN$Aššur-narara; +u[and]CNJ$; +Ili-pada[]PN$
2. [...] x# LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ {kur}{d}aš+šur{ki} qi₂-bi-[ma]
#lem: u; u; +šarru[king]N$šarrāni; +ša[of]DET$; +Aššur[Assyria]GN$; +qabû[say]V$qibima
3. [um-ma] {m}{d}IŠKUR-MU-URI₃{+ir?} LUGAL GAL{+u₂} LUGAL dan-nu [LUGAL KIŠ]
#lem: +umma[saying]PRP$; +Adad-šuma-uṣur[Adad-shuma-usur]RN$Adad-šuma-uṣir; +šarru[king]N$šarru; +rabû[big]AJ$; +šarru[king]N$šarru; +dannu[strong]AJ$; +šarru[king]N$šar; +kiššatu[totality//world]N'N$kiššati
4. LUGAL# {kur}kar-du-ni-ia-aš₂ [...]
#lem: +šarru[king]N$šar; +Karduniaš[Babylon]GN$; u
5. [{d}]aš]+šur# a-na {m}{d}aš+šur-na-ra-ra u₃ {m}DINGIR-pa-da a-[...]
#lem: u; u; ana[to]PRP$; +Aššur-neʾrari[Assur-nirari III]RN$Aššur-narara; +u[and]CNJ$; +Ili-pada[]PN$; u
6. [ina] ma#-še-e UZU ši-tak-ku-ri u₃ la ṣi-bit ṭe₃-e-[me]
#lem: ina[in]PRP$; +mašû[forget//forgetting]V'N$maše; +šīru[meat]N$šīr; +šakāru[be(come) drunk//be(com)ing constantly drunk]V'N$šitakkuri; +u[and]CNJ$; +lā[not]MOD$; +ṣibtu[seizure]N$ṣibit; +ṭēmu[(fore)thought//decision]N'N$ṭēme
7. [ṭe₃]-en-ku-nu il-ta-an-ni-ku-nu-[ši]
#lem: +ṭēmu[(fore)thought//mind]N'N$ṭēnkunu; +šanû[be(come) changed//change constantly]V'V$iltannikunūši
8. [...]-um-ma ina lib₃-bi-ku-nu ša₂ ṭe₃-e-me u mil-ku ul i-ba-aš₂#-[ši]
#lem: u; +ina[in]PRP$; +libbu[interior//among]N'N$libbikunu; +ša[of]DET$; +ṭēmu[(fore)thought//decision]N'N$ṭēme; +u[and]CNJ$; +milku[advice//counsel]N'N$; +ul[not]MOD$; +bašû[exist]V$ibašši
9. [DINGIR]-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ṭe₃-en-ku-nu ki-i u₂-ša₂-an-[nu-u]
#lem: +ilu[god]N$ilānu; +rabû[big]AJ$rabûtu; +ṭēmu[(fore)thought//mind]N'N$ṭēnkunu; +kī[like//when]PRP'SBJ$; +šanû[be(come) changed//change]V'V$ušannû
10. [...] ta-qab-ba-a pa-ni-ku-nu-ma [...]
#lem: u; +qabû[say]V$taqabbâ; +pānu[front]N$pānikunuma; u
11. [ina] mi#-lik ar₂-ni u₃ hi-bil-ti U₄{+ri-tu} [...]
#lem: +ina[in]PRP$; milku[advice//counsel]N'N$milik; +arnu[guilt]N$arni; +u[and]CNJ$; hibiltu[wrongdoing]N$hibilti; u; u
12. [...]-tu-ku-nu [...] ša la DINGIR mi-na-a-te [...]
#lem: u; u; +ša[of]DET$; +lā[not]MOD$; +ilu[god]N$ili; minûtu[count(ing)]N$minâte; u
13. [...] ta#-qab-ba-[a um]-ma 60? ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ nu u₂ [...]
#lem: u; qabû[say]V$taqabbâ; +umma[saying]PRP$; n; sisû[horse]N$; u; u; u
14. [...]-MEŠ [...]-ma
#lem: u; u
15. [...] u₂ [...] du e [...]
#lem: u; u; u; u; u; u
16. [... i]-na mi-ni [...] mi-ni [...] ti-ib
#lem: u; +ina[in]PRP$; u; u; u; u; u
17. [...] nu-ra-sib [...]
#lem: u; u; u
18. [...] ṣi u₃ [...]
#lem: u; u; +u[and]CNJ$; u
19. [...] ṭe₃-em DINGIR ma-a [...]
#lem: u; ṭēmu[(fore)thought//decision]N'N$ṭēm; +ilu[god]N$ili; u; u
$ (rest of obverse brokken)
@translation labeled en project
@label o 1 - o 4
Speak to Aššur-nīrārī III and Ilī-padâ [...] kings of Assyria, [thus] Adad-šuma-uṣur, strong king, [king of the world], king of Karduniaš.
@label o 5
Aššur has made you, Aššur-nīrārī III and Ilī-padâ, completely insane [through] forgetting, constant drunkenness, and the inability to make decisions.
@label o 8
[...] there is nobody among you with mind or counsel.
@label o 9
When the great gods kept changing your mind [...]
@label o 10
[...] you will say, before you [...]
@label o 11
[With] iniquitous and criminal counsel ... [...]
Edited by Jacob Jan de Ridder, 2023, for the Archival Texts of the Middle Assyrian Period project and released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/tcma/nineveh/P393862.