ABL 0924

CDLI P393862
Accession no.: K 01109 + K 03045
Primary publication(s): MC 24, 27

Provenance

Provenience: Ninua (mod. Nineveh)
Archive: Ashurbanipal library

Object Details

Object type: tablet

Text Details

Language: Standard Babylonian
Subgenre: Historic letter

Date

Period: Neo-Assyrian

Sources

Bibliography

Weidner 1949: ITN, XIII, 48 no 42; Grayson 1972: Ari 1, 137‒38; Llop 2015: FS Wiggermann, 256‒57; ll. 5‒9, Llop / George AfO 2001‒2: AfO 48‒49, 9‒10; ll. 5−9, Freydank 2023: FS Saporetti₂, 97−99

Views

ABL 0924 (MC 24, 27) [Historic letter][via tcma/nineveh]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na] ^m^daš+šur-na-ra-ra u₃ ^mDINGIR-[pa-da]	(o 1) Speak to Aššur-nīrārī III and Ilī-padâ [...] kings of Assyria, [thus] Adad-šuma-uṣur, strong king, [king of the world], king of Karduniaš.
o 22	[...] ⸢x⸣ LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ ^kur^daš+šur^ki qi₂-bi-[ma]
o 33	[um-ma] ^m^dIŠKUR-MU-URI₃^{ir^?} LUGAL GAL^u₂ LUGAL dan-nu [LUGAL KIŠ]
o 44	⸢LUGAL⸣ ^kurkar-du-ni-ia-aš₂ [...]
o 55	[^daš]+⸢šur⸣ a-na ^m^daš+šur-na-ra-ra u₃ ^mDINGIR-pa-da a-[...]	(o 5) Aššur has made you, Aššur-nīrārī III and Ilī-padâ, completely insane [through] forgetting, constant drunkenness, and the inability to make decisions.
o 66	[ina] ⸢ma⸣-še-e UZU ši-tak-ku-ri u₃ la ṣi-bit ṭe₃-e-[me]
o 77	[ṭe₃]-en-ku-nu il-ta-an-ni-ku-nu-[ši]
o 88	[...]-um-ma ina lib₃-bi-ku-nu ša₂ ṭe₃-e-me u mil-ku ul i-ba-⸢aš₂⸣-[ši]	(o 8) [...] there is nobody among you with mind or counsel.
o 99	[DINGIR]-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ṭe₃-en-ku-nu ki-i u₂-ša₂-an-[nu-u]	(o 9) When the great gods kept changing your mind [...]
o 1010	[...] ta-qab-ba-a pa-ni-ku-nu-ma [...]	(o 10) [...] you will say, before you [...]
o 1111	[ina] ⸢mi⸣-lik ar₂-ni u₃ ḫi-bil-ti U₄^ri-^tu [...]	(o 11) [With] iniquitous and criminal counsel ... [...]
o 1212	[...]-tu-ku-nu [...] ša la DINGIR mi-na-a-te [...]
o 1313	[...] ⸢ta⸣-qab-ba-[a um]-ma 60 ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ nu u₂ [...]
o 1414	[...]-MEŠ [...]-ma
o 1515	[...] u₂ [...] du e [...]
o 1616	[... i]-na mi-ni [...] mi-ni [...] ti-ib
o 1717	[...] nu-ra-sib [...]
o 1818	[...] ṣi u₃ [...]
o 1919	[...] ṭe₃-em DINGIR ma-a [...]
	rest of obverse brokken

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