AfO 33 35–36

SEAL no. 36163 · BM 55467 (1882-07-04, 40) · Literary Letters · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)

Transliteration

Obv.

1 [x x] ti ⌈ku? lu ḫaṭ-ṭu a/za⌉ [. . .]

2 [. . .] ba-nu-ú dūr(bàd) abni(na₄) qātī(šu^II)-⌈ku-nu⌉ [. . .]-la-a bābili(⌈e⌉^ki) tu-⌈na-ki⌉-[ra-a]

3 [šal-lat] mātāti(kur.kur) taš-lu-la-a-ma a-na māt(kur) su-bar-ru-ú tu-[še-ṣa-ʾ]

4 [makkūr(níg.ga)] é-sag-gíl u bābili(e^ki) tu-šaṭ-ṭì-la-a-ma tu-še-ri-bi [ana ni-ná-a]

5 ⌈tad⌉-du-ka-ʾ šībūt(ab.ba^meš) āli(uru) taḫ-tab-ta-a sà-aḫ-ʾ-[a]

6 ⌈x⌉-ra-⌈a⌉-na-ka te-zi-ba tu-un-dal-ʾ mātāti(kur^meš) [e-ša-a-ti]

7 [šum]-qu-ut mārī(dumu^meš) bābili(e^ki) taškun(gar)-ma tu-ru-ʾ ^(erasure) da-⌈um⌉-[ma-ti]

8 [ar]-⌈ni⌉ ḫi-ṭu u gíl-la-tu₄ te-mi-da tu-šá-ḫi-za-a ma-ru-⌈uš⌉-[ti]

9 ⌈bar⌉-tu₄ ina māti(kur) taš-ku-na la tu-šab-šá-ʾ sa-lim // ana-ku amēl(lú) palû(bal-ú) šá ina ka ⌈x⌉ [x]

10 [ul]-tu qé-reb māt(kur) ti-amat šap-li-tu₄ marduk(^damar.utu) bēlu(en) rabû(gal-ú) ina ni-ši īni(⌈igi⌉)-[šú]

11 ip-pal-sa-ni-⌈ma⌉

12 [a]-⌈na⌉ tu-ru gi-mil māt(kur) Akkadî(uri^ki) i-ḫi-iṭ te-re-tu-ú-a ⌈ib⌉-ri lìb-[bi]

13 ki-i-⌈ni⌉

14 [a]-⌈na bé⌉-lu-tu mātāti(kur.kur) il-qa-an-ni-ma nišī(un^meš) mātāti (kur.kur^meš) kul-lat-ši-na ú-šat-⌈mi⌉-[iḫ]

15 qa-tu-ú-[a]

16 [e]-nin-ni zi-kir šu-mi-ia ul gal-ta-at qí-bit ^(erasure) pi-[ia]

17 ul ma-ag-ra-a-[at]

18 [x x] ⌈x⌉ ṭup-pu áš-pur-kam-ma la x [x x x]

19 [x x x x x x x x] ⌈mi⌉ ši ana māt(kur) ⌈aš⌉-[šur]

Rev.

20 [. . .] ⌈un⌉ ni ⌈kal x⌉ [. . .]

21 [. . .] x ⌈ni-ná⌉-a nabalkattu(ki.bal) ⌈x x⌉ [. . .]

22 [. . .] ⌈x x⌉ māt(kur) su-bar-tu₄ gi-mil ú-ta-⌈a-ri⌉ a-na bābili(tin.tir[^ki])

23 [mak]kūr([níg].⌈ga⌉) é-sag-gíl u bābili(e^ki) iš-tu māt(kur) na-ki-ri ú-še-red karāšu(ki.kal) [. . .]

24 [x x] dūr(bàd) ni-ná-a šá abni(na₄) dan-nu pi-ti-iq-[šú]

25 [ina pî(ka)] marduk(^damar.utu) bēli(en) rabû(gal-ú) ki-ma ti-il ba-aṣ-ṣu a-šap-pa-[ak]

26 [āl(uru)] ^msîn(^d30)-aḫḫē(šeš^meš)-erība(su) mār(dumu) ^mšarru(lugal)-kīn(gi.na) i-lit-tu₄ du-uš-mu-ú e-⌈kim⌉ [bābili(e^ki)]

27 [šá]-líl māt(kur) akkadî(uri^ki) i-šid-su a-na-as-saḫ-ma iš-di māti(kur) ú-[saḫ-ḫa]

28 [x] ⌈x⌉^meš ina qin-ni-šú a-na kal u₄-mu ina māt(kur) aš-šur^ki ú-še-⌈el⌉-[li-ma]

29 [áš-šú] lem-né-e-tú māt(kur) akkadî(uri^ki) te-pu-šá-ma marduk(^damar.utu) bēlu(en) rab[û(gal-[ú) u ilāni(dingir^meš) rabûti(gal^meš)]

30 ^(erasure) i-šá-a-lu-⌈ku⌉-[nu-ti]

31 [x x] ⌈x⌉ ni ^lúgìr-saq-qu-ú a-lik pāni(igi)-ka šá i-šaṭ/laṭ-⌈ka⌉ [. . .]

32 (blank)

33 [. . .] x ú-pal-laq-kam-ma x x x x x x x x [. . .]

34 [. . .]

Translation

1–9 [. . .] . . . scepter [. . .] built; the stone wall their hands [. . .] . . . ; you became hos[tile] to Babylon, [the booty] of the lands you plundered and [removed] to the land of the Subarians. [The proper]ty of Esagil and Babylon you exposed and sent [to Nineveh. You kill]ed the elders of the city; you captured the one who rose up (against you). Your [. . .] you abandoned; you filled the lands with [disorder. The def]eat of the Babylonians you inflicted and you brought dark[ness]. You imposed punishment; you incited un[rest], you fomented [re]bellion in the land; you did not create peace //

9–15 I am the reigning man . . . [Fr]om the midst of the land of the lower sea Marduk, the great lord, looked favorably upon me and [in order to] avenge Akkad, he inspected my omens, examined my loyal heart, he selected me for dominion over the lands and the peoples of the lands, all of them, he pla[ced] in [my] hands.

16–19 [No]w the mentioning of my name you did not fear, my command you did not obey. [. . .] . . . the tablet I sent to you, and [you] did not [. . .]. . . to As[syria]

20–28 [. . .] . . . [. . .] Nineveh rebellion [. . .] . . ., I will avenge Babylon. [The prop]erty of Esagil and Babylon from the enemy land I will bring down; an encampment [. . .] the wall of Nineveh which is made of hard stone [by command] of Marduk, the great lord, I will pile up like a mound of sand. [The city] of Sennacherib, son of Sargon, offspring of a house slave, conqu[eror of Babylon, plund]erer of Akkad – its roots I will pluck out, and the foundations of the land I will obliterate. [The . . .] from his family I will exile from Assyria forever.

29–34 [Because of] the crimes against Akkad which you committed, Marduk, the great lord, [and the great gods] will call [you] to account [. . .] . . . the girseqqû (official), the one marching in front of you who will despise you (or: will keep you in check) [. . .] ^(blank) [. . .] I will destroy you . . . [. . .]

Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman, Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL), seal.huji.ac.il. No commercial use is allowed. Published under CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). Reproduced unmodified. Cite as SEAL no. 36163; view on seal.huji.ac.il.