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ABL 1365 (P236871)

Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationABL 1365
IDP236871
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreLetter
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By ORACC project saao/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44[To the lord of ki]ngs, my lord: [your servant, ...-šarr]a-ibni. I pray every day to Uraš [and Belet-ekalli for] the lengthening of [the lif]e [of the kin]g, my lord, [by many] days, (and for) the [consolidation of the fou]ndation of (his) royal throne [...].
Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77E[ver since the reign of Tiglath]-pileser (III), king of A[ssyria], my [fathers have kep]t the watch of the kings of [Assyria].
Obverse [7:12] o 88–o 1212Bel-šuma-iškun, [my grand]father, [whom S]ennacherib (and) your father [appointed, provid]ed the [...]s for the repairs. [He k]ept [the watch of] Sennacherib and E[sarhaddon and se]t up a fine house(hold) i[n ...].
Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515During the revolt of [Šamaš-šumu-ukin, as Assurbani]pal remem[bered] tho[se] favours [which my grandfather] had rendered,
Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616[he ...ed] all his [...s], troop[s ...]
Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818[...] ... which Assurbanipal [...]
Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2'[...] the chief eunuc[h ...]
Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4'[...] the king wrote to m[e, saying]: "I have thrown [...]s to my cities and [... ...]."
Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6'The king, my lord, s[aid to me: "The god]s have made me successful [...]
Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7'[...] I have made your sons com[e ...]
Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8'[Whatever] you do [in] my [na]me, [...] evil [...]
Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9'[...] is important." He (further) said: "[Should there be]
Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10'[hun]ger for food [...], I [will ...]."
Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11'[... the p]refects of Puq[udu ...]
Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12'[...] houses and fi[elds ...]
Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13'[...] garments, my colleag[ue ...]
Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14'[...] ... and [...]
Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15'[... ca]me, to/for al[l ...]
Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16'[...] I [...] with hi[m ...]
Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17'[... kin]g of Assyria, as many as t[o ...]
Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18'[...] your gods very mu[ch ...]
Reverse [18:19] r 19'19'–r 19'19'[...] I se[e] the face of the king, my lord, [...]
Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20'[...] (in) Shebat (XI), when I cam[e and ...]
Reverse [20:22] r 21'21'–[...] was not lyi[ng] in bed [...]
Right [0:2] r.e. 22r.e. 22–r.e. 2323I am dying [of hunger] for food and of th[irst for wate]r. [I am waiting] for the guide[s ...].
Right [2:3] r.e. 2424–r.e. 2424May [the people] hear [...]! The whole city [...]
Right [3:4] r.e. 2525–r.e. 2525[...] ... whom Pan-[...]
Right [4:5] r.e. 2626–r.e. 2626[...] in reverence [...]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
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1[a-na EN] ⸢LUGAL⸣-a-nu EN-ia [ARAD-ka]
2{1}{d}x-x]—⸢LUGAL⸣—DU₃ UD-mu-ut-⸢su⸣ {d}IB [u {d}NIN.E₂.GAL]
3[a-na TIN ZI]-MEŠ GID₂.DA UD-mu-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ma-du-tu]
4[kun-nu] ⸢SUHUŠ⸣ {giš}GU.ZA LUGAL-u₂-ti [x x x]
5[x x ša₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia u₂-ṣal-li ⸢ul⸣-[tu ŠA₃-bi]
6{1}{giš}TUKUL-ti]—DUMU.UŠ—E₂.ŠAR₂.RA LUGAL KUR—⸢aš⸣-[šur{ki]}
7[AD-MEŠ]-a EN.NUN-ti ša₂ LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ KUR—[aš-šur{ki]}
8[it-ta-aṣ]-ru {1}{d}EN—MU—GAR-un ⸢AD⸣—[AD-ia₂]
9[ša₂ {1}{d]}30—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—SU AD-ka [ip-qi₂-du]
10[x x x]-ti ša₂ ina bat-qi₂ it-⸢ta⸣-[x x]
11[EN.NUN] {1}{d}30—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—SU u {1}⸢aš⸣-[šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na]
12[ki-i iṣ]-⸢ṣu⸣-ru E₂ dam-qu ⸢ina⸣ [x x x]
13[i-te-pu]-uš ina nu-kur₂-ti ša₂ {1}{[d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GIN]
14{1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃]—A MUN-HI.A ul-li-⸢ti⸣ [ša₂ o]
15[AD—AD-ia₂] [AD—AD-ia₂] ⸢i⸣-pu-šu ki-i ih-⸢su⸣-[su o]
16[x x x]-šu₂ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ ERIM-[MEŠ x]
17[x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ ša₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ [x]
18[x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x]
r
1'[x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x]
2'[x x x x x x x] {lu₂}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ {lu₂}GAL—⸢SAG⸣ [x x x]
3'[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL il-tap-ra-an-[ni um-ma]
4'[x x x]-ti a-na URU-MEŠ-ia u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x]
5'[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ at-ta-di LUGAL EN-a iq-[ta-ba-a]
6'[um-ma DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina ŠU.2-ia₂ ul-tal-li-mu ⸢x⸣+[x x x]
7'[x x x] DUMU-MEŠ-ka u₂-sa-li-⸢ka⸣ [x x]
8'[a-na šu]-mi-ia te-ep-pu-šu₂ lum-nu [x x x x]
9'[x x x x]+⸢x⸣-še-e ka-bit um-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x]
10'[x x bu]-⸢ba⸣-a-tum ša₂ NINDA-HI.A a-na-ku [x x x]
11'[x x {lu₂]}⸢šak⸣-nu-ti ša₂ {uru}pu-⸢qu⸣-[du x x]
12'[x x x x]-u₂ E₂-MEŠ u₃ A.[ŠA₃-MEŠ x x]
13'[x x x x] TUG₂-MEŠ ki-na-at-⸢ti⸣ [x x x]
14'[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ sa-ʾi-di u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]
15'[x x x il]-⸢li⸣-ka a-na gab-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x]
16'[x x x x]-is a-na-ku it-ti-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x]
17'[x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR—aš-šur{ki} ma-la a-⸢na⸣ [x x x]
18'[x x x x]-⸢te⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ-ka ki-i—ma-[de-e ki-i—ma-[de-e x x]
19'[x x x x] pa-ni ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ am-⸢ma⸣-[ru x x x]
20'[x x x x]-šu {iti}ZIZ₂ ša₂ al-li-⸢kam₂⸣-[ma x x x]
21'[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina {giš}NA₂ la na-⸢al⸣ [x x x x]
r.e.
22[ina bu-ba-a-tum] ša₂ NINDA-HI.A u ina ⸢ṣu⸣-[um-me-e]
23[o ša₂ A]-MEŠ a-mat IGI {lu₂}UŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x a-dag-gal]
24[x x x x x] liš-mu-u₂ URU gab-bu [x x x x]
25[x x x x x x]+⸢x-tu⸣-tu ša₂ {1}pa-an—{⸢d⸣}[x x x]
26[x x x x]-tu ina pu-luh-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x]

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