ABL 1091 (P236909)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1091 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236909 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | our [brothe]rs, [citizens of] Babylo[n ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Šulm]u-ahhe in the house [...] |
| Obverse [3:10] o 4'4'–o 10'10' | When they heard about the [tre]aty of rebellion which [...], one o[f them] ap[pealed] to the king before .... Nabû-šuma-iškun and Ṣi[llaya]2 came and ques[tioned him]: "[What] is your appeal to the king ab[out]?" He (answered): "It is about Arda-[Mullissi]." |
| Obverse [10:16] o 11'11'– | Th[ey covered] his face with his cloak and made him stand before Arda-Mul[lissi himself], saying: "Look! [Your appeal] is being granted, say it with your own mouth!" He said: "Your son Arda-[Mullissi] will kill you." |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | They uncovered [his] face, and after Arda-Mu[llissi] had interrogated him, th[ey] kil[led] hi[m] and his brothers. |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | When [...] four men — Ṣuhru, Ṭabiya, N[N, and NN] — [told it to] Nabû-aha-ereš, [he did not] believe it. [He sho]uld question the men of the house of Ard[a-Mullissi]. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | No[w then th]ey [ha]ve [rec]eived [all kinds of] nice [wo]rds about [...] |
| Reverse [13:16] r 1414–r 1616 | [When th]ey [w]rote to the ki[ng, our lord], the king [our lord] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x] ⸢x ti x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x] ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-MEŠ-ni {uru}TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki}MEŠ x x] | |
| 3' | {1}DI]-⸢mu⸣—PAB-MEŠ i-na E₂ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [a]-⸢de⸣-e ša₂ si-i-hi ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5' | ki-i iš-mu-u₂ 01.en i-⸢na⸣ [ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu] | |
| 6' | i-na pa-ni (ni)-ir-ti a-mat LUGAL ⸢iq⸣-[ta-bi] | |
| 7' | {1}{d}AG—MU—iš-kun u₃ {1}⸢ṣil⸣-[la-a] | |
| 8' | ki-i il-li-ku-nu i-ša₂-a-[lu-šu₂] | |
| 9' | um-ma a-mat LUGAL-ka a-na ⸢UGU⸣ [mi-ni-i] | |
| 10' | šu-u₂ ma-a a-na UGU {1}ARAD—{⸢d⸣}[NIN.LIL₂] | |
| 11' | ⸢i⸣-na {tug₂}KUR.RA-šu₂ pa-ni-šu₂ ⸢i⸣-[ter-mu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-na pa-ni {1}ARAD—{d}NIN.[LIL₂-ma] | |
| 2 | ul-te-zi-zi-šu₂ um-ma a-mur ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | im-ma-⸢gar⸣ ina pi-i-ka qi-[bi] | |
| 4 | šu-u₂ iq-ta-bi um-ma {1}ARAD—{⸢d⸣}[NIN.LIL₂] | |
| 5 | DUMU-ka i-dak-ka pa-ni-[šu₂] | |
| 6 | ki-i ip-tu-u₂ {1}ARAD—{d}⸢NIN⸣.[LIL₂] | |
| 7 | ki-i u₂-sa-niq-šu₂ a-na ša₂-[a-šu₂] | |
| 8 | ⸢u₃⸣ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ i-⸢duk⸣-[ku] | |
| 9 | [x x] 04 ERIM-MEŠ {1}TUR {1}DUG₃-ia {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10 | [a-na] {1}{d}AG—ŠEŠ—APIN-eš ki-⸢i⸣ [iq-bu-u₂] | |
| 11 | [ul i]-qi-pi ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ E₂ {1}⸢ARAD⸣—{[d}NIN.LIL₂] | |
| 12 | ⸢li⸣-ša₂-al-la en-⸢na⸣ [a-du-u₂] | |
| 13 | [da]-⸢ba⸣-ba bab-ba-nu-u₂ ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 14 | [in]-⸢da⸣-har-ru a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-i-ni] | |
| 15 | [ki-i] ⸢iš⸣-pu-ru LUGAL [EN-a-ni] | |
| 16 | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
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