ABL 0530 (P236912)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0530 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236912 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, my lord: your servant, Gimillu. May Nabû and Marduk ordain long days of happiness (and) many years of rejoicing, joy, and celebration for the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [6:14] o 77–o 1414 | Even before the king, my lord, had made a ruling on Surmarrati, when I heard their words — the very day that I heard them — I wrote them down in a letter [and ...] to the scout, the chief scout, the city scribe, the city overseer, the mayor, and the cohort commander [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [If] I have committed a crime against the king, my lord, (then) I do not know what my crime is. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | These seven years I have been held in durance vile. Without the king, they have taken my estate (and) destroyed my property. I am dying of hunger in my imprisonment. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 7'7'–r 10'10' | There are many who have sinned against the king, my lord, but the king has excused them and spared their lives. Even a deportee is allowed to live. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | I am neither a sinner nor an evildoer. Do not let me die of hunger in my imprisonment! May the lord of kings allow me to live! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}gi-mil-lu | |
| 3 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU UD-mu ar₂-ku-ti | |
| 4 | ša₂ ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ma-da-a-ti ša₂ ul-ṣu | |
| 6 | hi-da-a-ti u₃ ri-ša₂-a-ti | |
| 7 | ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ liq-bu-u₂ a-di la | |
| 8 | LUGAL EN-a a-na {uru}sur-mar-a-ti | |
| 9 | i-rak-ka-su dib-bi-šu-un | |
| 10 | ki-i aš₂-mu-u₂ UD-mu ša₂ aš₂-mu-u₂ | |
| 11 | ina ši-pir-ti ki-i al-ṭu-ru | |
| 12 | a-na {lu₂}da-a.a-lu {lu₂}GAL—da-a.a-lu {lu₂}GAL—da-a.a-lu | |
| 13 | {lu₂}DUB.SAR—URU {lu₂}DUB.SAR—URU {lu₂}ša₂—UGU-hi—URU | |
| 14 | {⸢lu₂}ha-za-an-nu u {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir⸣ {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ ah-ṭu-u₂ hi-ṭu-u₂-a | |
| 3' | ul i-du 07 MU.AN.NA a-ga ṣib-ti lem-nu | |
| 4' | ṣab-ta-ku ša₂ la LUGAL E₂-a na-a-šu₂ | |
| 5' | NIG₂.ŠID-ia hu-uṭ-ṭu-u₂ ina bu-ba-a-ti | |
| 6' | ša₂ NINDA-HI.A i-na ṣib-ti-ia₂ a-ma-a-tu | |
| 7' | ma-du-u₂-tu ša₂ a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ ih-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 8' | u LUGAL re-e-mu iš-ku-na-aš₂-šu₂-nu-tim-ma | |
| 9' | ZI-MEŠ-šu₂-nu i-re-en-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣-ma | |
| 10' | šu-ug-lu-u₂ pu-uq-qud a-na bul-ṭu | |
| 11' | a-na-ku ul ša₂ hi-ṭu ul e-piš lum-nu | |
| 12' | ina bu-bu-u₂-tu ina ṣib-ti-ia₂ la a-ma-tu | |
| 13' | EN LUGAL-MEŠ lip-qi₂-dan-nu a-na bul-ṭu | |
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