ABL 1200 (P236913)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1200 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236913 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | Tablet of Sîn-duri to the king, his lord. The guard of Eanna and the temples of your gods are well. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | Concerning [the ...] of the Lady of Reš [...] and the [...]s of Nanaya of which the king wrote: "Let [them] be in[stituted]" — |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] the king for ever [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] well-being [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] with [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] they climb up [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [... they] bless [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] with [...] |
| Obverse [13:20] o 1414–o 2020 | I shall write everywhere as follows: "[If] you [... silver] and gold without the king's (permission) and giv[e out] prebends [...], you shall [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | without [the king('s permission) ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | in front of [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | "The men [of the temple ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | and palm branch[es ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | the fortress [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | "The work of [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | and without the king [...]" |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | And now [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | 100 men of the temple should cut reed [...]! |
| Reverse [9:13] r 10'10'–r 13'13' | [Concerning the work] of which the king wrote, [I have] not [been able] to finish it. Now let [...] go [...] |
| Reverse [13:19] r 14'14'–r 19'19' | [... If] he does not like what I [said], (viz.) "Why does not a single [...]?", and keeps sending words of death [...], if it is agreeable to the king, let me move back to the house of my lord! And [...] |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | they are attentive. Now for [...]. |
| Reverse [20:27] r 21'21'–r 27'27' | Last year in the month Adar (XII) the king's rations [...], but the priests were negligent [...] and did not examine [...]. Now let him give as rations 30 sacrificial bulls. [As soon as] they have entered the temple, let [...] go where the king commands. The master keeps writing: "Why is he with you?" |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ṭup-pi {1}{d}30—BAD₃ | |
| 2 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ | |
| 3 | a-na ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti ša₂ E₂.AN.NA | |
| 4 | a-⸢na⸣ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ-ka E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ-ka šul-mu | |
| 5 | ⸢aš₂⸣-[šu₂ x x] ša₂ {d}GAŠAN ša₂ SAG | |
| 6 | [x x x]-MEŠ ša₂ {d}na-na-a [x] | |
| 7 | [ša₂ LUGAL iš]-pu-ra um-ma liš-ša₂-[kin] | |
| 8 | [x x x] LUGAL a-na da-ri UD-[me] | |
| 9 | [x x x] TIN ZI-MEŠ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x] it-ti [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x] ⸢il⸣-lu-u₂ [x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x] i-kar-⸢ra⸣-[bu x x x] | |
| 13 | ⸢x⸣+[x x] it-ti [x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ⸢al-ta⸣-nap-par ⸢um⸣-[ma ki-i KUG.UD] | |
| 15 | u₃ KUG.GI ša₂ la [LUGAL x x x x] | |
| 16 | u₃ {giš}ŠUB.BA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 17 | ta-nam-[din x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | ta-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | E₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ša₂ la [LUGAL x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | i-na mah-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | um-ma ERIM-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | u₃ {giš}na-aš₂-[ba-ṭu x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {e₂}bi-ir-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | um-ma dul-lu ša₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | u₃ ša₂ la LUGAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | u₃ en-na a-du-u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | 01 me ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ E₂.AN.[NA x x x x] | |
| 10' | GI-MEŠ li-ih-ṣu-bu [x x x x] | |
| 11' | ⸢ša₂⸣ LUGAL iš-pu-ra ul ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12' | ul u₂-qat-ti en-na UD [x x x x] | |
| 13' | lil-li-ku [x x x x] | |
| 15' | pa-ni-šu₂ ul mah-ri ša₂ a-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 16' | um-ma mi-nam-ma la 01-en [x x x] | |
| 17' | dib-bi ša₂ mi-tu-tu ši [x x x] | |
| 18' | il-ta-nap-par ki-i pa-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ [mah-ru] | |
| 19' | a-na E₂—be-li₂-ni E₂—be-li₂-ni lu-uh-hi-su u₃ [x] | |
| 20' | pit-qi₂-du en-na-a a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 21' | šad-da-qad₃ ina {iti}ŠE PAD-HI.A LUGAL [x x x] | |
| 22' | u₃ {lu₂}TU—E₂-MEŠ {lu₂}TU—E₂-MEŠ ih-te-ṭu [x x] | |
| 23' | ul u₂-mas-su en-na PAD-HI.A [x x x] | |
| 24' | 30 {gud}⸢NINDA₂⸣-ta lid-din [x x x ki-i] | |
| 25' | a-na E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR i-te-ru-bu ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 26' | a-na E₂ LUGAL i-qab-bu-u₂ lil-lik {lu₂}⸢EN⸣ o | |
| 27' | il-ta-nap-par um-ma mi-nam-ma | |
| 28' | ina pa-ni-ka | |
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