ABL 0702 (P236964)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0702 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236964 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | The king appointed [Ṣillaya ...] with the sons of Eṭeru of the Sealand, and they have seized [...], saying: "It is the king's order: Give us [the ... which ...] gave to your fathers as a nishu payment!" |
| Obverse [3:11] o 44–o 1111 | The Babylonians and the(ir) commandant Ubaru (said to them): "There is no such order of the king! Last year, in Calah, when you appealed to the king for the collection of old debts (incurred) while Babylon was still intact, the king lost his temper with you, (shouting): 'What is there in Babylon (to collect)? The city was in ruins, and I have resettled it and established its freedom!' This was the word that [came] from the mouth of the king, our lord!" |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212– | [...] these [...] appealed to the king, [saying]: "Let them appoint [......] with us," he gave [......]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | [All] the gifts of the Babylonians, [which] the king has redeemed for silver [fro]m the moneylenders' house, all the [...]s which [the king] has collected from Elam and Hatti and has cleared for Bel and Zarpanitu, the dead [bodies] whom the king has revived — |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | (all this) they are selling off, [and] are [making] the broken country which the king my lord restored drift apart from the king. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | Ṣillaya does not wish the settling of Babylon. He has incited them [...], but the king my lord is an [ab]le and well-informed leader; let him do as he deems best. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | From Zakir. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | DUMU-ME ša₂ {1}e-ṭe₃-ru KUR—tam-⸢ti x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | LUGAL it-ti-šu₂-nu ip-te-qid [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | uṣ-ṣab-bi-tum um-ma a-mat LUGAL ⸢ši⸣-[i um-ma x x x x x] | |
| 4 | a-na AD-ME-ku-⸢nu ša₂⸣ ni-is-hi id-di-nu bi-na-na-a-ši {lu₂}TIN.TIR{ki}[MEŠ] | |
| 5 | u₃ {1}u₂-ba-ru {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ um-ma ul a-mat LUGAL ši-i | |
| 6 | ⸢um⸣-ma šad-da-qad i-na {uru}ka-lah₃ a-na UGU su-ud-du-nu | |
| 7 | [ša₂] ⸢hu⸣-bul-lu la-bi-ru-tu₂ ša₂ i-na ša₂-la-mi ša₂ TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 8 | [LUGAL ki]-i tam-hu-ra LUGAL ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ a-na UGU-hi-ku-nu il-te-eh-ṭa | |
| 9 | [um-ma] i-na TIN.TIR{ki} mi-nu-u₂ ša₂-kin um-ma URU he-pu-u₂ | |
| 10 | [šu-u₂ um-ma] a-na-ku ul-te-šib u du-ra-ar₂-šu₂ al-ta-kan | |
| 11 | [um-ma] an-ni-tum a-ma-tum ša₂ ina pi-i LUGAL KUR.KUR EN-i-ni | |
| 12 | [im-qu-ta] ⸢x a⸣-na ⸢x x⸣ an-nu-ti LUGAL in-da-ah-ru | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | [um-ma x x x x x x x] it-ti-ni lip-qi₂-du | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] it-tan-na ṭa-ti {lu₂}TIN.TIR{ki}MEŠ | |
| 2 | [ma-la ul]-⸢tu⸣ E₂ {lu₂}DAM.QAR-ME LUGAL a-na KUG.UD u₂-paṭ-ṭi-ra | |
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣-ME ma-la ul-tu {kur}NIM.MA{ki} u₃ {kur}ha-at-tum | |
| 4 | [LUGAL u₂]-pah-hi-ram-ma ana {d}EN u {d}zar-pa-ni-tum u₂-zak-ku-u₂ | |
| 5 | {[lu₂}UŠ₂-ME] mi-tu-tu ša₂ LUGAL u₂-bal-li-ṭu a-na KUG.UD i-nam-di-nu | |
| 6 | [u₃] ma-a-tum he-pi-tum ša₂ LUGAL EN ik-ši-ru la ŠU.2 LUGAL | |
| 7 | [u₂-še]-⸢lu⸣-u₂ {1}ṣil-la-a a-ša₂-bu ša₂ TIN.TIR{ki} ul ṣi-bi | |
| 8 | [x x x] ki-i u₂-šad-ba-bu-šu-nu-ti LUGAL EN | |
| 9 | [le]-⸢ʾu⸣-u₂ mas-su-u₂ mu-de-e a-ma-tum | |
| 10 | [ki]-i ša₂ i-le-ʾu-u₂ li-pu-uš | |
| 11 | ša₂ {1}za-kir | |
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