ABL 0517 (P237175)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | ABL 0517 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237175 |
| 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/saa21 · 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's word to Nabû-ušabši: I am well; you can be glad. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | Concerning the words of Bel-ušallim about which you wrote, write to him as follows: |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | "As to the son of Ea-zera-qiša and the elders of Bit-Amukani about whom you wrote, what you did is good; you have done a thing that is good to the house of your lord." |
| Obverse [12:24] o 1313– | "And regarding the matters of the Lady Humbuste, about which you wrote: 'I have written to the Palace about them' — the king does not render the verdict of men who go to the king until Bel-ušallim comes to the presence of the king, my lord, and gives him a counsel that pleases the king, my lord." |
| Reverse [9:16] r 1010–r 1616 | "Now go and see the beaming face of the king, your lord, and give him a counsel that pleases the king your lord, and may he listen to you." |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Month of Iyyar (II), 25th day, eponym year of Bel-Harran-šadu'a (650). |
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 | a-mat LUGAL a-na {1}{d}AG—GAL₂-ši | |
| 2 | DI-mu ia-a-ši ŠA₃-ba-ka | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ ṭa-ab-ka | |
| 4 | i-na UGU dib-bi ša₂ {1}{d}EN—GI | |
| 5 | ša₂ taš-pur a-ki-i a-ga-a | |
| 6 | šup-ra-aš₂-šu₂ um-ma | |
| 7 | ina UGU DUMU {1}{d}E₂.A—NUMUN—BA-ša₂ | |
| 8 | u {lu₂}AB.BA-MEŠ ša₂ {lu₂}E₂—{1}a-muk-a-ni | |
| 9 | ša₂ taš-pur um-ma ba-ni | |
| 10 | ša₂ te-pu-šu₂ um-ma a-mat ša₂ | |
| 11 | ina UGU E₂—EN-ka E₂—EN-ka ṭa-ba-tu | |
| 12 | ši-i te-tep-uš u um-ma | |
| 13 | ina UGU dib-bi {mi₂}hu-um-bu-us-te | |
| 14 | ša₂ taš-pu-ra um-ma ana-ku | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na UGU-hi-im-ma | |
| 2 | a-na E₂.GAL al-ta-par | |
| 3 | um-ma ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ ana IGI LUGAL | |
| 4 | il-lak-u-ni um-ma LUGAL | |
| 5 | pur-su-šu₂-nu la i-par-ras | |
| 6 | a-di {1}{d}EN—GI ana IGI LUGAL | |
| 7 | EN-ia il-la-kam₂-ma mil-ku | |
| 8 | ša₂ ina UGU LUGAL EN-ia₂ ṭa-a-bu | |
| 9 | a-na LUGAL i-ma-al-li-ku | |
| 10 | um-ma en-na a-lik-ma | |
| 11 | pa-ni ša₂ LUGAL EN-ka ha-du-te | |
| 12 | a-mur u mil-ku ša₂ ina UGU LUGAL | |
| 13 | EN-ka ṭa-a-bu me-lik-šu₂ | |
| 14 | liš-me-ka | |
| 17 | {iti}GUD UD 25-KAM₂ | |
| 18 | lim-mu {1}{d}EN—KASKAL—KUR-u-a | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.