ABL 1230 (P237193)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1230 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237193 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | May [...] ble[ss the king], my [lord]! I pray [every] da[y] to Ninurta and Gula for the life of the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | Now then, the city overseer who went to call in the enemy, saying: "I will delive[r him] into your hands" — |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | having [...ed] much [agai]nst the for[t ...] |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | And now [that] he came, [I have arrested him], and am herewith sending him to the k[ing, my lord], in the hands of Bel-eṭir. May the king do as he finds best. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 5'5'–r 9'9' | The king, my lord, knows that your servants the Larakians are loyal to the king. Our gods are in Nippur. [May] the king [...] their journey |
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-na LUGAL be-li₂]-⸢ia₂ lik-ru⸣-[bu] | |
| 2' | UD-⸢mu⸣-[us-su] {⸢d⸣}MAŠ u {d}gu-⸢la⸣ | |
| 3' | a-na ⸢TIN ZI⸣-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4' | u₂-ṣal-la a-du-u₂ {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—URU | |
| 5' | ša₂ il-li-ku-u₂ {lu₂}KUR₂-MEŠ | |
| 6' | il-du-ud um-ma a-na-[ku] | |
| 7' | a-na ŠU.2-ku-nu a-man-⸢na⸣-[aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 8' | ma-a-da ki-i i-[x x x x] | |
| 9' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ E₂—bir-⸢ti⸣ E₂—bir-⸢ti⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | u₃ ⸢en-na⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | il-li-ka ⸢ki-i⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | ina ŠU.2 {1}{d}EN—ŠUR a-⸢na LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia₂] | |
| 4' | al-tap-raš-šu₂ LUGAL a-ki-⸢i ša₂ i⸣-[le-ʾu-u] | |
| 5' | li-pu-uš LUGAL EN-a i-di ⸢ki-i⸣ | |
| 6' | ARAD-MEŠ-ka {lu₂}UD.UD{ki}MEŠ | |
| 7' | it-ti LUGAL ki-i-ni DINGIR-MEŠ-ni | |
| 8' | ina EN.LIL₂{ki} LUGAL a-lak-šu₂-nu | |
| 9' | ⸢x x x x x x x-na⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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