ABL 0518 (P237239)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0518 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237239 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | The king's word to Kudurru and the Urukians old and young: I am well; you can be glad. |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55–o 1414 | This weeping of the month Sivan (III), which all the inhabitants of the country hold for mourning — af[ter the god]s became angry, they [... left] their abode, (but) [through we]eping and ... [Mar]duk, Nanaya, U[ṣur-amas]sa and Arkayitu have became reconciled, and in my reign they have delivered [all the lands into] my hands. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | When I seized [.....] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | eternal [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] my [servant]s |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] weeping |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | and turn it into joy! |
| Reverse [5:9] r 6'6'–r 9'9' | Copy of the letters that were brought to the chieftains and to Babylonia. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Month of Iyyar (II), 24th day, eponym year of Nabû-šar-ahhešu. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-mat LUGAL | |
| 2 | a-na {1}NIG₂.GUB {lu₂}UNUG{ki}MEŠ | |
| 3 | {lu₂}AB.BA-MEŠ u₃ TUR-MEŠ | |
| 4 | DI-mu ia-a-ši ŠA₃-ba-ku-nu | |
| 5 | lu-u DUG₃.GA-ku-nu-ši bi-ki-tu | |
| 6 | a-ga-a ša₂ {iti}SIG₄ ša₂ UN KUR | |
| 7 | gab-bu ⸢ta⸣-dir-tu u₂-kal-lu | |
| 8 | ul-[tu₂ DINGIR]-MEŠ iz-nu-u₂ | |
| 9 | ⸢il⸣-[li-ku-ma] ina la šub-ti-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | u₂-[ši-bu ina bi]-ki-tu u ma-le-e | |
| 11 | pag-⸢ri⸣ {[d}AMAR].UTU {d}na-na-a | |
| 12 | {d}u₂-[ṣur—a-mat]-sa {d}UNUG{ki}a-i-tu | |
| 13 | [ki]-i is-li-mu ina BALA-e-ia | |
| 14 | [KUR.KUR gab-bi ina] ŠU.2-ia₂ in-da-nu-u | |
| 15 | [x x x x x] ki-i aṣ-ba-tu | |
| 16 | [x x x x] ⸢da⸣-ra-te | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]-tu₂ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x ARAD]-MEŠ-ia | |
| 3' | [x x x x] bi-ki-tu | |
| 4' | [x x x]-ma a-na ha-du-tu₂ | |
| 5' | tir-ra | |
| 6' | gab-re-e e-gir₂-a-ti | |
| 7' | ša₂ a-na {lu₂}ra-ša₂-a-ni | |
| 8' | ša a-na KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 9' | u₂-bi-lu-ni | |
| 10' | {iti}GUD UD 24-KAM₂ | |
| 11' | lim-me {1}{d}PA—MAN—ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
Sources & licences
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