ABL 0738 + 1111 (P237250)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0738 + 1111 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237250 |
| 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 1o 1–o 33 | To the king of the lands, my lord: yo[ur] servant, Nergal-naṣir. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king of the lands. |
| Obverse [3:11] o 44–o 1111 | Kudurru, son of Nabû-naṣir, about whom I spoke to the king, has in his mouth matters relevant to the objectives and the service of the king. He is saying: "The king should hear what I have to say." |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | May he appoint him under Nadinu, a man who reveres the king. |
| Obverse [13:23] o 1414– | Bel-usati, a cowherd of the king, is under arrest here by orders of Ṣillaya. Without the king('s intervention), he will die. They all further their own interests but leave aside the king's. May the king do as he deems best. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | I and my brothers who [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | and [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | the king [...] |
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 ⸢KUR⸣.KUR EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}{⸢d⸣}U.GUR—PAB-ir | |
| 3 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 4 | lik-ru-bu {1}NIG₂.GUB | |
| 5 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}{d}AG—PAB-ir | |
| 6 | ša₂ a-na LUGAL aq-bu-u₂ | |
| 7 | dib-bi ša₂ a-na ṣi-bu-tu | |
| 8 | u₃ a-na ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti | |
| 9 | ša₂ LUGAL šak-nu ina pi-i-šu₂ | |
| 10 | i-qab-bi um-ma | |
| 11 | ša₂ pi-ia LUGAL liš-mi | |
| 12 | la—pa-an {1}na-di-nu | |
| 13 | pa-li-ih LUGAL lip-qid-su | |
| 14 | {1}{d}EN—u₂-sa-tu | |
| 15 | {lu₂}SIPA AB₂.GUD-HI.A ša₂ LUGAL | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na UGU pi-i | |
| 2 | ša₂ {1}ṣil-la-a a-kan-na | |
| 3 | ṣa-bit ša₂ la LUGAL i-ma-ti | |
| 4 | gab-bi ša₂ ṣi-bu-ti-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | ip-pu-šu u₃ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 6 | u₂-maš-ša₂-ru | |
| 7 | LUGAL ki-i ša₂ i-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 8 | li-pu-uš a-na-ku | |
| 9 | u₃ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a [o] | |
| 10 | ša₂ [x x x] ⸢x ni ni x x⸣ [o] | |
| 11 | u [x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | LUGAL [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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