ABL 1119 (P237257)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237257 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...... to the king], my [lo]rd |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | [t]o the king [...], but he committed no crime there and he did not lie [...]. The king, my lord, knows the story [...]. |
| Obverse [7:15] o 8'8'– | After they had arre[sted the ...s] in the presence of the king, my lord, [...], Ša-Nabû-šû [......] deported the brothers of Er[išu ...] in accordance with the crime which [they had committed] against the kin[g, my lord], and [...]. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | Their people, which in an ea[rlier] crime (committed) at the court of your grandfather were given to the [..., have banded] together and taken up position at the gate of the king's palace. They [are protes]ting against me in the city [...]. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | They enter the house of Nabû-eṭir, [son o]f Erišu, and of Ṭab-ṣil-šarri, [ove]rseer of the crown prince's palace, assemble [the]re, and incite each other. |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1010–r 1313 | [A]ssembly and incitement are matters of my lords' house. I have not punished these [people]. Their [...] is in the hands of their governors. |
| Reverse [13:16] r 1414–r 1616 | [The king], my [lord, is] the king of kings. [May] the great gods, the able on[es], |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x LUGAL be]-⸢li₂-ia⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 5' | [a]-⸢na LUGAL x x⸣ [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6' | ⸢u₃⸣ ina ŠA₃-bi ul ⸢ih⸣-[ṭi x x x x]-⸢la⸣ | |
| 7' | ul is-li ṭe₃-e-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 8' | LUGAL EN-a i-di ul-tu [UGU ša₂ x x x] | |
| 9' | ina pa-ni LUGAL EN-ia u₂-ṣab-[bi-tu x x x] | |
| 10' | {1}ša₂—{d}AG—šu-u₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | ŠEŠ-MEŠ ša₂ {1}e-[ri-šu₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | a-ki hi-ṭu ša₂ a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia₂ ih-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 13' | ul-te-ge-li u i-[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ša₂ ina hi-ṭu ⸢mah⸣-[ri-i] | |
| 2 | ina pa-ni AD—AD-ka AD—AD-ka a-na {lu₂}[x x x] | |
| 3 | na-ad-nu a-ha-meš ki-⸢i⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | ina KA₂ E₂.GAL ša₂ LUGAL ⸢it-ta⸣-[ši]-⸢zu⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢x x x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣-kin ina ⸢URU a⸣-na UGU-hi-ia | |
| 6 | [i-dab-bu]-⸢bu⸣ a-na E₂ {1}{d}AG—KAR-ir | |
| 7 | [DUMU]-⸢šu₂ ša₂⸣ {1}e-ri-šu₂ u {1}DUG₃.GA—GIŠ.MI—LUGAL | |
| 8 | {[lu₂}ša₂]—⸢IGI⸣—E₂.GAL ša₂ DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL ir-ru-bu | |
| 9 | [ina ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣ up-tah-ha-ru u ul-ta-ad-ba-bu | |
| 10 | ⸢pu⸣-uh-⸢ru⸣ u šu-ud-bu-bu | |
| 11 | ⸢di-ib⸣-bi ša₂ E₂—EN-MEŠ-e-a E₂—EN-MEŠ-e-a | |
| 12 | [UN]-MEŠ a-ga-nu-tu₂ ul aš₂-pu-uṭ | |
| 13 | [x x]-⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu ša₂ ŠU.2 {lu₂}EN.NAM-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 14 | [LUGAL EN]-a LUGAL ša₂ LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| 15 | [šu-u₂] ⸢DINGIR⸣-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ le-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣-[ti] | |
| 16 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ di ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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