ABL 1120 (P237258)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1120 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237258 |
| 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 universe, my lord: your servant, Nabû-iqbi. May Nabû and Ma]rduk [ble]ss [the king of the lands, my lord]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......] of the land of Akkad |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] until |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [......] the day |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | [...... Ass]yria |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 1616– | [......] and |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | tur[n]s back [...]. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | Whatever is it that they are plotting in their hearts, having not come for (all) these three years for an audience with the king, their lord? |
| Reverse [6:12] r 77–r 1212 | I have heard that they have one resolve and one intention, and they do [n]ot do anything separately. Whatever are they dreaming up? |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [The lord of ki]ngs should do as he [find]s appropriate. |
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 kiš-šat be-li₂-ia ARAD-ka] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}AG—iq-bi {d}AG u {d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU | |
| 3 | [a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia lik]-⸢ru-bu⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢e⸣-nu | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢a⸣-di | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x]-ka UD-mu | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x KUR—aš]-⸢šur⸣{ki} | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x]-šu₂ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x]-šur | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢iš⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | [x]-⸢ku x⸣ [x x x x] ⸢u₃⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢a⸣-na ku-tal-la ul-ta-ah-hi-⸢is⸣ | |
| 2 | mi-nu-u₂ i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 3 | ki-i it-ti ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | ⸢i⸣-dab-bu-bu ša₂ 03 MU.AN.NA-MEŠ a-ga-⸢a⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢a⸣-na šul-mu ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | la il-li-ku-nu | |
| 7 | ⸢ki⸣-i aš₂-mu-u₂ 01.en ri-kis-su-nu | |
| 8 | ⸢u₃⸣ 01.en ṭe₃-en-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | ⸢u₃⸣ mim-ma ša₂ la a-ha-meš | |
| 10 | ⸢ul⸣ ip-pu-šu₂ mi-nu-u₂ | |
| 11 | ⸢i⸣-ba-aš₂-ši ki-i it-ti | |
| 12 | ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi-šu₂-nu i-pi-it-qu-nu | |
| 13 | [be-li₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣-MEŠ ki-i ša₂ pa-ni-šu₂ | |
| 14 | [mah]-⸢ru⸣ li-pu-uš | |
Sources & licences
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