ABL 1247 (P237272)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1247 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237272 |
| 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 [0:19] o 1'1'– | [NN], the prela[te of Dur-Šarrukku], daily sends his messenger to the king of Babylon. In Nisan (I), the messenger of the king of Babylon came to him. He slaughtered a bull in his presence (and) carried off Humh[u]m, saying: "Safekeeping for the king, my lord!" He opened the seal(ed storehouse) of Humhum, which Kitrušu had sealed2 with the signet ring of Esarhaddon, [and] sent one talent twenty minas of gold (and) one talent of gold alloy to the king of Babylon with the messenger. |
| Reverse [0:13] r 1r 1–r 1313 | Nabû-ušabši, the haruspex, daily finds out and sends the news of the palace to Kudurru. He has taken his two sons (and) thirty men under their control and gone to the king of Babylon. May the king search (for them); [they are] men who ... affairs with him [......] |
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' | ⸢UD⸣-mu-[us-su x] ⸢ša₂ x x x⸣ | |
| 2' | {lu₂}ŠA₃.⸢TAM⸣ [x x x]+⸢x x x x x⸣ | |
| 3' | {lu₂}A—KIN-šu₂ {lu₂}A—KIN-šu₂ ⸢a⸣-na pa-⸢ni LUGAL⸣ | |
| 4' | TIN.TIR{ki} i-šap-⸢par⸣ | |
| 5' | i-na {iti}BARAG | |
| 6' | {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN ša₂ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 7' | a-na pa-ni-šu₂ it-tal-ka | |
| 8' | GUD ina ⸢pa⸣-ni-šu₂ in-da-ha-aṣ | |
| 9' | {d}hum-⸢hum⸣ il-tal-la | |
| 10' | um-⸢ma šul⸣-lum a-na LUGAL | |
| 11' | be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ E₂—{na₄}KIŠIB E₂—{na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 12' | ša₂ {d}hum-hum ša₂ ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 13' | un-qu ša₂ {1}{⸢d⸣}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—MU | |
| 14' | {1}⸢kit⸣-ru-šu₂ i-ka-ku | |
| 15' | ip-te-ti-[ma] 01 ⸢GU₂⸣.UN | |
| 16' | 20 MA.NA KUG.GI 01 GU₂.UN | |
| 17' | sa-a-du ⸢ina⸣ ŠU.2 {lu₂}A—⸢KIN⸣ {lu₂}A—⸢KIN⸣ | |
| 18' | a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ul-te-bi-la UD-mu-⸢us-su⸣ | |
| 2 | {1}{d}AG—GAL₂-ši ba-ru-u₂ | |
| 3 | ṭe₃-e-mu ša₂ E₂.GAL | |
| 4 | i-he-ri-iṣ-ṣu | |
| 5 | a-na {1}NIG₂.GUB i-šap-par | |
| 6 | 02 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ 30 ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ina ŠU.2-šu₂-nu iṣ-ṣa-bat | |
| 8 | a-na pa-ni LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 9 | it-tal-ka LUGAL | |
| 10 | ⸢lu-u-ba⸣-ʾi ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ dib-bi | |
| 11 | [x x x] ⸢it-ti⸣-šu₂ ša₂ MU E | |
| 12 | [x x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣-ir | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
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