ABL 0764 (P237282)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0764 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237282 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [T]o the king of the lands, [my lord]: your [ser]vant, Aplaya. [I pray] every day to Uraš [and Belet-ekalli] for a life of distant days, ha[ppiness and good health, and the ov]erthrow of the land [of the enemy of the king of the lands, my lord]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | When [... r]eleased [the ...s of ...]-ibni [...], one man from among them [...; ...] are fle[eing] to Elam. [Afraid that] it might turn into my fault, [I ......]. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'–r 8'8' | Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Why [...] did you not tell me?" W[hen I heard that] the king, my lord, was angry, [I became afraid and] did not tell it, thinking, "Now [...] he will kill me." |
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 [be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}DUMU.UŠ-a UD-mu-us-su {d}IB [u {d}NIN—E₂.GAL] | |
| 3 | ⸢a⸣-na ba-la-ṭu UD-MEŠ ru-qu-tu ⸢ṭu⸣-[ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU] | |
| 4 | [u₃] ⸢sa⸣-ka-pu KUR—[na-ki-ri KUR—[na-ki-ri ša₂ LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 5 | [u₂-ṣal-la x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣—ib-ni ki-⸢i⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ip⸣-ta-ṭar 01.en ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu [ki-i x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na {kur}NIM.MA{ki} i-hal-⸢li⸣-[qu ki-i ap-la-hu um-ma] | |
| 4' | a-na hi-ṭi-ia₂ la i-ta-ru um-[ma x x x x x] | |
| 5' | min₃-de-ma LUGAL be-li₂-a i-qab-bi ⸢um⸣-[ma x x x x] | |
| 6' | mi-nam-ma la taq-ba-aʾ ⸢ki⸣-[i aš₂-mu-u₂] | |
| 7' | ŠA₃-bi ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ še-eh-ṭu [ap-ta-lah₃-ma] | |
| 8' | ul aq-bi um-ma en-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | i-duk-kan-⸢ni⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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