ABL 0750 (P237328)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0750 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237328 |
| 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 | [T]o the king of kings, my lord: your [servan]t, Nabû-ušallim. [May] Ašš[ur, Šamaš, and Mardu]k [be concerned wit]h the health of the king, [my lord]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The Arr[apheans], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] of Eriba-Ad[ad ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [Šama]š-šumu-uki[n ...] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [...] to [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [in] S[ivan (III) ...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [whe]n he spoke up and [...], he said: "Th[ey] are kil[ling] my women [...] in your houses." |
| Reverse [3:10] r 4'4'– | We have dispatched [x] o[x]en (and) two sheep to [them], but the magnate[s] do [no]t comply; they are treating us as [i]n the days of Nabû-ušezib (and) [N]adinu. |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 1010–r.e. 1010 | [The kin]g, my lord, should know (this). |
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 LUGAL-MEŠ EN-⸢ia⸣ [o] | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD-ka⸣ {1}{d}AG—GI AN.⸢ŠAR₂⸣ {[d}UTU] | |
| 3 | [u {d}AMAR].⸢UTU⸣ šu-lum ša₂ LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | [liš-ʾa-a]-⸢lu⸣ {lu₂}ar-⸢rap⸣-[hu] | |
| 5 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ {1}SU—{⸢d}IM⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | {1}{d}GIŠ].⸢NU₁₁⸣—MU—GI.⸢NA⸣ [x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x]-⸢nu⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x {iti}SIG₄⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ki⸣ iq-bu-u₂ ⸢it⸣-[x x x] | |
| 3' | um-ma MI₂-MEŠ-ia [x x x] | |
| 4' | ina ⸢E₂⸣-MEŠ-ku-nu i-⸢du⸣-[ku x] | |
| 5' | ⸢GUD-HI⸣.A 02 UDU-MEŠ a-na UGU-⸢hi⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 6' | [ki]-⸢i⸣ nu-še-ṣu-u₂ {lu₂}GAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7' | ⸢ul⸣ i-man-gur-uʾ a-ki-i | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ UD-MEŠ ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}{d}AG—⸢u₂⸣-še-zib | |
| 9 | {1}⸢na⸣-din-ni ip-pu-uš-⸢na⸣-a-šu₂ | |
| 10 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-a lu-u₂ i-di | |
Sources & licences
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