ABL 1155 (P237332)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1155 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237332 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [From] the beginning I have been [a servant of the king, my lord], and a lover of [Assyria]. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | Bel-eṭir, son [of NN], whom I refused to attack, [...]. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 6'6'– | The judgement concerning Mara[d ...] which the king, my lord, passed ag[ain]st the 'son' of [Dakkur]u and which the king, my lord, de[clared] as follows: "Mara[d ...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | against me [ ......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [The king, my lord], must not ab[andon 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' | [ul-tu] ⸢re-e⸣-ši [ARAD ša₂ LUGAL EN-a] | |
| 2' | ⸢u₃⸣ ra-i-ma-nu [ša₂ KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 3' | a-na-ku {1}{d}EN—KAR A-[šu₂ ša₂ {1}x x x] | |
| 4' | ša₂ la a-man-gur-u₂ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | la a-te-ba-aš₂-[šu₂ x x x] | |
| 6' | di-i-ni ša₂ MAR₂.DA{⸢ki⸣} [x x x] | |
| 7' | ša₂ LUGAL EN-a ⸢it-ti⸣ DUMU—{1}da-ku-ru] DUMU—{1}da-ku-ru] | |
| 8' | i-di-nu u LUGAL EN ⸢iq⸣-[bu-u₂] | |
| 9' | ma-a MAR₂.DA{⸢ki⸣} [x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ana UGU-hi-ia₂ ⸢ul⸣ [x x x x x x x LUGAL EN-a] | |
| 2 | la u₂-⸢maš⸣-[šar-an-ni] | |
Sources & licences
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