ABL 1154 + 1363 (P237451)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1154 + 1363 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237451 |
| 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 lands, [my lord]: your servant, N[N]. [May Nabû and Marduk bless] the king of the land[s, my lord]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Last year ... [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | until the shedding [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | they go [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | took [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Aššur-naṣi[r ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] before them [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | the gods of the king, my lord, [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | I became cl[ean] with him [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | they placed him [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Marad [...] |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | who wishes [to remove] Marad from the authority of the kin[g, my lord], |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | will mobilise [...] and go to the en[emy] land. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [When] the [...ians] heard (this), they blesse[d] the king, my lord. [...] |
| Obverse [18:28] o 1919– | Nabû-ušallim, the 'son' of Dakkuru, has ignored the king's word concerni[ng] the [...] of Bel-eṭir and [se]t up an affair detrimental to the palace. He has ousted [the ...]eans from Marad, a land under the king's authority, (thus) removing one cohort [from the hands of the ki]ng, my lord, (and) has stolen [a c]hariot of the king, my lord, and a speckled h[or]se from the king, my lord. |
| Bottom [3:5] b.e. 2828– | Now then, [...] ... |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | silver, gol[d, ...] ... |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | she-c[amels, ...], donkeys |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | wit[h ...] the magnates |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | [... he has incor]porated |
| Reverse [8:9] r 1818–r 1818 | the ki[ng .....] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1919–r 1919 | should try him. The king, yo[ur] father [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 2020–r 2020 | in Der [...] |
| Reverse [11:17] r 2121– | Now [......] |
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-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}[x x x d.AG u {d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 3 | a-na LUGAL KUR.[KUR EN-ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 4 | ša₂-ad-da-qad₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | a-di ta-bak ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | il-la-ku ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | it-ta-ši ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | {1}{d}aš-⸢šur—PAB-ir⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | {lu₂}⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x a⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | di-[x x] ⸢pa⸣-ni-šu₂-nu [x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢ša₂ LUGAL⸣ EN-ia ⸢it⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | it-ti-šu₂ az-za-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 13 | il-tak-nu-šu₂-ma a-[x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | {⸢uru⸣}ma-ra-ad ul-[x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ⸢ša₂⸣ {uru}ma-rad ina ŠU.2 ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia x x x] | |
| 16 | ṣe-bu-u₂ a-na KUR—na-⸢ki⸣-[ri KUR—na-⸢ki⸣-[ri x x x x] | |
| 17 | i-de-ke-e-ma il-lak {kur}⸢x⸣+[x x x ki-i] | |
| 18 | iš-mu-u₂ LUGAL EN-a ik-ta-ar-⸢bu⸣ [x x] | |
| 19 | {1}{d}AG—šal-lim DUMU—{1}da-ku-ru DUMU—{1}da-ku-ru a-na UGU ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 20 | ša₂ {1}{d}EN—KAR-ir a-mat LUGAL il-tu-ṭu [o] | |
| 21 | a-⸢ma⸣-ti la ṭa-ab-ti a-na UGU E₂.GAL | |
| 22 | [il]-⸢ta-kan⸣ {uru}ma-rad ma-a-ta ša₂ ŠU.2 LUGAL | |
| 23 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u₂-a ul-te-ṣu 01.en ki-iṣ-ri | |
| 24 | [la—ŠU.2 ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia ul-te-e-li | |
| b.e. | ||
| 25 | 01.et] {⸢giš⸣}GIGIR ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia u₃ 01.en | |
| 26 | {⸢anše⸣}ra-gaš-ta-kaš la—pa-an LUGAL | |
| 27 | be-li₂-ia il-te-ri-iq | |
| 28 | en-⸢na a-du⸣-[u₂ x x]+⸢x x um-ma⸣-a-tu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | KUG.UD KUG.⸢GI⸣ [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-da-a-te | |
| 2 | {mi₂}⸢a-na⸣-[qa-a-te x x x] ANŠE-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ⸢it-ti⸣ [x x x x x x] {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ | |
| 4 | u₂-[x x x x x x u₂-sa]-⸢am⸣-me-eh | |
| 5 | {lu₂}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]-ti-ia | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x]-ni-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 17 | ⸢a⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] ⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 19 | lu-⸢ki-in⸣-šu₂ LUGAL AD-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 20 | ina {uru}de-⸢ri{ki} x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 21 | en-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 22 | ⸢sa⸣-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 23 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 24 | 02-⸢ta⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 25 | u₂-⸢ta⸣-[x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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