ABL 1382 (P237542)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1382 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237542 |
| Museum no. | BM 099008 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, [my] lord: [your servant Lanšê]. Good health to the ki[ng, my lord! Say] to the king, m[y] lord, for the well-being of the king, [my] lord: |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | [When] the ki[ng, my lord], raised me from the clouded darkness, saying: "[...]," he dispatched [.....], (and) his grandees c[onstantly ...] my face to [...]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Now ... [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | of the king, my lord, [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | to the king, [my] l[ord, ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | the govern[or ...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | in ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | [D]akuru [will] remove the [extensive] land from the hands of the king, [my] lord, and [I shall go] to the presence of the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | They have turned Mahumaya (and) himself into a chis[el]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Now then [I am waiting] for the king, m[y] lord. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Is this it? [An inquiry ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | that the king, my lord, in [his] presence [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | In my heart I wi[sh ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | before he himself ... [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | and for these [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | he had wished for me and [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | My heart [is] not [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | Why in [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | opposite of [...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | I stand there [...] |
| Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18' | The son of Sargon [...] |
| Reverse [18:19] r 19'19'–r 19'19' | every piece of [my] pe[rsonal] property [...] |
| Reverse [19:21] r 20'20'– | the house of my lord ... [...] |
| Edge [0:3] e. 1e. 1–e. 33 | [... of the king], my lord, is with me. Up to one year they will serve [in the pa]lace of the king, my lord. This man, who loves [...] Dakuru (and) whom your father always [...]. |
| Edge [3:4] e. 44–e. 44 | This slave boy is five years old. |
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 be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [ARAD-ka {1}la-an-še-e] | |
| 2 | lu DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia um-ma] | |
| 3 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣-[a-ma um-ma] | |
| 4 | a-na DI-mu LUGAL be-[li₂-ia] | |
| 5 | ul-tu₂ ur-rip-⸢ti⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂ ki-i] | |
| 6 | iš-ša₂-an-na ⸢um⸣-[ma x x x x] | |
| 7 | ul-te-eb-bi-[la x x x x x] | |
| 8 | {lu₂}NUN-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢ka⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 9 | pa-ni-ia a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | a-du-u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | a-na LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia x x x x] | |
| 13 | {lu₂}EN.⸢NAM⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ina di-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}⸢da⸣-ku-ru KUR [ra-pa-al-ti] | |
| 3' | la—ŠU.2 LUGAL be-li₂-[ia ul-la-ma] | |
| 4' | a-na pa-an LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia al-lak] | |
| 5' | {1}ma-hu-ma-a.a [šu₂-u₂ i-na] | |
| 6' | ŠA₃-bi {na₄}u₂-ra-[a-ka ut-tir-ru {lu₂}x x] | |
| 7' | a-du-u₂ pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-[ia a-dag-gal] | |
| 8' | a-ga-a šu-tu-u₂ [bu-qu-ru x x] | |
| 9' | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂ ina pa-ni-[šu x x x] | |
| 10' | ina ŠA₃-bi-ia ṣi-⸢ib⸣-[ti x x x x] | |
| 11' | a-di la šu-u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12' | u₃ a-na a-gan-nu-[tu₂ x x x x] | |
| 13' | iṣ-bi-an-ni u [x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ŠA₃-ba-a ul [x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | mi-nam-ma ina [x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | a-na tar-ṣi [x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | u₂-šu-za-ku [x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | DUMU {1}LUGAL—GIN [x x x x x x x] | |
| 19' | mal₂ NIG₂.GA ra-[ma-ni-ia x x x] | |
| 20' | E₂—be-li₂-ia E₂—be-li₂-ia ⸢ra⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia šu-u₂ ina pa-ni-ia a-di 01-et MU.AN.NA | |
| 2 | [i-na ŠA₃-bi E₂].GAL ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia i-la-su-mu LU₂ a-ga-a ša₂ | |
| 3 | [x x x x] {1}da-ku-ru i-ra-mu ša₂ AD-ka hu-ur | |
| 4 | [x x x]-⸢me⸣ {lu₂}qal-la a-ga-a MU.05.AN.NA šu-u | |
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