ABL 1165 (P237638)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1165 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237638 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | your [...]s have been seized and despised in my name, your houses have been destroyed for my sake. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | We did not know (about it, and so) did not overwhelm (them); we (just) attacked the chief herdsmen and had the cut(s) of meat removed. |
| Obverse [5:13] o 6'6'– | From the beginning, why and for what reason did he do what he did? And the rebels who devised this plot, what fortune did they gain for themselves? |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Perhaps God himself has commanded the destruction of Babylonia. What can we say? [...] before God. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [I shall do] as Aššur, Marduk and my [gods] enable me (to do). |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | Truly, he who [...s] on my behalf knows that |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] before my gods |
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' | [x]-MEŠ-ku-nu ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ina UGU MU-ia₂ ṣab-tu u₃ se-lu-[u₂] | |
| 3' | E₂-MEŠ-ku-nu ina UGU-hi-ia₂ he-pa-a | |
| 4' | a-ni-ni ul ni-di ul ni-is-hu-pa | |
| 5' | u₂-tu-la-ni nit-te-ba-a is-hu | |
| 6' | nu-ul-te-eš-hi-ṭa ul-tu | |
| 7' | re-eš-su ša₂ i-pu-šu₂ ina UGU mi₃-ni-i | |
| 8' | ina UGU a.a-i-tu₂ a-mat i-pu-uš-ma | |
| 9' | u e-pi-ša₂-nu-tu₂ ša₂ nik-lu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | a-ga-a ik-ki-lu mi-nu-u | |
| 11' | SIG₅ ina IGI ra-ma-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | iš-ku-nu min₃-de-ma DINGIR šu-u | |
| 2 | ha-pu-u₂ ša₂ KUR—URI{ki} iq-ta-bi | |
| 3 | mi₃-nu-u₂ ni-qab-bi ina IGI DINGIR | |
| 4 | nu-[x x] ki-i (ša₂) AN.ŠAR₂ {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | [DINGIR-MEŠ-e]-a u₂-šal-u₂-in-ni | |
| 6 | [ep-pu-uš] kit-tu ša₂ ina UGU-ia₂ | |
| 7 | [x x x]-nu i-di ki-i | |
| 8 | [x x x ina] IGI DINGIR-MEŠ-ia | |
Sources & licences
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