ABL 1170 (P237659)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1170 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237659 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | The king's word to Umman-ši[bar]: I am well; you can be glad. |
| Obverse [4:13] o 55–o 1313 | Concerning this beautiful thing which Aššur so nicely put to your for your lord and which you wrote to Bel-ibni, I have heard it and I swear by Aššur and my gods: Because of t[hi]s word which you said, [...]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | Also, I will give orders to [NN]: they must not pay me back anything. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | Month of Tammuz (IV), 25th day, eponym year of Belšunu. |
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-mat LUGAL | |
| 2 | a-na {1}um-man-ši-[bar] | |
| 3 | DI-mu ia-a-[ši] | |
| 4 | ŠA₃-ba-ka lu-u DUG₃.GA-[ka] | |
| 5 | i-na UGU a-mat a-⸢ga⸣-[a] | |
| 6 | bab-ba-ni-ti ša AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 7 | a-na EN-ka ina UGU ŠA₃-bi-ka | |
| 8 | is-suk u₂-ṭib u ša₂ a-na UGU | |
| 9 | {1}{d}EN—ib-ni taš-pur | |
| 10 | al-te-mi ina ŠA₃ AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 11 | DINGIR-MEŠ-ia at-te-mi | |
| 12 | ki-i aš₂-ša₂ a-mat ⸢an-nit⸣ | |
| 13 | ša₂ taq-bu-[u₂ x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | u₃ a-na {1}[x x x] | |
| 2' | ṭe₃-e-mu a-šak-[kan] | |
| 3' | mim-ma la i-pa-lu-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 4' | {iti}ŠU UD 25-KAM₂ | |
| 5' | lim-mu {1}EN-šu₂-nu | |
Sources & licences
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