ABL 0718 (P237682)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0718 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237682 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | [T]o the king, my lord: your [servant], Nabû-balassu-iqbi. Good health to the king, my lord! May [Nabû and] Marduk bless the king, my lord. [No]w [I pra]y every day to the great gods of [heav]en and earth for the life, [hap]piness and good health of the king, my lord, [and] for the overthrow of the [enemy] of the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [8:13] o 99–o 1313 | Concerning the [... whom the king], my lord, wrote [about], [when Ah]hešaya, serva[nt o]f the [..., mob]ilised all the [peopl]e of the land [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] sent bac[k ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] that [let]ter |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | they detained him [...] |
| Reverse [5:16] r 6'6'– | He wrote a letter and [sen]t it to the cripple, saying: "Ever since [...] until now, [to the point of de]ath, was it not me who revealed [...] things to you? [No]w I am fleeing to Assyria. [Wh]en I have gone away, the king of Assyria [will ...] Bel-eṭir of (Bit-)Ibâ [......]." |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-ka {1}{d}AG—TIN-su—iq-bi | |
| 3 | [lu]-⸢u₂⸣ DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {[d}AG u] {⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | [a-du]-⸢u₂⸣ UD-mu-⸢us⸣-su DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-ME | |
| 6 | [AN]-⸢e⸣ u KI.TIM ⸢a⸣-na TIN ZI-MEŠ | |
| 7 | [ṭu-ub] ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [u₃] ⸢sa⸣-kap {lu₂}[KUR₂] ⸢ša₂⸣ LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 9 | [u₂-ṣal]-⸢li⸣ a-na UGU {lu₂}[x x] | |
| 10 | [ša₂ LUGAL] EN-a ⸢KIN-ra⸣ [o] | |
| 11 | {1}ah]-he-ša₂-a {lu₂}⸢ARAD ša₂⸣ {lu₂}[x x] | |
| 12 | [UN]-MEŠ KUR gab-bi [x x x] | |
| 13 | [ki-i id]-ku-u₂ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ṣi [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢u₂⸣-šah-hi-⸢is⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [ši]-⸢pir⸣-ti ši-i ⸢zi-x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | [x x]-di ik-te-lu-šu₂ ši-pir-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 6' | [ki-i] il-ṭur a-na {lu₂}hum-mur | |
| 7' | [ul-te]-bil um-ma ul-tu | |
| 8' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-u a-di en-na | |
| 9' | [x x]-tu-tu ša₂ dib-bi | |
| 10' | [x x] ina IGI-ka ip-ti ul ana-ku-u₂ | |
| 11' | [en]-na a-na KUR—aš-šur{ki} a-hal-liq | |
| 12' | [ki]-⸢i at-tal-ku⸣ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | {1}{d}EN—⸢ŠUR⸣ DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 14 | {1}i-ba-a | |
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