ABL 1260 (P237691)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1260 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237691 |
| 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 Ambap[pi] and the Rašaeas old and young: I am well; you can be glad. |
| Obverse [4:21] o 55– | From the beginning I have rendered favours to Elam, but they have not returned my favours. I protected their refugees from kings to noblemen, gave them bread and water and sent them (back) to their country, but they held back the messengers whom I had sent to greet them, provided aid to my subject who had sinned against me, gave the writing-board of my gods to my subject who had sinned against me, protected [......], and provided him with bread and wa[ter]. |
| Reverse [2:10] r 33–r 1010 | Now, [when I w]rote to Ummanaldasi asking him [to extradi]te a man who had sinned against me, he wrote back: "You are ......; [...] I shall go to K[ura]siti [and Šupnati and speak ......" |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] what he d[id] ... |
| Reverse [11:21] r 1212– | [If] he grasps my feet [... and sta]ys with Tammaritu, I [...] my hand like his face; if not, I shall do as Ašš[ur] and my gods enable me. Afterwards I shall be full of anger. |
| Top [3:4] t.e. 2121–t.e. 2121 | Now then I have written to open your ears. |
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 a-na {1}am-ba-ap-[pi] | |
| 2 | u₃ {lu₂}{kur}ra-⸢ša₂⸣-a.a {lu₂}AB.BA-MEŠ | |
| 3 | u₃ ṣeh₂-⸢ru⸣-ti DI-mu a.a-ši | |
| 4 | ŠA₃-ba-ku-nu lu-u DUG₃.GA-ku-nu-ši | |
| 5 | TA re-še MUN a-na {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 6 | ki-i i-pu-šu u₃ šu-nu | |
| 7 | MUN-a.a ul u₂-tir-u₂-ni | |
| 8 | {lu₂}ma-aq-tu-te-šu-nu ul-tu₂ | |
| 9 | ŠA₃ LUGAL-MEŠ ad-di NUN-MEŠ | |
| 10 | ah-te-ṣi-in NINDA-MEŠ u A-MEŠ | |
| 11 | at-ta-din u a-na KUR-šu-nu | |
| 12 | al-ta-par-šu-nu-ti | |
| 13 | u₃ šu-nu {lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ-ia {lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ-ia | |
| 14 | ša a-na DI-me aš₂-pu-ru | |
| 15 | ik-te-lu-u₂ u a-na sih₂-ri | |
| 16 | ša ARAD-ia ša₂ ih-ṭa-a | |
| 17 | ⸢it⸣-ti-gu-u {giš}ZU DINGIR-MEŠ-ia₂ | |
| 18 | [ina] ⸢ŠU⸣.2 ARAD-ia ša₂ ih-ṭa-a ⸢id-di-nu⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣-us-[su] | |
| 2 | ih-te-ṣi-nu u ina ša₂-me-⸢e⸣ 0 | |
| 3 | ⸢il⸣-tak-nu-uš en-na | |
| 4 | [a-na] {1}um-man-al-da-ši | |
| 5 | [ki-i aš₂]-pu-ru um-ma EN—hi-ṭi-ia₂ EN—hi-ṭi-ia₂ | |
| 6 | [šu-bi]-⸢la⸣ šu-u₂ ki-i iš-pu-ra | |
| 7 | [um-ma] ⸢ki⸣-i ⸢zi-ka⸣-ru at-ta | |
| 8 | [al-kam₂]-ma ina {⸢uru}a⸣-si-ti | |
| 9 | [hi-i]-šu ⸢en⸣-na a-⸢du⸣-u al-lak-ma | |
| 10 | [a-ha]-ši u ina ah-⸢hu-ti-ia₂⸣ a-dab₂-bu-ub | |
| 11 | [ki-i] ša₂ i-pu-[šu x] ⸢x⸣-u₂-ma | |
| 12 | [tu-ra] GIR₃.2-ia iṣ-ṣab-ba-tu-uʾ-ma | |
| 13 | [x x] it-ti {1}tam-mar-ID₂ | |
| 14 | [iz-za]-⸢zu⸣ a-na-ku ka-⸢bat⸣-[a]-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 15 | [ina] ŠU.2-a a-ki pa-ni šu-a-[tu₂ u₂-kal] | |
| 16 | ia-aʾ-nu-u₂ ki-i ša₂ AN.⸢ŠAR₂⸣ | |
| 17 | u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ-ia₂ u₂-šal-u₂-⸢in⸣-[ni] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 18 | ep-pu-uš | |
| 19 | ar₂-ka-niš ŠA₃-ba-ti-ia₂ | |
| 20 | ma-la i-mal₂-lu | |
| 21 | a-du-u ki-i aš₂-pur | |
| 22 | PI.2-ku-nu ap-te-te | |
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