ABL 0540 (P237777)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0540 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237777 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | from under [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | when you mobilised, you [...]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Now why have you seized one area (only) and stayed in Nippur? |
| Obverse [3:19] o 4'4'– | The former šandabakkus (governors of Nippur) who were there before you, whether they were at ease with their lords or not, were, like you, courtiers of their lords, and their lords' favour obliged them, as it obliges you. Each šandabakku duly mobilised his forces and went with Ṣallaya to where(ver) my grandfather sent him in the whole land of Akkad up to the Sealand. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | Now you, too, mobilise your forces and go and j[o]in Nabû-eṭir, the governor of the northern Sealand! |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | Do your work, ..., (and) make your names good in my eyes! |
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' | TA šu-pa-⸢li x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ki-i ta-ad-ku-u tu-⸢x x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | en-na am—mi₃-ni-i am—mi₃-ni-i 01.en qaq-qar taṣ-bat-ma | |
| 4' | ina EN.LIL₂{ki} tu-šib {lu₂}GU₂.EN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 5' | mah-ru-te ša₂ ina bu-un-ni-ka ŠA₃-bu-uš-ša₂ | |
| 6' | ŠA₃-ba-šu₂-nu KI EN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ki-i pa-aš₂-ru | |
| 7' | ia-aʾ-nu-u₂ ŠA₃-bu-ka {lu₂}man-za-az—pa-ni | |
| 8' | ša₂ EN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu šu-nu u₃ MUN | |
| 9' | ša₂ EN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ŠA₃-bu-ka | |
| 10' | a-na UGU-hi-šu₂-nu te-ti-iq | |
| 11' | ša₂ {lu₂}GU₂.EN.NA {lu₂}e-mu-qi₂-šu₂ | |
| 12' | i-de-ek-ku-u₂-ma | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13' | il-la-ku it-ti | |
| 14' | {1}ṣa-al-la-a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina aš₂-ar₂ ša₂ AD—AD-ia₂ AD—AD-ia₂ | |
| 2 | i-šap-pa-ru-šu₂ | |
| 3 | ina KUR—URI{ki} gab-bi u₃ | |
| 4 | a-di KUR—tam-tim en-na at-ta | |
| 5 | e-mu-qi₂-ka de-ke-e-ma | |
| 6 | a-lik-ma it-ti {1}{d}AG—ŠUR | |
| 7 | {lu₂}GAR ⸢KUR—tam⸣-tim ṣa-pu-nu | |
| 8 | i-ši-⸢iz⸣-za-aʾ dul-lu | |
| 9 | ep-ša₂-a ⸢sap⸣-na-a-ni | |
| 10 | MU-ku-nu i-na pa-ni-ia₂ | |
| 11 | bu-un-⸢na⸣-a | |
Sources & licences
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