ABL 0436 (P237788)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0436 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237788 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Aqar-Bel-lum]ur. [Good health to the king], my lord! [Sa]y to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | News of the son of Yakin: he is [in] Babylon. |
| Obverse [5:14] o 66–o 1414 | Furthermore, [I have] heard that Nabû-hamatua — and he has troops with him — has ... marched downstream all the way to the Litamu. Firstly, they are saying: "Why do the Assyrians keep attacking our towns? We shall go and attack the cities of Bit-Dakuri." |
| Obverse [14:20] o 1515– | Secondly, it is being said that they say: "Isn't it actually good that he (Nabû-hamatua) came? When they pull themselves back, we shall have entered Babylon." |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | Furthermore, I have heard that they have established a mutual rule: No one may draw back and g[o] against the towns of Assyria |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] them [...] and |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] and |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...] her |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] it/she |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] her |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [... to the king], my lord |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...] verily |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [... of the king], my lord |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [... I] did to him |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [...] half way |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [of ...]... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia ARAD-ka {1}KAL—{d}EN—lu]-⸢mur⸣ | |
| 2 | [lu-u₂ šu-lum a-na LUGAL be]-li₂-ia | |
| 3 | [um-ma]-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-ma | |
| 4 | [ṭe₃]-e-mu ša₂ DUMU—{1}ia-ki-nu | |
| 5 | [ina] TIN.TIR{ki} šu-u₂ u₃ | |
| 6 | [al]-⸢te⸣-mu um-ma a-na šu-pa-lu | |
| 7 | a-na na-ṣi IGI {1}{d}AG—ha-mat-u₂-a | |
| 8 | u₃ e-mu-qa i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 9 | it-ti-šu₂ a-di {lu₂}li-ta-mu | |
| 10 | it-ta-lak 01-šu₂ um-ma mi-nam-ma | |
| 11 | KUR—aš-šur{ki} a-na UGU URU-MEŠ-i-ni | |
| 12 | it-te-ne₂-eb-bu-u₂ um-ma | |
| 13 | a-ni-ni ni-il-la-GIM | |
| 14 | a-na UGU URU-MEŠ ša₂ E₂—{1}da-ku-ru | |
| 15 | ni-te-eb-bi u₃ ša₂-ni-ia-aʾ | |
| 16 | um-ma a-mat-su-nu i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 17 | ša₂ il-li-ka ul ṭa-bu-u₂ | |
| 18 | ki-i ih-hi-su-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na TIN.TIR{ki} ⸢ni⸣-ter-bu-nu | |
| 2 | u₃ al-te-mu um-ma šip-ṭu | |
| 3 | a-na a-ha-meš il-tak-nu | |
| 4 | um-ma mam-ma la i-na-ah-hi-is-ma | |
| 5 | a-na UGU URU-MEŠ ša₂ KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 6 | la i-[lak x x]+⸢x⸣ um-ma | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]-šu₂-nu-ti-ma | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x]-nim-ma | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x]-ši | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ši-i | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]-ši | |
| 12 | [x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ lu-u₂ | |
| 14 | [x x x x LUGAL be]-li₂-ia | |
| 15 | [x x x x x e]-pu-us-su | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x] miš-lat | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
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