ABL 0852 (P237818)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0852 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237818 |
| 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 [0:7] 11–77 | To the king of the universe, my lord: your servant, Aqar-Bel-lumur. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king of the universe, my lord! May Šamaš and Marduk ordain happiness and good health for the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [7:20] 88– | The 'son' of Dakkuru has destroyed my property and has starved my mother and my brothers to death. I sent a letter about him to the king, my lord, but have seen no reply, and (so) have become afraid. |
| Reverse [1:10] r 22–r 1010 | The king knows that I am not provided for here; I have no house and no slave. And the 'son' of Dakkuru has destroyed my records which I had deposited with my [mo]ther and my brothers in Babylon. (Thus) I am doubly troubled. |
| Reverse [10:18] r 1111– | From your holy mouth which Šamaš and Marduk bless, came (this promise): "Your household will increase." Now let it increase under the protection of the king, my lord. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-na LUGAL ⸢ŠU₂ be⸣-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}a-qar—{d}EN—lu-mur | |
| 3 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL ŠU₂ | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | {d}UTU u {d}AMAR.UTU ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi | |
| 6 | u ṭu-ub ši-i-ri | |
| 7 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia li-iq-bu-u₂ | |
| 8 | DUMU—{1}da-ku-ru DUMU—{1}da-ku-ru NIG₂.ŠID-MEŠ-ia | |
| 9 | uh-te-eṭ-ṭu AMA-a | |
| 10 | u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a | |
| 11 | ina bu-bu-ti id-du-⸢uk⸣ | |
| 12 | ši-pi-ir-ti | |
| 13 | a-na UGU-hi-šu₂ | |
| 14 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | ki-i aš₂-pu-ru | |
| 16 | ga-ba-ru-u₂ | |
| 17 | ul a-mur | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ap-ta-la-ah | |
| 2 | LUGAL i-di a-kan-na | |
| 3 | ul ⸢šu⸣-ṣu-bu-ta-ka | |
| 4 | E₂-a u {lu₂}qa-al-la-a | |
| 5 | ia-aʾ-nu u ina KA₂.DINGIR{ki} | |
| 6 | im-mu-u₂-a ša₂ ina pa-an | |
| 7 | ⸢AMA⸣-ia u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-⸢e-a⸣ | |
| 8 | ak-lu-u₂ DUMU—{1}da-ku-ru DUMU—{1}da-ku-ru | |
| 9 | uh-te-eṭ-ṭu | |
| 10 | a-di 02-šu₂ da-al-ha-ak | |
| 11 | ina pi-i-ka el-lu | |
| 12 | ša₂ {d}UTU u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 13 | i-kar-ra-bu-uš | |
| 14 | in-da-aq-tu | |
| 15 | ma-a E₂-ka | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | i-ra-ap-pi-iš | |
| 17 | en-na ina GIŠ.MI LUGAL | |
| 18 | be-⸢li₂⸣-ia li-ir-pi-iš | |
Sources & licences
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