ABL 0261 (P237829)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0261 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237829 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | To the king, our lord: your servants Nabû-šumu-lišir and Aqar-Bel-lumur. Good health to the king, our lord! Say to the king, our lord: the fortress and the armed forces of the king are well. The king, our lord, can be glad. |
| Obverse [8:17] o 99– | News of the son of Yakin: he is in Babylon. He is waiting for the month Nisan (I). As soon as the month Nisan is over, we shall hear the relevant report and inform the king, our lord. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] the eunuch |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...]... before |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] Now |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] dependent |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] archers |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] 4 donkeys |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | 700 [...] we have dispatched to the king, our lord. |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | Concerning [the news of Bel]et-taddina about whom the king, our lord, wrote, the property of the palace [...] is available. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | I shall now go to the town Pad(da)nu |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | I/he will do [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | the rest [...] |
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-na LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni | |
| 2 | ARAD-MEŠ-ka {1}{d}AG—MU—SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | u₃ {1}KAL—{d}EN—lu-mur | |
| 4 | lu-u₂ šu-lum a-na LUGAL be-li₂-i-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 5 | um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni-a-ma | |
| 6 | šu-lum a-na {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ | |
| 7 | u₃ e-mu-qu ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 8 | ŠA₃-bi ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni | |
| 9 | lu-u₂ ṭa-a-bi ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 10 | ša₂ DUMU—{1}ia-GIN ina TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 11 | šu-u₂ pa-an {iti}BARAG | |
| 12 | i-dag-gal aš₂-ša₂-a {iti}BARAG | |
| 13 | ul-te-ti-qu ṭe₃-en-ša₂ | |
| 14 | ni-šem-me-e-ma | |
| 15 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni | |
| 16 | ni-šap-pa-ra | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] {lu₂}SAG | |
| 2 | [x x x x x]-ni a-na pa-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-du-u₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x] ZI-tim | |
| 5 | [x x x x x] ERIM-MEŠ—{giš}BAN ERIM-MEŠ—{giš}BAN | |
| 6 | [x x x x x] 04 ANŠE-MEŠ | |
| 7 | 07 ⸢me⸣ [x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ a-na LUGAL | |
| 8 | be-li₂-[i-ni x x] ⸢nu⸣-ul-te-bi-la | |
| 9 | aš₂-šu₂ [ṭe₃-em ša₂ {1}{d}GAŠAN]—⸢ta-ad⸣-din | |
| 10 | ša₂ LUGAL ⸢be⸣-li₂-i-[ni iš-pu]-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 11 | NIG₂.GA ša₂ E₂.⸢GAL⸣ [x x] i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 12 | a-du-u₂ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] {⸢uru⸣}pa-da-nu | |
| 13 | al-la-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ⸢ip⸣-pu-⸢uš⸣ [x x x x x]-⸢da⸣-šu₂ | |
| 15 | ⸢si⸣-it-[ti x x x x x x x] | |
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