ABL 1275 (P237830)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1275 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237830 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, his lord: [your servant], Šama'gunu. [Good health] to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | [Concerning] the guard of which the king, [my lord], wrote: "[Appoint NN] over the gua[rd] of the Qa'iš-šumateans!" — |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88–o 1212 | He will repair the crack on the damaged foundations and will eagerly go to the guard under Šarru-amuranni and Kalu[mu]. |
| Obverse [12:30] o 1313– | Once before I sent messengers to the swindlers in Elam. (As) they returned, they told me that Balassu (and) Kurrala'u are with the legate of the land Raši, and [...] Nabû-tuklassu-ana-[...] (and) Kiburti are in the presence of the king of Elam. And after they had heard that Babylon would plead, they became very angry. And like decoys [...] they settled with them. [...] |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | He will [care] for the guard eagerly. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | Perhaps he also will do what is not [...] and [...]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | I will seek [...] among them [for the ... of] the king, my lord. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL EN-šu₂ [ARAD-ka] | |
| 2 | {1}ša₂-ma-aʾ-gu-nu [lu-u₂ šu-lum] | |
| 3 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ [ina UGU-hi] | |
| 4 | ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti ša₂ LUGAL [EN-a] | |
| 5 | iš-pu-ra um-ma {1}x x x] | |
| 6 | i-na UGU-hi ma-aṣ-⸢ṣar⸣-[ti ša₂] | |
| 7 | DUMU—qa-iš—MU-MEŠ DUMU—qa-iš—MU-MEŠ [pi-qid] | |
| 8 | bat-qu ša₂ uš-še bat-[qu-ti] | |
| 9 | i-ṣab-bat-ta u₃ a-na [pa-ni] | |
| 10 | {1}LUGAL—IGI u₃ {1}ka-lu-[mu] | |
| 11 | ki—ma-de-e ki—ma-de-e i-na UGU-⸢hi⸣ | |
| 12 | ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti i-ru-ub-[bu] | |
| 13 | u₃ i-na pa-an {lu₂}KIN.GI₄.A-[MEŠ] {lu₂}KIN.GI₄.A-[MEŠ] | |
| 14 | ana {lu₂}EN—za-ar-ru-ti {lu₂}EN—za-ar-ru-ti [o] | |
| 15 | a-na {kur}NIM.MA{ki} al-tap-ra | |
| 16 | u₃ it-ti-hi-is-su-nu | |
| 17 | i-qab-bu-nu um-ma | |
| 18 | {1}ba-laṭ-su {1}kur-ra-la-ʾu-u₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | ina pa-an {lu₂}qi₂-pi | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {kur}ra-a-šu₂ ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}AG—TUKUL-su—a-na—[x x x] | |
| 3 | {1}ki-bur-ti ina pa-[an] | |
| 4 | LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki} u₃ ul-tu | |
| 5 | UGU-hi iš-mu-u₂ um-ma | |
| 6 | TIN.TIR{ki} ŠU.2 i-nam-[din] | |
| 7 | šam-ru-ti ina ŠA₃-bi uk-⸢tan⸣-[nu] | |
| 8 | u₃ ar-ri-at-tu [x x] | |
| 9 | it-ti-šu₂-nu kun-nu [x x] | |
| 10 | ki—ma-de-e i-na [UGU-hi] | |
| 11 | ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti [x x x] | |
| 12 | min₃-de-e-ma la [x x x] | |
| 13 | ip-pu-uš-ma kul-[x x x] | |
| 14 | ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu i-[x x x] | |
| 15 | LUGAL EN-ia₂ u₂-ba-[a x x] | |
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