ABL 0849 (P237832)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0849 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237832 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Lanšê. Good health to the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord, for the well-being of the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [5:13] o 66–o 1313 | Now, concerning the people of whom the king, my lord, wrote: "They are servants of Zeru-ibni; give them [ba]ck to him!" — there are no servants of Zeru-ibni in (my) presence. In reality, the two men are Damuneans, vanguards of the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Their brothers [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | Zeru-ibni to [...] |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616– | In case a word [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | and the men here [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | both and [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | they are (my) friends and owners of [...] |
| Reverse [3:14] r 44–r 1414 | I have handed them over with the forces (sent) to the governor of Damascus. If it is agreeable to the king, my lord, I shall give Zeru-ibni soldiers for the people, or, at the king my lord's command, people for people. There are however no servants of his in (my) possession. |
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-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}la-an-še-e | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | um-ma a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma | |
| 5 | um-ma a-na DI-mu LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 6 | u₂-ma-a [ina] UGU-hi ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a iš-pur um-ma | |
| 8 | ARAD-MEŠ [ša₂ {1}NUMUN—ib-ni šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | um-ma [tir]-⸢ri⸣-ma in-na-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 10 | ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ {1}NUMUN—ib-ni | |
| 11 | ina pa-ni [ia]-a-nu kit-ti | |
| 12 | 02 ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}da-mu-na-a.a | |
| 13 | a-lik pa-nu-ta ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 14 | šu₂-nu ŠEŠ-ME-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 15 | {1}NUMUN—ib-ni a-na [x x x x] | |
| 16 | ki-i dib-bu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ ERIM-MEŠ a-kan-[na x x] | |
| 2 | ki-lal-le-e u₃ [x x x] | |
| 3 | EN—MUN-HI.A-šu₂-nu EN—MUN-HI.A-šu₂-nu EN—⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4 | šu₂-nu it-ti {lu₂}ha-a-lu [x] | |
| 5 | ša₂ a-na {lu₂}EN.NAM ša₂ | |
| 6 | {uru}du-um-ma-šaq-qa | |
| 7 | at-ta-din-su-šu₂-nu-tu₂ | |
| 8 | ki-i pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 9 | ma-hir₂ ERIM-MEŠ a-ki | |
| 10 | UN-MEŠ a-na {1}NUMUN—ib-ni | |
| 11 | lud-din ina UGU-hi pi-i | |
| 12 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia UN-MEŠ a-ki | |
| 13 | UN-MEŠ lud-din ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 14 | ina pa-ni-<ia> ia-a-nu | |
Sources & licences
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