ABL 0262 (P237837)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0262 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237837 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | T[o the king of the lands], my [lo]rd: your servant, Nabû-šumu-lišir. May Nabû and Marduk give the king of the lands, my lord, long days, everlasting years, a just sceptre, and an everlasting throne. |
| Obverse [6:13] o 77–o 1313 | The Arabs attacked the Assyrians, the king's servants who c[om]e to Birati to do business, and took away by force fifty Assyrians from Halulê, and with them twenty Biratians, servants of the king. |
| Obverse [13:24] o 1414– | A man from among them escaped [and s]poke to me, and by the destiny [of] the king, my lord, having [......], I inflicted a defeat [o]n them. I impaled [x] of them in the territory whe[r]e the attack took place. There were no casualties among the servants of the king. |
| Reverse [5:12] r 66–r 1212 | I attacked (them) again, and having taken prisoner seven of them as informers, I am herewith sending them to the king, my lord. They are friends of Ita'-il, son of Bun-šadadu, priest of Šamaš. The king should question them. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL KUR.KUR be]-⸢li₂-ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—MU—SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 4 | MU.AN.NA-MEŠ da-ra-a-ti | |
| 5 | {giš}NIG₂.PA i-šar-tu {giš}GU.ZA da-ru-u₂ | |
| 6 | a-⸢na⸣ LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia lid-di-nu | |
| 7 | {lu₂}{kur}{d}aš-šur{ki}MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ | |
| 8 | ša₂ LUGAL ša₂ a-na na-da-nu u ma-ha-ru | |
| 9 | a-na {uru}bi-rat ⸢il-la⸣-ku-nu | |
| 10 | {lu₂}a-ra-bu a-na UGU-hi-šu₂-nu | |
| 11 | ki-i it-bu-u₂ 50 {lu₂}{kur}{d}aš-šur-MEŠ | |
| 12 | {lu₂}EN-MEŠ {uru}ha-lu-le-e | |
| 13 | u₃ 20 {lu₂}bir-ta-a.a ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 14 | it-ti-šu₂-nu ih-bil LU₂ | |
| 15 | ul-tu ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu ki-i u₂-še-zi-ba | |
| 16 | [ki-i] ⸢iq⸣-ba-a ina šim-ti | |
| 17 | [ša₂ o] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia | |
| 18 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ di ⸢bu x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]-MEŠ ⸢ki⸣-i | |
| 2 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ di-ik-ti | |
| 3 | [ina ŠA₃]-⸢bi-šu₂⸣-nu ⸢ad⸣-duk ina qaq-⸢qar⸣ ša₂ it-bu-u₂ | |
| 4 | [x x] ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu a-na {giš}za-qi₂-pa-nu | |
| 5 | ⸢al⸣-ta-kan ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 6 | mi-qi₂-ti ina ŠA₃-bi ia-a-nu ut-te-ra | |
| 7 | u₃ 07 ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu EME ki-i | |
| 8 | aṣ-ba-ta a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 9 | al-tap-ra {lu₂}re-eʾ-mi | |
| 10 | ša₂ {1}i-ta-a-aʾ—DINGIR DUMU {1}bu-un—ša₂-da-du | |
| 11 | {lu₂}E₂.BAR ⸢ša₂⸣ {d}UTU šu-nu LUGAL | |
| 12 | liš-ʾa-al-šu₂-nu-ti | |
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