ABL 0258 (P237838)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0258 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237838 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king of kings, my lord: your servant, Nabû-ušallim. May Aššur, Šamaš, and Marduk be concerned with the health of the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:17] o 55– | There are people in the marshes called marsh dwellers. In Šamaš-ibni's time, thirty of their families fled and settled in Bit-Amukani. Together with their brothers they refuse to come close to us. They are the ones who four times last year called in the enemy against us. |
| Reverse [0:13] r 1r 1–r 1313 | If it is agreeable to the king, my lord, let the king write to Kudurru of Bit-Amukani, so that he may lead them away and settle them where the king, my lord, likes. As long as they live in Bit-Amukani, their brothers will not be subdued and they will not do the work 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL LUGAL-MEŠ EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—u₂-šal-lim | |
| 3 | AN.ŠAR₂ {d}UTU u {d}AMAR.UTU šu-lum | |
| 4 | ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia₂ liš-ʾa-a-lu | |
| 5 | UN-MEŠ šu₂-nu ina ap-pa-ri | |
| 6 | {lu₂}ba-ṣi-hi i-qab-bu-šu₂-nu-tu | |
| 7 | ina UD-mu-MEŠ ša₂ {1}{d}UTU—ib-ni | |
| 8 | 30 šu₂-nu {lu₂}qin-na-a-ta | |
| 9 | ki-i ih-li-qu-uʾ | |
| 10 | ina E₂—⸢a-muk-kan⸣-na ⸢it⸣-ta-šab-uʾ | |
| 11 | ul i-⸢man⸣-gur-ma ⸢it⸣-ti | |
| 12 | ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-na pa-ni-ni | |
| 13 | ul i-qar-rib-u₂-ni | |
| 14 | šu₂-nu šu₂-nu ša₂ šad-da-qad₃ | |
| 15 | 04-šu₂ {lu₂}KUR₂ a-na UGU-hi-ni | |
| 16 | ⸢il⸣-du-du-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-i pa-ni LUGAL | |
| 2 | EN-ia ma-hir₂ | |
| 3 | a-na {1}NIG₂.GUB ša₂ E₂—a-muk-kan-na | |
| 4 | LUGAL liš-pur-ma | |
| 5 | li-bu-ku-uš-<šu₂-nu>-tim-ma | |
| 6 | ina E₂ LUGAL EN-a | |
| 7 | ha-du-u₂ lu-še-šib-šu₂-nu-tu₂ | |
| 8 | UD-mu ma-la šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | ina E₂—a-muk-kan-na aš₂-ba | |
| 10 | ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 11 | ul ik-kib-ba-su-ma | |
| 12 | dul-lu ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 13 | EN-ia | |
| 14 | ul ip-pu-uš-šu₂ | |
Sources & licences
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