ABL 0336 (P237840)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0336 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237840 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, my lord: your servant, Ninurta-a[ha-...]. Good health to the king, [my] lo[rd]! |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | Ahhešaya, the [ma]jor domo, and Bel-itta[din], the information officer of Nabû-ušallim from Bit-Dakkuri, are carrying a lot of silver on them. They say they are going to buy horses. The king, my lord, should know (this). |
| Obverse [7:13] o 88–o 1313 | As for the renegade scholars, eunuchs, and soldiers of Šamaš-ibni, who are with Nabû-ušallim, about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me — when I spoke to him, he refused to give them up to me, saying: "I will not give them up to you without a sealed document from the king and without a bodyguard." |
| Obverse [13:26] o 1414– | Bel-iqiša, son of Bunanu, after visiting Babylon, Borsippa, and Bit-Dakkuri, has secured (many) [fr]iends (and) established in-law-relationship with (many) [noblem]en. [He has married h]is [first daughter] to Bel-aha-iddin, [son of NN ...] in Baby[lon]. He has married his [sec]ond daughter t[o NN], son of Nadinu, a 'temple-enterer' of [Nabû] in Borsippa. He has married his third daughter to the son of Zakiru, the chief shepherd of Nabû. |
| Reverse [5:14] r 66–r 1414 | Bit-Hussanni, (a locality) situated on the Pitu watercourse between Cutha and Kish — its (yield of) dates is 100 (kor) and its (yield of) grain 100 (kor) — is a sustenance field of the king. Nabû-dini-amur got it but has given it to Bel-iqiša. It is of the province of Babylon. Neither his father nor his grandfather had the usufruct of it, and it is not in his territory. |
| Reverse [14:17] r 1515–r 1717 | Now I have written everything that I have observed to the [k]ing, my lord. May the king, my lord, do as he deems best. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}{d}MAŠ—⸢ŠEŠ⸣—[x x] | |
| 2 | DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-[li₂-ia₂] | |
| 3 | {1}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂⸣-a {⸢lu₂}GAL⸣—E₂ {⸢lu₂}GAL⸣—E₂ u₃ {1}{⸢d}EN—it-ta⸣-[din] | |
| 4 | {lu₂}mu-tir—ṭe₃-e-mu {lu₂}mu-tir—ṭe₃-e-mu ša₂ {1}{d}AG—u₂-šal-lim | |
| 5 | ša₂ {uru}E₂—{1}da-ku-ru KUG.UD ma-aʾ-du ina ŠU.2-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | na-šu-u₂-ni i-da-bu-bu um-ma ni-il-lak-ma | |
| 7 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ ni-mah-ha-ra LUGAL be-li₂ lu-u₂ i-di | |
| 8 | a-na UGU {lu₂}um-ma-nu {lu₂}SAG-MEŠ | |
| 9 | u₃ {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ hal-qu-u₂-tu ša₂ {1}{d}UTU—ib-ni | |
| 10 | ša₂ ina pa-an {1}{d}AG—u₂-šal-lim ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pu-ra | |
| 11 | ki-i aq-ba-aš₂-šu₂ ul i-man-gur-ma | |
| 12 | ul i-nam-di-na um-ma ša₂ la un-qu LUGAL | |
| 13 | ⸢u₃⸣ ša₂ la {lu₂}qur-bu-te ul a-nam-dak-ka | |
| 14 | {1}{d}EN—BA-ša₂ DUMU {1}bu-na-nu | |
| 15 | a-na ⸢TIN.TIR⸣{ki} BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 16 | ⸢u₃ {uru}E₂⸣—{1}da-ku-ru ki-i il-li-ka | |
| 17 | [EN-MEŠ]—⸢MUN⸣-HI.A [EN-MEŠ]—⸢MUN⸣-HI.A u₂-ṣab-bat | |
| 18 | [DUMU-MEŠ]—⸢ba⸣-ne₂-e [DUMU-MEŠ]—⸢ba⸣-ne₂-e i-he-tin | |
| 19 | 01.et DUMU.MI₂]-⸢su⸣ a-na {1}{d}⸢EN—ŠEŠ—MU⸣ | |
| 20 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-nu i-na TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} it-ta-din] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ša₂]-⸢ni⸣-ti DUMU.MI₂-su a-⸢na⸣ {1}x x x] | |
| 2 | DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}na-di-nu {lu₂}⸢TU—E₂ {lu₂}⸢TU—E₂ ša₂⸣ {[d}AG] | |
| 3 | i-na BAR₂.SIPA{ki} it-ta-⸢din⸣ | |
| 4 | ša₂-lul-ti DUMU.MI₂-su a-na DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}za-kir | |
| 5 | {lu₂}GAL—SIPA-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SIPA-MEŠ ša₂ {d}AG it-ta-din | |
| 6 | {uru}E₂—{1}hu-us-sa-an-ni | |
| 7 | ša₂ UGU {id₂}pi-ti ina bi-rit GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} | |
| 8 | u₃ KIŠ{ki} na-du 01-me ZU₂.LUM.MA-šu₂ | |
| 9 | u₃ 01-me {še}NUMUN-šu₂ mu-ʾu-un-ti ša₂ LUGAL šu-u₂ | |
| 10 | {1}{d}AG—di-ni—a-mur ki-i iš-šu-u₂ | |
| 11 | a-na {1}{d}EN—BA-ša₂ it-ta-di-is-su | |
| 12 | pi-ha-ti TIN.TIR{ki} šu-u₂ | |
| 13 | AD-šu₂ AD—AD-šu₂ ul i-kul | |
| 14 | u₃ ul ina mi-ṣir-i-šu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 15 | a-du-u₂ mim-mu ša₂ a-mu-ru | |
| 16 | ⸢a-na LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia al-tap-ra | |
| 17 | ⸢LUGAL be⸣-li₂-a ki-i ša₂ ⸢i-le-ʾu-u₂⸣ | |
| 18 | li-pu-⸢uš⸣ | |
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