ABL 0511 (P237843)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0511 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237843 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-[lišir]. Good health to the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | I prepared everything for the journey of Abu-eriba, the king's relative, and his wife, and they have now arrived. |
| Obverse [6:16] o 77–o 1616 | Abu-eriba has been given a kusītu-gown, a woollen cover, a threaded work dress of Tukriš, bracelets worth 1/3 shekels gold, 2 silver dishes, 35 dependents, 2 female singers, 1 horse, 2 camels, 4 donkeys, 20 cows, 300 sheep and 1 wagon; and his wife was provided with jewellery worth 2/3 minas of gold. She [with] all [her lady staff ...] was dressed in garments. |
| Obverse [16:20] o 1717– | All his men too were robed (in purple) and provided with silver bracelets. |
| Bottom [2:14] b.e. 2020– | [Aqar]-Bel-lumur and his wife have given an order to Abu-eriba: "As soon as you have gone back, speak maliciously of Nabû-šuma-lišir in the palace!" Perhaps he will speak maliciously of me in the palace. The king, my lord, should know that the order came from our house. |
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-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—MU—[SI.SA₂] | |
| 2 | lu-u₂ šul-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 3 | um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂-a-ma | |
| 4 | a-du-u₂ KASKAL.2 a-na GIR₃.2-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}AD—eri-ba NUMUN—LUGAL NUMUN—LUGAL u₃ | |
| 6 | DAM-šu₂ ki-i aš₂-ku-na it-tal-ku-ni | |
| 7 | a-na {1}AD—eri-ba {tug₂}BAR.DIB | |
| 8 | {tug₂}ša₂-hi-il {tug₂}mu-ṣi-pe-ti | |
| 9 | kar-ke-e-ti ša₂ tuk-riš HAR-MEŠ | |
| 10 | ša₂ 1/3 GIN₂ KUG.GI 02 kap-pi KUG.UD | |
| 11 | 35 ZI-tim 02 {mi₂}NAR-MEŠ 01-en {anše}KUR.RA | |
| 12 | 02 {anše}A.AB.BA-MEŠ 04 ANŠE-MEŠ 20 GUD-MEŠ | |
| 13 | 03 me UDU-MEŠ 01-et {giš}GAG.SI.LA₂ | |
| 14 | u₃ DAM-su₂ 2/3 MA.NA KUG.GI | |
| 15 | du-ma-qu šak-na-at ⸢x x x x x⸣ | |
| 16 | gab-bi TUG₂ lub-bu-uš-at | |
| 17 | u₃ {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-bi | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | lu-ub-bu-šu₂ u₃ | |
| 19 | [HAR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ KUG.UD šak-nu | |
| 20 | {1}a-qar—d].⸢EN⸣—IGI u₃ DAM-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ṭe₃-e-⸢mu⸣ {1}AD—eri-ba il-tak-nu | |
| 2 | um-ma ki-i ša₂ ta-at-tal-ku | |
| 3 | dib-bu na-az-ru-ti | |
| 4 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—MU—SI ina E₂.GAL | |
| 5 | du-bu-ub min-de-e-ma | |
| 6 | dib-bi-ia na-az-ru-ti | |
| 7 | ina E₂.GAL i-dab-bu-ub | |
| 8 | LUGAL be-li₂ lu-u i-di ki-i | |
| 9 | ṭe₃-e-mu ul-tu E₂-i-ni | |
| 10 | šak-nu | |
Sources & licences
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