ABL 0797 (P237844)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0797 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237844 |
| 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 [0:13] o 1o 1–o 1313 | To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant, Ninurta-aha-iddin. May Enlil, Mulliltu, Ninurta, and Nusku bless the king of the lands, my lord! May the gods of Ekur and Nippur and the great gods who live in heaven and earth grant the king of the lands, my lord, a life of long days, the satisfaction of a ripe old age, a just sceptre, (and) the shepherding of mankind; and may they give firm positive answers to the king, my lord, and endow the king, my lord, with the direction and care of all lands. |
| Obverse [13:20] o 1414–o 2020 | All is very well with the watch over Ekur, the temples of the king, and Nippur. Illil-bani, the king's servant, and all the archers of Nippur with him a[re] on watch where the king assigned him. And to his rear I kee[p gu]ard for the king, my lord, in the city and the open country. |
| Obverse [20:24] o 2121– | [As to what the king], my lord, wrote to me: "Wh[y] have you not dispatched [an answer to the seal]ed documents that I have [more than on]ce sent you?" |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] I have dispat[ch]ed to the k[ing], my [lo]rd. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [......] and I am alive |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...] and the garrison [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [...] they have counted and [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [... ...] the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [15:20] r 1616–r 2020 | May Aššur, Enlil, and Ninurta [let] your armed forces [se]e your [...]; may they st[rengt]hen your weapons and [mak]e you [vic]torious [over] your enemies, because the king, my lord, has revived the heart of his servant. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR ⸢EN⸣-ia | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}{d}MAŠ—ŠEŠ—SUM-na | |
| 3 | {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}NIN.LIL₂ {d}MAŠ u₃ {d}PA.TUG₂ | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | DINGIR-MEŠ šu-ut E₂.KUR u₃ EN.LIL₂{ki} | |
| 6 | ⸢u₃ DINGIR⸣-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ a-ši-bu-ut AN-e u KI.TIM | |
| 7 | ⸢ba-laṭ UD⸣-mi GID₂.DA-MEŠ še-be₂-e ⸢lit-tu⸣-tu₂ | |
| 8 | {giš}PA i-šar-tu re-ʾu-u₂-ut te-ne₂-⸢še-e⸣-ti | |
| 9 | a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR.KUR EN-ia liš-ru-ku | |
| 10 | u₃ ⸢an-nu ki⸣-i-nu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 11 | li-šat-⸢li⸣-mu-ma | |
| 12 | a-⸢ša₂⸣-a-⸢ru⸣ u pa-qa-du ša₂ kiš-šat KUR.KUR | |
| 13 | a-na ⸢ŠU.2 LUGAL⸣ EN-ia li-ma-al-lu-u₂ | |
| 14 | ⸢a-na EN⸣.NUN ⸢E₂⸣.KUR ⸢E₂⸣—DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢E₂⸣—DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 15 | ⸢u₃ EN⸣.LIL₂{ki} a-ki—ma-de-e a-ki—ma-de-e šul-mu | |
| 16 | {1}{⸢d}EN⸣.LIL₂—ba-ni ARAD ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 17 | u₃ {giš}BAN ša₂ EN.LIL₂{ki} gab-bi it-ti-šu₂ | |
| 18 | ina EN.NUN a-šar LUGAL ip-qi₂-du-šu₂ u₂-šu-uz-[zu] | |
| 19 | u₃ a-na-ku ina ku-tal-li-šu₂ | |
| 20 | [EN].NUN ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia ina URU u EDIN a-na-aṣ-[ṣar] | |
| 21 | [ša₂ LUGAL] EN-a iš-pu-ra um-ma mi-⸢nam⸣-[ma] | |
| 22 | 01-šu₂ 02-šu₂ un-qa-a-ti aš₂-pu-rak-kam₂-⸢ma⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [gab-ri un]-⸢qa⸣-a-ti la tu-še-bi-⸢la⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x]-tu₂ [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x]-ru | |
| 8 | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x]-a | |
| 9 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x] un ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x] a-na ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-ia ul-te-⸢bi-la⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x]-⸢ka⸣ [x]-⸢na⸣-a-ma bal-ṭa-ak | |
| 13 | ⸢x x⸣-at-si u₃ EN.NUN ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢x x⸣ in-da-nu-u₂ u u₂-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ⸢x x⸣ LUGAL EN-ia [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 16 | AN.ŠAR₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ u {d}MAŠ an-[x x x x]-⸢di⸣-ka | |
| 17 | e-mu-qi₂-ka lu-[šad]-⸢gi⸣-lu | |
| 18 | {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-ka lu-⸢dan⸣-[ni]-nu | |
| 19 | u₃ a.a-bi-ka ŠU.2-ka [lu]-⸢šak⸣-ši-du | |
| 20 | ⸢ša₂⸣ LUGAL EN-a | |
| 21 | ŠA₃-bi ša₂ ARAD-šu₂ u₂-bal-li-ṭu | |
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