ABL 0892 (P237847)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0892 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237847 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant Badâ. Good health to the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [4:10] o 55–o 1010 | The king, my lord, has done me more favours than to all the countries. My name has become respectable under the protection of the king, my lord. I pro[mise] to return the favours [that the king, my lord], has done. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] that under the protection [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | may come to an end [...] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | Should the king, [my lord, say: "..."] |
| Reverse [0:10] r 1r 1–r 1010 | May the king, [my] lord [...] quickly [send] Na[bû-... here] by mule express, so that he may speak with my servants and encourage them. Let him gird the loins of Aqar-Bel-[lumur], and let him be .... [Let him appoint] my servants in [his] charge, so he himself may [come] here [and] honour the king, my lord! |
| Reverse [10:15] r 1111–r 1515 | No one fulfills on the king's commands as I do, apart from Aqar-Bel-lumur. He will carry out all the king's plans and deliver everything to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [15:26] r 1616– | I have written to the king seven times out of necessity. The king, my lord, has given the houses of all those men whose fathers are dead to their sons. Now these are fatherless servants who are loyal to the king. Let him not abandon his servants! Let him not destroy the house of a royal servant! |
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-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}ba-da-a | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ šu-lum ana LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma | |
| 5 | al-la KUR.KUR gab-bi | |
| 6 | LUGAL be-li₂-a MUN-HI.A i-tep-šu | |
| 7 | šu-ma-a ina GIŠ.MI LUGAL ⸢be-li₂-ia₂⸣ | |
| 8 | ib-ta-ni MUN-HI.A [ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a] | |
| 9 | i-pu-uš a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 10 | tu-ra a-⸢da⸣-[bu-ub x x x x] | |
| 11 | ša₂ ina GIŠ.MI [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | liq-ti [x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ki-i LUGAL [be-li₂-a i-qab-bi] | |
| 14 | um-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ur-ka-[x x x x x] | |
| 16 | šu-un-[x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | la ma-[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL be-li₂-[a x x x x] | |
| 2 | ha-an-ṭiš {1}{d}⸢AG⸣—[x x x x] | |
| 3 | ina kal-le-e [liš-pu-ram-ma] | |
| 4 | it-ti ARAD-MEŠ-[ia o] | |
| 5 | lid-bu-ub lu-šar-⸢hi⸣-[iṣ-su-nu-ti] | |
| 6 | MURUB₄ ša₂ {1}a-qar—{d}EN—[lu-mur] | |
| 7 | li-ir-ku-us lu [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ARAD-MEŠ-ia a-na pa-ni-[šu₂ lip-qid] | |
| 9 | u₃ šu-u₂ lil-li-⸢kam₂⸣-[ma] | |
| 10 | LUGAL be-li₂-a lip-lah₃ | |
| 11 | mam-ma a-mat ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 12 | ki-i ia-a-ši ul i-nam-din | |
| 13 | al-la {1}a-qar—{d}EN—lu-mur | |
| 14 | šu-u₂ mim-ma ša₂ LUGAL ki-iṣ-pu | |
| 15 | ip-pu-uš-ma a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 16 | i-nam-din ki-i na-kut-ti | |
| 17 | a-di 07-šu₂ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 18 | al-tap-ra | |
| 19 | ERIM-MEŠ ma-la AD-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 20 | mi-i-tu E₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 21 | a-na DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | LUGAL be-li₂ it-ta-din en-na an-nu-ti ARAD-MEŠ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}su-ma-ak-ta-ra-a-ti ša₂ ki-i ŠA₃-bi ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 3 | {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ la u₂-maš-šar E₂ ša₂ ARAD ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 4 | la u₂-he-ep-pe | |
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