ABL 0290 (P237902)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0290 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237902 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | The king's word to Sîn-tabni-uṣur: I am well; you can be glad. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | Concerning Sîn-šarra-uṣur about whom you wrote, why should he tell me malicious things about you and I would listen to him? With Šamaš I shall extract his proper intentions. |
| Obverse [8:21] o 99– | (When) Ummanigaš calumniated you in my presence and they wanted to have you killed, did Aššur and my gods not make me ... so that I did not high-handedly kill my servant and the very foundation of my dynasty? Was that not because you are wholeheartedly with the house of your lord? |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | (When) that defunct one and Ummanigaš put up a siege to kill you, was that not because I, knowing your loyalty, had ... had mercy with you? |
| Reverse [6:13] r 77–r 1313 | Did you not endure these two years enemy and famine because of the house of your lord? What can they (possibly) say to me against a servant who loves the house of his lords, so that I would believe it? |
| Reverse [13:19] r 1414– | As to the work that you and the Assyrians, your brothers, have done, concerning which you wrote, it is good that you did so and kept watch for me. |
| Top [3:6] t.e. 1919– | [......] and this name of yours which is good before me and the favours that I shall render to you until the time of (your) grandchildren. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-mat LUGAL a-na {1}{d}30—tab-ni—ŠEŠ | |
| 2 | DI-mu ia-a-ši ŠA₃-ba-ka | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ ṭa-ab-ka | |
| 4 | i-na UGU {1}{d}30—LUGAL—ŠEŠ | |
| 5 | ša₂ taš-pur mi₃-nam-ma dib-bi-ka | |
| 6 | bi-šu-u₂-tu i-qab-ba-am-ma | |
| 7 | u a-na-ku a-šem-meš | |
| 8 | TA {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁ ŠA₃-šu₂ ZI-ha | |
| 9 | u {1}um-man-i-gaš kar-ṣi-ka | |
| 10 | ina IGI-ia i-kul u a-na | |
| 11 | GAZ id-din-u₂-ka | |
| 12 | u AN.ŠAR₂ DINGIR-MEŠ-ia-a | |
| 13 | u₂-šal-an-ni-i-ma | |
| 14 | šu-uh-du-u-ma ARAD-a.a | |
| 15 | u iš-du ša₂ E₂—AD-ia E₂—AD-ia | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | la a-du-ku | |
| 17 | ul ina ŠA₃ ša₂ it-ti | |
| 18 | E₂—EN-ka-a E₂—EN-ka-a | |
| 19 | qa-ta-a-ta | |
| r | ||
| 1 | hum-mur a-ga-a šu₂-u u₃ | |
| 2 | {1}um-man-i-gaš a-na UGU | |
| 3 | GAZ-ka il-mu-u₂ | |
| 4 | u ina ŠA₃ ša₂ ana-ku ki-nu-ut-ka | |
| 5 | i-du-u₂ ⸢ut⸣-tir re-mu | |
| 6 | aš₂-kun-ak-ka ia-aʾ-nu-u₂ | |
| 7 | 02-ta a-ga-a MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 8 | {lu₂}KUR₂ u₃ bu-bu-u₂-ti | |
| 9 | i-na UGU E₂—EN-ka E₂—EN-ka | |
| 10 | ul taš-du-ud mi-nu-u₂ | |
| 11 | i-qab-bu-nim-ma ina UGU | |
| 12 | {lu₂}ARAD ša₂ E₂—EN-šu₂ E₂—EN-šu₂ i-ram-mu | |
| 13 | u a-na-ku a-qip-pu-uʾ | |
| 14 | u ina UGU dul-la ša₂ at-ta u | |
| 15 | AN.ŠAR₂{ki}MEŠ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ka | |
| t.e. | ||
| 16 | te-pu-ša₂-aʾ ša₂ taš-pur | |
| 17 | ba-an ša₂ te-pu-ša₂-aʾ | |
| 18 | EN.NUN-a.a ša₂ taṣ-ṣur-ra-aʾ | |
| 19 | ap-pu\t ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | u₃ MU-ga a-ga-a ša₂ ina IGI-ia₂ ban-u u MUN-HI.A | |
| 2 | ša₂ u₂-tar-rak-ka a-na ŠA₃-bi ša₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ | |
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