ABL 0291 (P237904)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0291 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237904 |
| 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 Bel-ibni: I am well; you can be glad. |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | Concerning that territory of the Gurasimmu on which you reported to me, did I not give you orders like this: "When you have done your job as I told you and delivered it, what can I give you in compensation?" |
| Obverse [10:18] o 1111–o 1818 | Now why did you invade it without my explicit permission? (If) you, who belong to my entourage and know my fear have acted like this, then how will one who does not know it act? |
| Obverse [18:32] o 1919– | Now, if you wish this matter, mobilize all your archers, and inasmuch as this heart of yours asks you to return my favour, observe what Sîn-deni-epuš does, do whatever is opportune to do in his regard, and in due course you will see yourself pardoned. |
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-mat LUGAL | |
| 2 | a-na {1}{d}EN—DU₃ | |
| 3 | DI-mu a.a-ši ŠA₃-ba-ka lu DUG₃.GA-ka | |
| 4 | ina UGU mi-ṣir ul-lu-u₂ | |
| 5 | ša₂ {lu₂}gu-ra-sim-mu ša₂ tu-ša₂-id-an-ni | |
| 6 | ul lib-bu-u a-ga-i | |
| 7 | ṭe₃-e-mu aš₂-kun-ka | |
| 8 | um-ma aš₂-ša₂ lib-bu-u₂ | |
| 9 | ša₂ aq-bak-ka te-tep-šu-ma | |
| 10 | ta-at-tan-na mi-nu-u₂ | |
| 11 | lu-u₂ UR₅-MEŠ-ka en-na | |
| 12 | mi-nam-ma ša₂ la pi-ia a-na ŠA₃-bi | |
| 13 | tu-ri-id at-ta ša | |
| 14 | {lu₂}man-za-az—IGI-ia {lu₂}man-za-az—IGI-ia at-ta | |
| 15 | u₃ pu-luh-ta-a ti-du-u | |
| 16 | lib-bu-u₂ a-ga-a-ʾi | |
| 17 | te-te-pu-uš u ša₂ la i-du-u | |
| 18 | ak-ka-a.a-i ip-pu-uš | |
| 19 | en-na ki-i a-mat an-⸢nit⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20 | ṣi-ba-a-ta {giš}BAN-ka | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-la ša₂ ši-i di-ke-e-ma | |
| 2 | it-ti ša₂ ŠA₃-ba-ka | |
| 3 | a-ga-a tur-ru ša₂ MUN-ia | |
| 4 | ir-ri-šu-u₂-ka | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}{d}30—di-ni—DU₃-uš | |
| 6 | ip-pu-šu a-mur-ma | |
| 7 | mim-ma ša₂ a-na tar-ṣi-šu | |
| 8 | a-na e-pe-ši ṭa-a-bu | |
| 9 | e-pu-uš-ma u ina UD-me-šu₂ | |
| 10 | ⸢ta⸣-mar ri-mut-ka | |
Sources & licences
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