ABL 0214 (P237906)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0214 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237906 |
| 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 | Tablet of Ummaniša to his brother Šama'gunu. Good health to my brother! |
| Obverse [3:20] o 44– | Aya-saggî and his travel companion, whom you sent here, did not come to me. Having been captured in the city centre, Aya-siggi was taken to me. He says: "I was sent to you." (However) he had no letter with him. I kept him with me until I saw your messenger. Now I have sent him to you with your messenger. |
| Reverse [0:9] r 1r 1–r 99 | They say: "Keep an eye on him so that he cannot come back here. If he comes, he must bring a letter with him. Otherwise he may not come." |
| Reverse [9:18] r 1010–r 1818 | Both kings have made peace with each other. And each of us has settled in his parental house. Now Immaštašu, the legate of the town Hamu, will come over and settle in Hamu. Appoint his helpers there permanently as well. |
| Reverse [18:21] r 1919– | Let the evildoers not come and take away his property. |
| Edge [0:2] e. 1e. 1–e. 22 | You yourself may not go away, neither are we allowed to leave. The king could (otherwise) hear about it and say: "I must take one more town." |
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 | IM {1}um-ma-ni-ša₂ | |
| 2 | a-na {1}ša₂-ma-aʾ-gu-nu ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ šu-lum ana ŠEŠ-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {1}a.a—sag-gi-i u₃ | |
| 5 | EN—KASKAL.2-šu₂ EN—KASKAL.2-šu₂ ša₂ a-na-kan-nu a-na-kan-nu | |
| 6 | taš-pu-ra a-na pa-ni-ia₂ | |
| 7 | ul il-lik-ku ina ŠA₃-bi URU | |
| 8 | E₂—sig-gi ki-i | |
| 9 | iṣ-ba-tu-nu a-na pa-ni-ia₂ | |
| 10 | i-tab-ku-nu-niš i-qab-ba | |
| 11 | um-ma a-na pa-ni-ku | |
| 12 | šap-rak ši-pir-ti | |
| 13 | ina pa-ni-šu₂ ia-a-nu | |
| 14 | ak-te-liš um-ma | |
| 15 | a-di-i {lu₂}A—KIN-ka | |
| 16 | am-ma-ru en-na | |
| 17 | a-du-u₂ ina ŠU.2 | |
| 18 | {lu₂}A—KIN-ka | |
| 19 | al-tap-rak-⸢kaš⸣-[šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-qab-bu-nu | |
| 2 | um-ma la-u₂-uš | |
| 3 | la i-nam-ah-hi-is-ma | |
| 4 | a-na-kan-nu | |
| 5 | la il-lak-ku | |
| 6 | ki-i il-lak | |
| 7 | ši-pir-ti liš-ša₂-aʾ | |
| 8 | u ia-a-nu-u₂ | |
| 9 | la il-lak-ku | |
| 10 | LUGAL-MEŠ ki-lal-le-e | |
| 11 | it-ti a-ha-meš us-sa-al-lim-mu | |
| 12 | u a-ni-ni man-nu ina E₂—AD-šu₂ E₂—AD-šu₂ | |
| 13 | it-ta-šab a-du-u | |
| 14 | {1}im-maš-ta-šu₂ {lu₂}qi₂-i-pi | |
| 15 | ša₂ {uru}ha-mu ib-bir-ma | |
| 16 | ina {uru}ha-mu uš-šab | |
| 17 | ⸢kit⸣-re-e-šu₂ ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 18 | [da]-ri-iš pi-qid-ma | |
| 19 | ⸢sar⸣-ri-te-e | |
| 20 | ⸢la⸣ il-la-ku-ma | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | mim-mu-šu₂ la i-nam-aš₂-šu₂-ši-ma at-ta la ta-at-⸢tal⸣-lak | |
| 2 | u a-ni-ni la nit-tal-lak u LUGAL i-šem-me-ma | |
| 3 | i-qab-bi um-ma 01-en URU a-ha-za | |
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