ABL 0897 (P237907)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0897 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237907 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Tablet of Nabû-taklak to Gadiya', his brother. Good health to my brother! |
| Obverse [2:22] o 33– | As to what my brother wrote: "May you be in good spirits!" How could I be in good spirits! The enemy has pitched camp over against us, we [assemble] for fight [day and] night, and none of yo[u] has co[me] to my help! I am not in good [spirits] at all! (But) really, you must be in good spirits yourself! You live in [your] lords' house, you eat bread and drink [beer] comfortably in [the house of your lord]! |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | No[w] then I am writ[ing to you]: [Let] 200 ho[rses] (and) 1,000 soldiers [...] Yaki[n] come [...] the town Im[ba]! |
| Reverse [10:14] r 1111–r 1414 | Perhaps a messenger will come to [you] from the palace. Tell him to be circumspect [and] come to the guard. |
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 | ṭup-pi {1}{d}AG—tak-lak | |
| 2 | a-na {1}ga-di-i-ʾa ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ DI-mu a-na ŠEŠ-ia₂ ša₂ ŠEŠ-ia ⸢iš-pur⸣ | |
| 4 | um-ma ŠA₃-ba-ka ⸢lu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 5 | ṭa-ab-ka mi-nu-u₂ [o] | |
| 6 | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi-ia {lu₂}[KUR₂] | |
| 7 | a-na tar-ṣi-ni ma-⸢dak⸣-[tu] | |
| 8 | na-di mu-ši u₃ [UD-mi] | |
| 9 | ša₂ ṣe-el-ti nu-⸢ul⸣-[taṣ-bat] | |
| 10 | u₃ ul-tu pa-ni-ku-[nu] | |
| 11 | mam-ma a-na ha-mat-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 12 | ul il-li-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 13 | mim-ma ŠA₃-ba-a ul ⸢ṭa⸣-[a-bi] | |
| 14 | kit-ti at-[tu-u₂-ka] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | ŠA₃-ba-ka ṭa-⸢ab⸣-[ka] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-na E₂—{lu₂}EN-MEŠ-[ka] E₂—{lu₂}EN-MEŠ-[ka] | |
| 2 | aš₂-ba-ta NINDA-HI.[A] | |
| 3 | ta-ak-kal u₃ ⸢KAŠ⸣-[HI.A] | |
| 4 | pa-an ṭa-a-bi i-na [E₂—EN-ka] [E₂—EN-ka] | |
| 5 | ta-šat-ti en-[na] | |
| 6 | a-du-u₂ al-⸢tap⸣-[rak-ka] | |
| 7 | 02 me {anše}KUR.[RA-MEŠ x x] | |
| 8 | 01 lim ERIM-MEŠ [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | {1}ia-ki-[ni x x x x] | |
| 10 | ša₂ {uru}im-[ba lil]-⸢li⸣-[ku-nu] | |
| 11 | min₃-de-e-ma {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN [o] | |
| 12 | ul-tu E₂.GAL a-na pa-ni-[ka] | |
| 13 | il-la-ka qi₂-bi-⸢ma⸣ [um-ma] | |
| 14 | lu-u₂ pu-ut-qu-ud-[ma] | |
| 15 | ina EN.NUN lil-li-ka | |
Sources & licences
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