ABL 0899 (P237911)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0899 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237911 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | Your [servant] Amel-Nabû: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! [May Nabû and Mar]duk [bless] the king, [my] l[ord]! Say t[o the king, my lord]: |
| Obverse [5:14] o 66– | The king, [my] lo[rd, can] be glad. The palace, the magna[tes] (and) the guard [of ...] are [well]. There are no reports on Elam. |
| Reverse [1:12] r 22–r 1212 | Whatever portents there have been, have all come for the city Qibi-Bel. I have heard it being said: "Now Qibi-Bel is to be destroyed and he is to go to the fortress of Yakin." All existing towns |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313– | [...] Qibi-Bel |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 14r.e. 14–r.e. 14r.e. 14 | [...] the lower [f]ortress |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1515–r.e. 1515 | their [...] |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 1616–r.e. 1616 | [have b]een deported. |
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 | [ARAD]-ka {1}LU₂—{d}⸢AG⸣ a-na | |
| 2 | di-na-an ⸢LUGAL be-li₂⸣-ia | |
| 3 | lul-lik [d.AG u {d}AMAR].⸢UTU⸣ | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 5 | um-ma-a a-[na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma] | |
| 6 | ŠA₃-bi LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia] | |
| 7 | lu-u₂ ṭa-⸢ab⸣ [šul-mu] | |
| 8 | a-na E₂.GAL [x x x] | |
| 9 | a-na {lu₂}GAL—[x x x] | |
| 10 | a-na EN.NUN [x x x] | |
| 11 | ṭe₃-e-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 12 | ša₂ {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ia-aʾ-nu | |
| 2 | it-ta-a-ti | |
| 3 | ma-la a.a-i | |
| 4 | ina {<uru>}qi₂-bi—{d}EN | |
| 5 | it-tal-ka-a-ni | |
| 6 | al-te-mu um-ma | |
| 7 | a-du-u₂ {uru}qi₂-bi—{d}⸢EN⸣ | |
| 8 | a-na na-pa-li-ši | |
| 9 | u₃ šu₂-u₂ a-na BAD₃ | |
| 10 | ša₂ {1}ia-ki-ni a-na | |
| 11 | a-⸢la⸣-ki-šu₂ URU-MEŠ | |
| 12 | [ma]-la i-ba-aš₂-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 13 | [x x] {uru}qi₂-bi—{d}EN | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | [x x] ⸢BAD₃⸣ šu-pa-la | |
| 15 | [x x x]-šu₂-nu | |
| 16 | [x x] ⸢ig⸣-di-lu-u₂ | |
Sources & licences
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