ABL 0559 (P237927)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0559 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237927 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To [NN, my brother]: thus says Kinn[â, your brother]. Good health to you! Say to my brother: |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | Concerning Haza'-il of whom you wrote: "If you catch him, I will give you as an equivalent a horse [or] a donkey [or a sheep]" — |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] Haza'-il [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | your messenger [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Haza'-[il ...] |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313– | He has not co[me] h[ere ...]. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | This is the truth. I have now entrusted [NN] with the following (order): "[...]!" Perhaps he will return to his family. If he returns, I shall [arrest him and] give him to my brother. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | [...] this. Now [NN], his family (member), [...] a donkey. If you want it, send (someone) here to lead it away. |
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-⸢na⸣ [x x x x ŠEŠ-ia] | |
| 2 | um-ma {1}kin-na-[a ŠEŠ-ka] | |
| 3 | a-na ka-a-šu₂ lu-u₂ ⸢šul-mu⸣ | |
| 4 | um-ma-a a-na ŠEŠ-ia-a-ma | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}ha-za-aʾ—DINGIR ša₂ taš-pu-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 6 | um-ma ki-i ta-ṣab-⸢ta-ma⸣ | |
| 7 | ki-i 01-en {anše}KUR.RA [u₃] | |
| 8 | ki-i 01-en ANŠE u₃ [ki-i 01-en UDU] | |
| 9 | a-nam-dak-ka [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | {1}ha-za-aʾ—DINGIR u-[x x x x x] | |
| 11 | {lu₂}A—KIN-⸢ka⸣ {lu₂}A—KIN-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | {1}ha-za-aʾ—[DINGIR x x x x x] | |
| 13 | a-na a-[kan-na x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ul il-⸢lik⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | kit-ti a-du-u₂ ⸢KIN⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ap-te-qid um-ma [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | min₃-de-e-ma a-na ⸢UGU⸣-[hi x x x x] | |
| 4 | {lu₂}qin-ni-šu₂ i-ni-hi-⸢su⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5 | ki-i it-te-hi-su a-[x x x x x] | |
| 6 | a-na ŠEŠ-ia a-nam-⸢din⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | an-nu-u₂ a-du-u₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | {lu₂}qin-na-šu₂ ⸢ANŠE⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ki-i ha-da-ta [x] | |
| 10 | šup-ram-ma a-bu-uk | |
Sources & licences
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