ABL 0833 (P237959)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0833 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237959 |
| 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 [0:6] 11–66 | Yo[ur servant] Nabû-bel-šumate: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: I have sent my messenger to (ask for) the well-being of the king, the horses and the soldiers. |
| Obverse [6:16] 77–1616 | Certain Babylonians, the Gu[zummaneans], have come from Babylon, saying: "The son of Yakin has gone from Babylon to Dur-Y[akin] on the 11th day of Marchesvan (VIII)." I heard these news on the 15th day. Therefore [I sent them] to the presence of the king, my lord, without a night's rest. |
| Obverse [16:26] 1717– | Perhaps the king will [say]: "Wh[y did] you [not ...] in Bit-[Yakin ...]?" By the king's gods, even before I heard [this news, those ...] and those two soldiers of the [... (and)] of the prefect who[m I have sent] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | from ... [...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | I did not send hor[ses] a second time [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | there [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | This is the result of their service. |
| Reverse [12:16] r 1313–r 1616 | (Now) that I heard the news, I sent two soldier[s ...], saying: "Get close to th[e ...], and [...] a house to this [...]!" |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | What [...] |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | that to [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}{d}AG—EN—MU-MEŠ | |
| 2 | a-na di-na-an LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 3 | lul-lik um-⸢ma⸣-[a] | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-[ma] | |
| 5 | {lu₂}DUMU—KIN-ia {lu₂}DUMU—KIN-ia a-na ⸢šul⸣-[mi LUGAL] | |
| 6 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ u₃ ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [al-tap-ra] | |
| 7 | {lu₂}TIN.TIR{ki}MEŠ šu₂-nu {lu₂}gu-[zu-um-ma-ni] | |
| 8 | ul-tu TIN.TIR{ki} a-na ⸢pa⸣-[ni-ia] | |
| 9 | ki-i il-li-ku-ni i-⸢qab⸣-[bu-u₂] | |
| 10 | um-ma UD 11-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}APIN DUMU—{1}[ia-ki-ni] | |
| 11 | a-na UGU BAD₃—ša₂—E₂—{1}⸢ia⸣-[ki-ni] | |
| 12 | ul-tu TIN.TIR{ki} it-⸢ta⸣-[lak] | |
| 13 | UD 15-KAM₂ ṭe₃-e-ma an-na-[a] | |
| 14 | al-te-mi ul-tu ⸢pa⸣-[ni x x] | |
| 15 | nu-bat-ta ul i-⸢bit⸣ [x x] | |
| 16 | a-na pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [al-tap-ra] | |
| 17 | min₃-de-e-ma LUGAL i-[qab-bi] | |
| 18 | um-ma mi-nam-[ma o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢at⸣-tu-[nu x x x x x] | |
| 2 | i-na E₂—{1}ia-ki-ni la x x] | |
| 3 | DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia ki-i] | |
| 4 | a-di la [ṭe₃-e-ma an-na-a] | |
| 5 | a-šem-mu-u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | u₃ 02 ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša₂ {lu₂}ša₂-ak-ni ma-[la aš₂-pu-ru] | |
| 8 | ul-tu i-ku-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9 | 02-ma {anše}KUR.[RA-MEŠ x x x] | |
| 10 | la aš₂-pu-ru [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | i-na ŠA₃-bi [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | man-di-is-su-nu ṭe₃-[e-mu x x x] | |
| 13 | ša₂ aš₂-mu-u₂ 02 ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 14 | al-ta-par um-ma [x x x x x] | |
| 15 | qer-ba-a-ma a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 16 | a-ga-a E₂ bu-[x x x x] | |
| 17 | mi-nu-u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | ša₂ a-na [x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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