ABL 0228 (P237969)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0228 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237969 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nergal-eṭir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | For 6 years I have been guarding Aššur-etel-šamê-erṣeti-muballissu, and Bel and Nabû have provided good health. |
| Reverse [1:8] r 2'2'–r 8'8' | (By) Bel and Na[bû ...], your gods: the king, my lord, is merciful. Let the king send a bodyguard with me, so I may go and bring out my brother and retrieve my fortune. Let me go and come back quickly! |
| Reverse [8:15] r 9'9'– | Was it not when I was living in his country, in the land of Yašubu, that the son of Ahu-leʾi ...? Why [......] on the servants? |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Now then let the king ask his major-domo [...]; he knows all (about it). |
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 LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL | |
| 5 | be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | 06 MU.AN.NA EN.NUN | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}aš-šur—e-tel—AN—KI—TI.LA.BI | |
| 8 | at-ta-ṣar šul-mu | |
| 9 | {d}EN u {d}AG ⸢il-tak-nu⸣ | |
| 10 | ša₂ ⸢be-li₂-a x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ana]-ku [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {d}EN u₃ {d}⸢AG⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | DINGIR-MEŠ-ka LUGAL be-li₂-[a] | |
| 4' | re-ma-nu šu-u₂ LUGAL {lu₂}qur-bu-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 5' | it-ti-ia liš-pur-ma | |
| 6' | lul-lik-ma ŠEŠ-u₂-a lu-še-ṣa-a | |
| 7' | u₃ NIG₂.ŠID-ia lu-uš-ša₂-a | |
| 8' | ha-an-ṭiš lul-lik lul-li-ka | |
| 9' | ul ina KUR-šu₂ ki-i aš₂-ba-ku | |
| 10' | ina {kur}ia-šu-bu ša₂ DUMU-šu₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | ša₂ {1}PAB—le lu ba hu | |
| 12 | šu-u₂ mi-nam-ma | |
| 13 | ina UGU {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] KUR a-du-u₂ {lu₂}GAL—E₂-šu₂ {lu₂}GAL—E₂-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ LUGAL liš-al gab-bu i-di | |
Sources & licences
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