ABL 0587 (P237977)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0587 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237977 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | [As it is said] in a popular pr[overb], "For this day the mother raised (him), and the daughters, too." |
| Obverse [7:19] o 8'8'– | Earlier on you (m.) used to say: "I know that you (f.) are alive." But now, the king, my lord, is merciful. He has brought me to you: you have seen me, you know (for sure) that I am alive! Why (then) to eat bread that is not one's own? |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | Still I recognise that I have become a stranger: I gave you up. What do you eat for your (pl.) health? Let me eat one 'litre' of bread with y[ou]! |
| Reverse [10:14] r 1111–r 1414 | Observe that the king, my lord, i[s] merciful. In old age [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...] to [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | May I see your messenger! |
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' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ih-[x x] um ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢i-na⸣ ti-[il-ti] | |
| 4' | ša pi-i UN-MEŠ [ša₂-kin um-ma] | |
| 5' | a-na UD-me an-ni-e | |
| 6' | um-mu tu-ra-bi-ma | |
| 7' | ma-ra-ti-ma | |
| 8' | i-na pa-na-a-ti | |
| 9' | ta-qab-bi um-ma | |
| 10' | <$ana-ku$> i-di | |
| 11' | ki-i bal-ṭa-a-ti | |
| 12' | u₃ en-na LUGAL be-li₂-a | |
| 13' | re-⸢ma⸣-nu-u₂ šu-u | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina pa-ni-ka ul-te-ṣa-an-ni | |
| 2 | at-ta ta-tam-ra-an-ni | |
| 3 | ti-i-di ki-i | |
| 4 | bal-ṭa-ku mi-na-a | |
| 5 | NINDA-MEŠ e-ka-lu la EN-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 6 | u₃ a-na-ku u₂-man-di | |
| 7 | ki-i an-na-ak-ru | |
| 8 | at-ta-nak-ka | |
| 9 | mi-na-a ina DI-me-ku-nu | |
| 10 | ta-ka-la it-ti-⸢ku⸣-[nu] | |
| 11 | 01 qa NINDA-MEŠ lu-kul a-mur | |
| 12 | ša LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 13 | re-ma-nu-u₂ ⸢šu⸣-[u] | |
| 14 | ina ši-bu-ti [x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x] a-na [x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}A—KIN-ka {lu₂}A—KIN-ka lu-mur | |
Sources & licences
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