ABL 0588 (P237978)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0588 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237978 |
| 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 1'1'–o 4'4' | [The ...] will return 20 [...]. "The troops of the king of Akkad and the king of Elam did not stand up before the king of Assyria." |
| Obverse [4:16] o 5'5'– | And if he goes to Babylon, let my brother not tarry entering and be not negligent but care for the future and enter Babylon quickly. When he has entered Babylon, he will have set foot on the centre of the lands. And after it, he will achieve his objective. |
| Reverse [2:9] r 33–r 99 | All the people of Bit-Dakuri have left the cities and gone into the marshes. Countless barley and dates have been left back. Horses should go and stay (there) because of this. |
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' | {lu₂}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | 20 ⸢u₂-tar-ru⸣ um-ma ⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ LUGAL KUR—⸢URI{ki⸣} | |
| 3' | ⸢u₃⸣ LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{⸢ki⸣} i-na pa-an | |
| 4' | LUGAL KUR—{d}<aš>-šur{ki} ⸢ul⸣ iz-zi-zu | |
| 5' | u₃ ki-i a-na KA₂.⸢DINGIR.RA⸣{ki} | |
| 6' | il-la-ka TU ba-ṭa-lu | |
| 7' | u₃ na-de-e a-⸢hi ŠEŠ⸣-u₂-a | |
| 8' | la i-raš-ši a-na ar₂-ka-a-a | |
| 9' | liš-kun-ma ha-an-ṭiš a-na TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 10' | li-ru-ba ki-i ša₂ a-na | |
| 11' | KA₂.DINGIR.RA{⸢ki⸣} i-ter-ba | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | MURUB₄ ša₂ KUR.KUR ik-ta-ba-as | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ EGIR-šu₂ a-šar pa-ni-šu₂ | |
| 2 | i-šak-ka-nu ṣi-bu-us-su | |
| 3 | i-kaš-šad E₂—{1}da-ku-ru gab-bu | |
| 4 | URU-MEŠ un-da-aš₂-<$ši$>-ru | |
| 5 | u₃ a-na ŠA₃ {gi}AMBAR i-ter-bu | |
| 6 | {še}BAR u₃ ZU₂.LUM.MA | |
| 7 | a-na la mi-ni muš-šur | |
| 8 | {anše}KUR.⸢RA⸣-MEŠ lil-li-ku-ma | |
| 9 | ina UGU-hi <$li$>-iz-zi-zu | |
Sources & licences
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