ABL 0589 (P237979)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0589 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237979 |
| 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 [1:8] o 2'2'–o 8'8' | [...] them. But w[e are ...s] whom Zer-kitti-lišir has captured becaus[e of ...]. And they are destroying [our houses], saying: "W[hy] did you send a letter to Nikkal-i[ddin]? Now Nikka[l-iddin] is plotting every day to mu[rder us]." |
| Obverse [8:15] o 9'9'– | Now then [our] messenger, to whom we gave the letter, sayi[ng]: "Take it and give it to Nikkal-i[ddin], saying, 'Fear not! Esarhaddon is firmly seated on the throne,'" diverted the letter, and it was given t[o] Zer-kitti-lišir. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [.....] the office of city overseer of Uruk. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Now he is with Ni[kkal-iddin]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | The king should identify his enemy [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | The man from Uruk [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Nikkal-iddin [...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | they are mutable [...] |
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] ⸢su x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]-⸢šu₂-nu⸣-tu u₃ a-ni-[ni x x] | |
| 3' | ša₂ {1}NUMUN—kit-ti—SI.SA₂ a-na ⸢UGU⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | u₂-ṣab-bi-ta-an-na-šu₂ u₃ [E₂-MEŠ-ni] | |
| 5' | u₂-ha-ap-pu-u₂ um-ma mi-[nam-ma] | |
| 6' | ši-pir-ti a-na {1}{d}NIN.GAL—⸢SUM⸣-[na] | |
| 7' | taš-pu-ra en-na {1}{d}NIN.⸢GAL⸣—[SUM-na] | |
| 8' | UD-mu-us-su a-na UGU-hi da-a-[ki-ni] | |
| 9' | i-dab-bu-ub a-du-u₂ {lu₂}A—KIN-[a-ni] {lu₂}A—KIN-[a-ni] | |
| 10' | ša₂ ši-pir-ti nid-da-aš₂-šu₂ um-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 11' | le-qe₂-e-ma a-na {1}{d}NIN.GAL—⸢SUM⸣-[na] | |
| 12' | i-din um-ma la ta-pal-lah₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na ina {giš}GU.ZA it-ta-⸢na⸣-[šab] | |
| 2 | ši-pir-ti u₂-šal-ma-am-ma a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 3 | {1}NUMUN—kit-ti—SI.SA₂ id-di-nu [x x x] | |
| 4 | ša₂—UGU—URU-u₂-tu ša₂ UNUG{ki} ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5 | a-du-u₂ it-ti {1}{d}⸢NIN⸣.[GAL—SUM-na] | |
| 6 | šu-u₂ LUGAL ze-ʾi-ir-šu₂ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | lu-mas-si {lu₂}UNUG{ki}a.[a x x x] | |
| 8 | {1}{d}NIN.GAL—SUM-na [x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | šu₂-nu mu-ša₂-an-ni-ia-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x⸣ bu [x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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