ABL 1439 (P237982)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1439 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237982 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | A tablet of Bel-aha-iddin to Iddin-ahi, his father. Good health to my father! May Šamaš ordain for you a life of distant days. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | I have sent you three or four letters, but have s[e]en n[o] answer. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88–o 1111 | If the enemy [...] from me |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | I am writing to m[y] father out of concern. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | Bel-aha-iddin inquires after the health of his sister, Šarrâ. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 7'7'– | Bel-aha-iddin inquires after the health of his brothers, Bel-bulliṭ, Nabû-na'id, and Nergal-eṭir. |
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 | IM {1}{d}EN—ŠEŠ—⸢MU⸣ | |
| 2 | a-na {1}SUM-na—ŠEŠ AD-šu₂ | |
| 3 | lu-u šu-lum a-na AD-ia | |
| 4 | {d}UTU TIN-ka a-na UD-mu | |
| 5 | ⸢ṣa⸣-a-ti liq-bi 03 04-ta | |
| 6 | šip-re-e-ti ki-i | |
| 7 | ⸢aš₂-pu⸣-rak-ka <$ga$>-ba-ru-u₂ | |
| 8 | ⸢ul a-mur⸣ ki-i {lu₂}na-ka-ri | |
| 9 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ la—pa-ni-ia | |
| 10 | [x x] ⸢x x x x x⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [o] | |
| 2' | a-⸢ši⸣-[x x]+⸢x x x x x x⸣ | |
| 3' | ki-i na-⸢qut⸣-ti ⸢a-na⸣ AD-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4' | al-tap-ra {1}{d}⸢EN—ŠEŠ⸣—MU | |
| 5' | šu-lum ša₂ {mi₂}šar-ra-a | |
| 6' | NIN-šu₂ i-ša₂-ʾa-al | |
| 7' | {1}{d}EN—ŠEŠ—MU šu-lum | |
| 8' | ša₂ {1}{d}EN—TIN-iṭ {1}{d}AG—I | |
| 9' | u {1}{d}U.GUR—ŠUR ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 10 | ⸢i⸣-ša₂-ʾa-al | |
Sources & licences
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