ABL 0295 (P237984)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | ABL 0295 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237984 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | The king's word to the Rašaeans old and young: I am well; you can be glad. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | How can I love by loving Elam? I do not contest my friend or my enemy. I do good to everybody, but they have done evil to me. |
| Obverse [8:13] o 99–o 1313 | In the beginning, in the days of Urtaku, after famine had be[come great] in Elam, they c[ame] to Assyria |
| Reverse [1:10] r 2'2'–r 10'10' | [Wh]y does he, speaking in the mouth of the gods, plead my case wi[th Nabû-bel-šumati], my adversary? [The day] when God opens his ears to m[y word]s, let him come and stay with Tammaritu. If not, I shall do as Aššur and Marduk (and) my gods make me deem best. May nothing make me angry! |
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-mat LUGAL a-na {lu₂}{kur}ra-ša₂-a.a | |
| 2 | {lu₂}AB.BA-MEŠ u ṣeh₂-ru-u₂-ti | |
| 3 | DI-mu ia-a-ši ŠA₃-ba-ku-nu | |
| 4 | lu-u DUG₃.GA-ku-nu-ši mi-nam-ma | |
| 5 | a-na-ku i-na ra-a-mi ša₂ {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 6 | a-ra-am EN—MUN-ia EN—MUN-ia u EN—ṣal-ti-ia EN—ṣal-ti-ia | |
| 7 | ul u₂-ba-qar a-na gab-bi MUN | |
| 8 | e-pu-uš u šu-nu le-mut-ti | |
| 9 | e-tep-šu-u₂-ni re-eš-su ina UD-MEŠ | |
| 10 | ša₂ {1}ur-tag ul-tu bu-bu-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 11 | i-na {kur}NIM.MA{ki} ur-[tab-bi] | |
| 12 | [it-tal]-ku-u-ni a-na KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 13 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] EN ⸢ma⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [šu]-u₂ [mi]-⸢nam⸣-ma it-[ti {1}{d}AG—EN—MU-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | {[lu₂]}EN—di-ni-ia₂ {[lu₂]}EN—di-ni-ia₂ [ina] ⸢pi⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢di⸣-[ni-a] | |
| 4' | i-dab₂-bu-ub [UD]-⸢mu⸣ ša₂ DINGIR PI.2-šu₂ ⸢a-na⸣ a ⸢x na⸣ | |
| 5' | u₂-pet₂-tu-u₂ lil-li-kam₂-ma | |
| 6' | it-ti {1}tam-mar-ID₂ li-iz-ziz | |
| 7' | ia-aʾ-nu-u₂ ki-i ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 8' | u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU DINGIR-MEŠ-e-a | |
| 9' | u₂-šal-u₂-in-ni ep-pu-uš | |
| 10' | mim-ma ŠA₃-ba-ti-ia₂ la i-mal-⸢lu⸣ | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.