ABL 0906 (P237986)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0906 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237986 |
| 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 [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | Tablet of the sheikhs of Tubliaš, all the noblemen old and young, Bel-epuš, Nabû-zera-ušabši, Nabû-šuma-ereš, Il-ya[tanu], Adgi-hi'il, Mar-[...], Naqqia, A[...], Kudurru, Bel-l[išir] (and) Iddin-aha to [NN], the chief tailor |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | I have appointed [...]. |
| Reverse [1:13] r 2'2'– | The army should quickly get there! There is talk that people are rising up in great numbers. Persuade the magnates and come in five days' time! You must not loose the land! Come quickly! Come! |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | May the family of Zaba[n] by your name [...]. |
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 {lu₂}na-si-ka-a-ti | |
| 2 | ša₂ {id₂}tu-bu-li-ʾa-aš₂ | |
| 3 | u₃ DUMU-MEŠ—DU₃-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ—DU₃-MEŠ | |
| 4 | ši-bu-tu u ṣe-he-ru-tu | |
| 5 | {1}{d}EN—DU₃-uš {1}{d}AG—NUMUN—GAL₂-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 6 | {1}{d}AG—MU—KAM₂ {1}DINGIR—ia-[ta-nu] | |
| 7 | {1}ad-gi—hi-il₃ {1}⸢DUMU⸣—[x x] | |
| 8 | {1}naq-qi₂-ia₂ {1}{d}a-[x x x] | |
| 9 | {1}NIG₂.GUB {1}{d}EN—⸢SI⸣.[SA₂] | |
| 10 | {1}SUM-na—ŠEŠ a-na {1}x x x] | |
| 11 | {[lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣—KA.KEŠ₂ {[lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣—KA.KEŠ₂ [x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ap⸣-ta-qid [x x x] | |
| 2' | e-mu-qu-ma | |
| 3' | qe₂-reb ha-an-ṭiš | |
| 4' | lik-šu-du dib-bi [um-ma] | |
| 5' | ma-aʾ-diš it-te-bu-uʾ | |
| 6' | {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ šuk-pid₂-ma | |
| 7' | UD 05-KAM₂ kul-da-ni | |
| 8' | ma-a-ti la—ŠU-⸢ku-nu⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | la te-el-li | |
| 10 | ha-an-ṭiš kul-da-nu | |
| 11 | kul-da-nu | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}qin-nu ša₂ {1}za-⸢ban⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | a-na šu₂-me-ka ⸢li⸣-[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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