ABL 0854 (P237989)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0854 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237989 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Tablet of Aqar-[Bel-lumur] to Bel-ibn[i, his lord]. Good health to [my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | Now, ho[w can I do the] account[ing] which [my lord] commanded? |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | Now then [...] very good [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | is placed [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | I shall recei[ve...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | and [my] lord [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | the entire audience gift [...]. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'–r 8'8' | [After] you came and Ri[mutu] took 10.5 talents of his silver, they are alienating town after town. And he himself [is] very [...]. |
| Reverse [8:14] r 9'9'– | I am in the land of the enemy. Even the sole [king's servant], Šulâ the haruspex, says, tearing at his beard: "Why does the king gird his loins? He has never shown respect to him!" [...] |
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 | ṭup-pi {1}a-qar—[d.EN—lu-mur] | |
| 2 | a-na {1}EN—ib-⸢ni⸣ [be-li₂-šu₂] | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ DI-mu a-na [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | a-du-u₂ NIG₂.ŠID ša₂ [be-li₂-a] | |
| 5 | iq-ba-a ak-⸢ka⸣-[a-ʾi-i lu-pu-uš] | |
| 6 | en-na a-du-[u₂ x x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢bab⸣-ba-ni-ta [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ra-mat [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-mah-[har x x x x x] | |
| 3' | u be-li₂-[a x x x x] | |
| 4' | ka-la ta-⸢mar⸣-[ti x x x] | |
| 5' | tal-lik-ma {1}<<x>>-⸢ri⸣-[mu-tu] | |
| 6' | 10 MAŠ GU₂.UN KUG.UD-šu₂ iš-⸢šu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 7' | URU ana URU u₂-še-en-[nu-u₂] | |
| 8' | u šu₂-u₂ ma-aʾ-diš a-na ⸢hi⸣-[x x] | |
| 9' | a-na-ku ina KUR—{lu₂}KUR₂ KUR—{lu₂}KUR₂ u 01-en [ARAD ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 10' | {1}šu-la-a {lu₂}HAL i-qab-⸢bi⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | u ziq-ni-šu₂ i-ba-qa-⸢an⸣ [um-ma] | |
| 12 | am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni LUGAL qab-li-[šu₂] | |
| 13 | i-rak-ka-si la—pa-ni-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 14 | la ip-lah₃ i-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
Sources & licences
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