ABL 0863 (P238001)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0863 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238001 |
| 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 | To the ki[ng of the lands, my lord]: yo[ur] servant, [Illil]-ba[ni]. May Enlil, [Ninurta, and] Nu[sku] bles[s] the king of the land[s, m]y [lord]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | The report on Elam which I sent t[o the king, my lord, is] reliabl[e] information. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | Tammaritu, [king of Elam], who withdrew from the land of Ar[aši ...] when it revolted [against him] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | of Ša-N[abû-šû ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [they] have reac[hed ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | have looked for [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | power (and) domin[ion ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | to the king, m[y] lord, [...] |
| Reverse [4:11] r 5'5'–r 11'11' | Handiya of [...], the prefect who wen[t down] with [NN] to the Sealand, was held back [there and (later) deported] to Ela[m, has] now [come back] from Elam and [given me] the news of the land of Ha[...]. Now then I am sending h[im] to the king, [my] lo[rd]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}{d}EN.LIL₂]—ba-[ni] | |
| 3 | {d}EN.LIL₂ {[d}NIN.URTA u] {d}PA.[TUG₂] | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL KUR.⸢KUR⸣ [be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ lik-⸢ru⸣-[bu] | |
| 5 | ṭe₃-e-mu ša₂ {⸢kur}NIM.MA⸣{ki} ša₂ a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 6 | aš₂-pu-ra a-mat ka-a.a-ma-⸢ni-ti⸣ [ši-i] | |
| 7 | {1}tam-ma-ri-i-⸢ti⸣ [LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki]} | |
| 8 | ša₂ ul-tu {kur}⸢a-ra⸣-[ši x x x x] | |
| 9 | ih-hi-su a-ki ⸢ša₂⸣ [ina UGU-hi-šu₂] | |
| 10 | tab-bal-ki-⸢tu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ša₂ {1}ša₂—{d}⸢PA⸣—[šu-u₂ x x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢tu⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ik-⸢tal⸣-[du x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ub-te-ʾu-u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | da-na-nu EN-⸢u₂⸣-[tu x x x x x] | |
| 4' | a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {1}ha-an-di-ia ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}šak-nu ša₂ it-ti {1}[x x x x] | |
| 7' | a-na KUR—tam-tim{ki} u₂-⸢ri⸣-[du ša₂ a-kan-na] | |
| 8' | ka-lu-u₂ a-na {kur}NIM.[MA{ki} ab-ku] | |
| 9' | en-na ul-tu {kur}NIM.MA{[ki} it-te-hi-is] | |
| 10' | u ṭe₃-e-mu ša₂ {kur}ha-[x x iq-ta-ba-a] | |
| 11' | a-du-u₂ a-na pa-ni LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 12' | al-tap-raš-[šu₂ o] | |
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