ABL 0912 (P238010)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0912 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238010 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To Aqarâ, his lord: your servant, Šuzubu. May Nabû and Marduk bless my lord. |
| Obverse [3:19] o 44– | Doesn't my lord know that I am entering a ruined and abandoned house? When Tabnea, my brother, took six hundred (homers of) barley belonging to our paternal estate, he brought all good feeling between him and his brothers to an end. He received fields from it, but I have received nothing from it. And my lord knows that I cannot beg, and there is nobody to take my hand. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | Now, insofar as my lord sees fit, let my lord assign me to the commandant. I should not make a binding agreement away from my lord. |
| Reverse [7:17] r 88– | Aplaya, the son of Bel-bulliṭ, a member of the Abunaya family, has filled up (i.e., impregnated?) ..., a young girl of yours. He brought her into the camp as an adult [wo]man, but witne[s]ses convicted him, and they have gone back. And now he has entered under Bel-le'i. Let my lord judge him as he finds best. |
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-na {1}a-qar-a be-li₂-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}šu-zu-bu | |
| 3 | {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | lik-ru-bu be-li₂ ul i-⸢du⸣-u₂ | |
| 5 | ki-i a-na UGU-hi E₂ he-pu-u₂ | |
| 6 | u na-du-u₂ er-ru-bu | |
| 7 | 06-me {še}BAR ša₂ E₂—AD-ni E₂—AD-ni {1}tab-ne₂-e-a ŠEŠ-u₂-a | |
| 8 | ki-i iš-šu-u₂ gim-ri | |
| 9 | ŠA₃-bi a-na UGU-hi-šu₂ u a-na UGU-hi | |
| 10 | ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ ig-da-mar | |
| 11 | A.ŠA₃-MEŠ ina ŠA₃-bi im-ta-har | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | u mim-ma ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 13 | ul mah-rak | |
| 14 | u be-li₂ i-di | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-i ke-en-ṣu | |
| 2 | <$la$> ma-ṣa-a-ka | |
| 3 | u ṣa-bit ŠU.2-ia₂ ia-a-nu | |
| 4 | en-na a-ki ša₂ be-li₂ | |
| 5 | i-le-ʾu a-na {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ | |
| 6 | be-li₂ lip-qid-an-ni | |
| 7 | la ŠA₃-bi be-li₂-ia₂ la ⸢aʾ⸣-il | |
| 8 | {1}A-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}{d}EN—<$bul-liṭ$> | |
| 9 | DUMU {1}AD-na-a.<$a MI₂$> ina E₂ <$NUN$> | |
| 10 | ṣa-har-ta-ka un-da-al-la | |
| 11 | ina ma-dak-ti ki-i GAL-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 12 | i-ta-bak u {lu₂}mu-⸢kin-ne₂-e⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | uk-tin-nu-uš u | |
| 14 | it-tur-ru | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | u en-na a-na šu-pal {1}{d}EN—⸢DA⸣ i-te-ru-ub | |
| 2 | a-ki-i ša₂ be-li₂ i-le-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣ be-li₂ li-din-nu-⸢uš⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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