ABL 0326 (P238016)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0326 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238016 |
| 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 the king of the lands, my lord: your servant, Aplaya. I pray every day to Uraš and Belet-ekalli for the long life, happiness, and goo[d] he[al]th of the strong king of the universe, my lord. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | The sons of Bel-iddin, the sons of an enemy and troublemaker, whom I arrested on the road to Babylon and sent [t]o the king, my lord, and who told the king, my lord: "We are deserters" — their misdeeds towards the king, my lord, are extremely many. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | Šulâ, the commandant of Dilbat whom Šamaš-šumu-ukin appointed, [i]s their sister's [s]on. All the Dilbatians who are deserting and [...], are [...]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [......] behin[d them] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | [......] their [s]ons [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | I am a [f]riend. When Šamaš-šumu-ukin set out for Kar-Nergal against the camp of the king, my lord, at that time I was in the king's camp. |
| Reverse [2:10] r 3'3'–r 10'10' | When Zababa-eriba set out with Šamaš-šumu-ukin, he killed Remanni-ilu, the recruitment officer, and took his clothes. And after he had departed and deserted from Babylon, he kept saying in the camp: "The headgear which is on my head is that of Remanni-ilu, the recruitment officer." The headgear which was on his head and which was taken to the king, my lord, is (indeed) that of Remanni-ilu, the recruitment officer. These men are not friends; they are enemies. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 11'11'– | If in these words I have written anything incorrect to the kin[g, m]y [lo]rd, may I die for it. |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1313–r.e. 1313 | The king should write to his servants that they should cut off the road between Babylon and Borsippa. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR EN-ia ARAD-ka {1}DUMU.UŠ-a UD-mu-us-su | |
| 2 | {d}IB u₃ {d}NIN—E₂.GAL a-na TIN ZI-MEŠ GID₂.DA UD-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ṭu-⸢ub⸣ ŠA₃-bi u₃ ṭu-⸢ub UZU⸣ ša₂ LUGAL kiš-šat dan-nu EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | ⸢u₂-ṣal⸣-la DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {1}{d}EN—⸢SUM⸣-na DUMU-MEŠ EN—da-ba-ba EN—da-ba-ba | |
| 5 | ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ mu-šam-hi-ṣu ša₂ ⸢ul⸣-tu KASKAL.2 TIN.TIR{ki} u₂-ṣab-bi-tu-ma | |
| 6 | [a]-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ ⸢aš₂⸣-pu-ru ⸢u₃⸣ a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ iq-bu-u₂ | |
| 7 | ⸢um⸣-ma ma-aq-tu-tu a-ni-ni ma-aʾ-diš lu-mun-šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | ⸢ina⸣ pa-an LUGAL EN-ia ma-a-da {1}šu-la-a {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ | |
| 9 | ⸢ša₂⸣ dil-bat{ki} ša₂ {d}GIŠ.⸢NU₁₁—MU—GI⸣.NA ip-qi₂-⸢du DUMU⸣—NIN-šu₂-nu DUMU⸣—NIN-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | ⸢šu⸣-u₂ {lu₂}dil-bat{⸢ki⸣}MEŠ-u ma-⸢la⸣ i-ma-aq-qut-nim-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢x x x x x x x x šu-u₂⸣-nu ina ku-tal-⸢li⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ab-[x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢EN—MUN⸣-HI.A ⸢EN—MUN⸣-HI.A ⸢a-na-ku ul-tu {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA a-na⸣ | |
| 2' | {uru}kar—{d}U.GUR a-na UGU ma-dak-tu₂ ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia u₂-ṣa-a | |
| 3' | a-na-ku ina UD-me-šu₂ ina ⸢ma⸣-dak-tu₂ ša₂ LUGAL {1}{d}za-ba₄-ba₄—eri-ba it-ti | |
| 4' | {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA ki-i u₂-ṣa-a {1}re-man-ni—DINGIR {lu₂}mu-šar-ki-su | |
| 5' | id-duk u₃ TUG₂-HI.A-MEŠ-šu₂ it-ta-šu₂ u₃ ul-tu | |
| 6' | it-ba-am-ma ul-tu TIN.TIR{ki} in-qu-tu | |
| 7' | ina ma-dak-tu₂ i-qab-bu um-ma {tug₂}U.SAG ša₂ i-na SAG.DU-ia₂ | |
| 8' | ša₂-ak-nu ša₂ {1}re-man-ni—DINGIR {lu₂}mu-šar-ki-su šu-u₂ {tug₂}U.SAG | |
| 9' | ša₂ ina SAG.DU-šu₂ šak-nu-ma a-na pa-an LUGAL EN-ia il-li-ku ša₂ {1}re-man-ni—DINGIR | |
| 10' | {lu₂}mu-šar-ki-su šu-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ a-gan-nu-tu ul EN-MEŠ—MUN EN-MEŠ—MUN | |
| 11' | šu-u₂-nu EN-MEŠ—da-ba-ba EN-MEŠ—da-ba-ba šu-u₂-nu ki-i i-na dib-bi | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | an-nu-tu šal-mu la šal-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL EN-ia⸣ aš₂-pu-ru | |
| 13 | a-na UGU-hi lu-mut LUGAL a-na ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ liš-pu-ram-ma | |
| 14 | KASKAL.2 ina bi-rit TIN.TIR{ki} ⸢u⸣ BAR₂.SIPA{ki} lip-ru-su | |
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