ABL 0500 (P238025)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0500 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238025 |
| 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/saa10 · 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 c]rown prince, my lord: your servant Rašil. May Nabû [and Marduk] bless the crown prince, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | Why is Aššur-na[tkil], the cohort commander of Adin, on his own hook dissolving a contract that the king, [my lord], has made? |
| Obverse [7:18] o 88– | Two horses (and) tenant farmers cultivated my field; I sent two of my apprentices there, but Aššur-natkil arrested them and threw them into prison. He has destroyed the barley [...], and they have put my [apprentices] too in [...]. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77– | [...] a favour for me. If [it is acceptable] to [the king], these [......]. |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1010–r.e. 1010 | There is [...] |
| Right [2:4] r.e. 1111– | all [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | From Rašil, son of Nur[zanu]. |
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] ⸢DUMU⸣—LUGAL ⸢DUMU⸣—LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR {d}AG [u {d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 3 | a-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 4 | am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni ri-ik-su ša₂ LUGAL [be-li₂-a] | |
| 5 | ir-ku-su {1}{d}aš-šur—na-⸢at⸣-[ki-li] | |
| 6 | {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir ša₂ {uru}a-di-⸢in⸣ | |
| 7 | i-na ram-ni-[šu] i-paṭ-ṭar | |
| 8 | 02 {anše}KUR.RA {lu₂}er-re-še-e | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9 | i-na ŠA₃-bi A.ŠA₃-ia | |
| 10 | i-te-er-šu 02 {lu₂}TUR-ME-ia₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na ŠA₃-bi al-ta-par | |
| 2 | {1}{d}aš-šur—na-at-ki-li | |
| 3 | ki-i u₂-ṣab-bi-tu | |
| 4 | i-na ki-li it-ta-suk | |
| 5 | {še}BAR ⸢x⸣-ba uh-tal-liq | |
| 6 | u₃ {⸢lu₂⸣}TUR-ME-ia-a-ma ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 7 | [x x] ⸢il⸣-tak-nu ṭa-ab-te | |
| 8 | [x x x] ki-i ina pa-ni [LUGAL] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | [mah-ru] ⸢an⸣-nu-⸢ti⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x] ⸢i⸣-ba-ši [x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ma-na gab-[bi x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR | |
| 2 | DUMU {1}nu-ur-⸢za⸣-[nu] | |
Sources & licences
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