ABL 0958 (P238077)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0958 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238077 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, [our] lord: [your servants, the men of Na'id-Marduk], who [......] from Tilmu[n]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Na'id-Marduk [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | and to destroy [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | did not send to u[s ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | and his troops [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | they withheld [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | to Qanâ [......] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | saying: "Give m[e] troops!" [They refus]ed |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | to giv[e them ......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | he became angry [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [h]e [too]k away our lord's possessions |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | (and) handed them o[ver to ......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [... h]e became angry [... h]e [se]nt back |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [......] them |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [...] If [... d]well [...] and do not ..., [...] they will die. |
| Reverse [2:11] r 3'3'–r 11'11' | When we heard that the king was angry with our lord, we became afraid, saying: "Our lord has committed no crime in the king's eyes," inasmuch as he prays every morning and evening to Šamaš and Bel for the life of the king, his lord; his heart is completely devoted to the king, his lord; they are lying about the king, his lord; and they ... his house because he grasps the feet of the king, his lord. |
| Reverse [11:18] r 12'12'–r 18'18' | Your father, who was more attentive and circumspe[ct] than all (other) kings, used to speak like this: "I want for nothing in the land of Akkad and all the lands." Whether or not Na'id-Marduk was in [his] mind, the king should not now say: "Na'id-Marduk is (just) one man." He is a hundred thousand troops. |
| Reverse [18:24] r 19'19'– | May we, his troops, not slip from the hands of the k[ing], our lord, and may we not look for another lord! May the king, [our] l[ord], write to us, and [may] the king, ou[r] lord, [...] t[o Na'id-Marduk], our lord. |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 2424–r.e. 2424 | [May] Šamaš and Marduk [bless the king], our lord! |
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 LUGAL be-li₂-[i-ni ARAD-MEŠ-ka x x x x] | |
| 2 | ša₂ ul-tu NI.TUK{[ki} x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {1}na-id—{d}AMAR.UTU [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | u₃ a-na ha-pe-⸢e⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ul iš-pur-an-na-⸢ši⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | u₃ ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ik-lu-u₂ ⸢qu⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | a-na {1}qa-na-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | um-ma ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 10 | i-bi-na-an-⸢ni⸣ [x x x ul i-man-gu]-ru | |
| 11 | ul i-nam-⸢di⸣-[nu x x x x x x x]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 12 | is-bu-us-su ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-niš | |
| 13 | NIG₂.ŠID-MEŠ ša₂ be-li₂-i-⸢ni⸣ [it]-⸢ta⸣-ša₂-a | |
| 14 | ⸢i-na⸣ ŠU.2 it-tan-[na x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ | |
| 15 | [x] ⸢is⸣-bu-us-⸢su x⸣+[x x x u₂]-⸢šah⸣-hi-sa | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x-šu₂⸣-nu-tu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-i {lu₂}[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢uš⸣-ša₂-bu u₃ la i-⸢x⸣-ga | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-nu i-mut-tu ki-i | |
| 4' | ni-⸢iš-mu-u₂⸣ ŠA₃-bi ša₂ LUGAL a-na UGU | |
| 5' | be-li₂-i-ni še-eh-ṭu ni-ip-ta-lah₃ um-ma | |
| 6' | hi-ṭu ša₂ be-li₂-i-ni i-na pa-an LUGAL ia-a-nu | |
| 7' | i-na ŠA₃-bi ša₂ še-e-ru u₃ ka-ṣu UD-mu | |
| 8' | {d}UTU u {d}EN a-na TIN ZI-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ | |
| 9' | u₂-ṣal-lu-u₂ u₃ ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ it-ti LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ | |
| 10' | qa-tu-u₂ a-na UGU LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ sa-lu-u₂ | |
| 11' | u₃ E₂-su ⸢he-pi⸣-u₂ i-na ŠA₃-bi ša₂ še-pet | |
| 12' | LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ ṣab-tu u₃ AD-ka ša₂ a-na la | |
| 13' | LUGAL-MEŠ gab-bi pa-tu-u₂ u₃ pu-ut-qu-⸢du⸣ | |
| 14' | lib-bu-u₂ a-ga-a i-qab-bi um-ma i-na | |
| 15' | KUR—URI{ki} u₃ KUR.KUR gab-bi ṣi-bu-ta-[a] | |
| 16' | ia-aʾ-nu ki-i la ki-i i-na ŠA₃-bi-[šu₂] | |
| 17' | {1}na-id—{d}AMAR.UTU en-na LUGAL la i-qab-bi ⸢um⸣-[ma] | |
| 18' | {1}na-id—{d}AMAR.UTU 01.en šu₂-u₂ 01-me 01-lim | |
| 19' | ERIM-MEŠ šu₂-u₂ a-ni-ni ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ la—ŠU.2 ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 20' | be-li₂-i-ni la ni-i-lu u₃ be-[lu] | |
| 21' | <$x$> MAN-ma la nu-ba-ʾa LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-a-ni] | |
| 22' | liš-pur-ra-an-na-ši-ma a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 23 | be-li₂-i-ni LUGAL be-li₂-a-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 24 | {d}UTU u {d}AMAR.UTU a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL o] | |
| 25 | be-li₂-i-ni [lik-ru-bu o] | |
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