ABL 0961 (P238091)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0961 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238091 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [A tablet of the elders of Elam to] Assurbanipa[l, king of Assyria, ou]r [lord]. Good health t[o you]! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | [The in]habitants of this part of the country have not been secure unti[l now], and the Pers[ians who] have kept making raids in Hidalu and i]n Yahdik, have [plun]dered their sheep. |
| Obverse [7:19] o 88– | Let Marduk-šarru-uṣur [come] and speak to you; let him quickly [sen]d Tammaritu and Kudurru with troops, and let them bring Tammaritu [to] Hidalu and [Kudu]rru to Yahdik. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | [If] you do not quickly send them, the Persians will not be put in order. Send them quickly, and Elam and Assyria will be yours. |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | [We are herewith sen]ding you, by the hand of Marduk-šarru-uṣur, Bel-eṭir the Babylonian and the sons of the šandabakku. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] with the favours |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | [...] Now th[en ......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [...] in the house [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [IM {lu₂}AB.BA-MEŠ ša₂ {kur}NIM.MA{ki]} | |
| 2 | [a-na {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.[UŠ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur] | |
| 3 | [EN]-⸢ni⸣ lu-u₂ šu-lum a-[na ka-a-ša₂] | |
| 4 | [UN]-MEŠ KUR ša₂ a-kan-na a-di ⸢UGU⸣ [en-na] | |
| 5 | ⸢ul⸣ it-qu-nu u₃ {lu₂}par-⸢šu⸣-[maš] | |
| 6 | [ša₂] ina {uru}hi-da-lu | |
| 7 | [u₃ i]-⸢na⸣ {uru}ia-ah-di-ik | |
| 8 | [it-te]-ne₂-eb-bu-u₂ U₈.UDU-HI.A-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | [i-hab]-ba-tu {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—LUGAL—ŠEŠ | |
| 10 | [lil-li]-ka-ma liq-bak-ka | |
| 11 | {1}ta]-am-ma-ri-ti {1}NIG₂.GUB | |
| 12 | [it-ti] {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ ha-an-ṭiš | |
| 13 | [liš]-⸢pur⸣-am-ma {1}ta-am-ri-ti | |
| 14 | [a-na] {uru}hi-da-lu | |
| 15 | {1}NIG₂].⸢GUB⸣ a-na {uru}ia-ah-di-ik | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | 0 liš-šu-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] lu-ša₂-aš₂-ki-nu | |
| 2 | [ki-i] ha-an-ṭiš la tal-ta-par-aš₂-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 3 | {lu₂}par-šu-maš ul i-ta-qu-nu | |
| 4 | ha-an-ṭiš šup-raš-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 5 | {kur}NIM.MA{ki} u₃ KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 6 | at-tu-ka {1}{d}EN—KAR-ir | |
| 7 | DUMU TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 8 | u₃ DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {lu₂}GU₂.EN.NA | |
| 9 | i-na ŠU.2 {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—LUGAL—ŠEŠ | |
| 10 | [ni-il]-⸢tap⸣-rak-ka | |
| 11 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ TA MUN-HI.A | |
| 12 | [x x x x] en-na a-[du-u₂ x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x] ⸢i-na⸣ E₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
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