ABL 0925 (P238317)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0925 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238317 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | Your servant Amel-Nabû: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [4:16] o 55–o 1616 | Didn't the king say to me as follows: "Go, plant, fill the cellars with harvest, and eat under my protection!" Let the king's messenger come here and see how the land of my father, which the king gave back to me, has been made barren by Mannu-ki-U[rbail]. He has indeed burned my grain, my straw and [my] garlic on [...] and (said to me): "Go en[treat] the king! If the king (indeed) ga[ve you] your land, come and tak[e] your property!" |
| Obverse [16:29] o 1717– | Now, the king gave me my land [with the following words]: "I shall not choose anything (from it)." But now, as I have nothing left, I shall die. There is no barley left for my nourishment and for my seed grain. If I have sinned, I should have died. Why does the king, my lord, let me live, while Mannu-ki-Urbail is up to destroy me? Verily [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] the house on the left [are at his disposal]. |
| Reverse [2:9] r 3'3'–r 9'9' | Even the land of the governor [...], of 300 horses (and) 12 magnificent chariots befitting his social standing [...] are at his disposal. And the land [..., the pe]ople of Haldi-na[ṣir...] and the men of his protégés are also at his disposal. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 10'10'–r 12'12' | He has not been able to grab (any land) in [...], except the land [...] to the fortress (and) to [...]. |
| Reverse [12:17] r 13'13'–r 17'17' | My eyes are fixed on the king's servants. May the king send (word) and [hand ...] the people of my house and [...] my fields over to Šamaš-aha-iddi[na], so they won't bring (my) entire household to a standstill. |
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 | ARAD-ka {1}LU₂—{d}AG a-na di-na-an | |
| 2 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia lul-lik {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 3 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 4 | um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma | |
| 5 | LUGAL iq-ta-ba-a um-ma a-lik | |
| 6 | e-reš e-ṣe-du ka-lak-ka-a-ti | |
| 7 | mu-ul u₃ ina GIŠ.MI-ia a-kul | |
| 8 | {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN ša₂ LUGAL lil-li-kam₂-ma | |
| 9 | li-mur qaq-qar ša₂ AD-ia ša₂ LUGAL [o] | |
| 10 | u₂-tir-ram-ma id-din-⸢an⸣-[ni] | |
| 11 | ak-ka-a.a-i {1}man-nu—ki-i—⸢ur⸣-[ba-il-lim] | |
| 12 | ni-du-tu u₂-ša₂-lik-šu₂ ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x] | |
| 13 | {še}BAR-a IN.NU-a u₃ {u₂}SUM-[a o] | |
| 14 | id-liq um-ma a-lik LUGAL šu-[um-hir₂] | |
| 15 | ki-i LUGAL qaq-qar-ka it-⸢ta⸣-[din] | |
| 16 | al-kam₂-ma mim-mu-ka i-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 17 | en-na LUGAL qaq-qar-a it-ta-[an-na] | |
| 18 | um-ma mim-mu ul a-nam-⸢si⸣-[iq] | |
| 19 | a-du-u₂ ina la mi-ni a-⸢ma⸣-[ti x x] | |
| 20 | a-na a-ka-li-ia u₃ [o] | |
| 21 | a-na {še}NUMUN-ia {še}BAR ia-aʾ-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 22 | ki-i hi-ṭu-u₂-a i-ba-aš₂-šu₂-u₂ [lu-u₂] | |
| 23 | ⸢a⸣-mu-tu am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni LUGAL [o] | |
| 24 | u₂-bal-la-ṭa-ni u₃ [o] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 25 | {1}man]-nu—ki-i—ur-ba-il-⸢lim⸣ | |
| 26 | [id]-⸢du⸣-kan-ni lu-u₂ | |
| 27 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x] E₂—šu-me-li E₂—šu-me-li [ina pa-ni-šu₂] | |
| 3' | u₃ qaq-qar {lu₂}NAM ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | ša₂ 03 me {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ [x x] | |
| 5' | 12 {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ ša₂ si-mat ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | ina pa-ni-šu₂ u₃ qaq-⸢qar⸣ [x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢LU₂⸣-MEŠ ša₂ {1}hal-di—⸢PAB⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | u₃ ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ {lu₂}ki-di-[ne₂-e] | |
| 9' | ina pa-ni-šu-ma ina mu-[x x x] | |
| 10' | ul i-le-e ul iṣ-[bat x x x] | |
| 11' | al-la ša₂ qaq-qar ⸢ta⸣-[x x x] | |
| 12' | a-na {uru}bir-ti a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 13' | a-na {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL IGI.2-[a.a šak-na] | |
| 14' | LUGAL liš-pu-ram-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 15' | UN-MEŠ E₂-ia u₃ [x x] | |
| 16' | A.ŠA₃-MEŠ-ia a-na {1}{d}UTU—ŠEŠ—⸢SUM⸣-[na lid-din] | |
| 17' | kal E₂ la u₂-sa-am-mu-[u₂] | |
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