ABL 1304 (P238350)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1304 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238350 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | You[r servant NN]: I would gladly die for [the vizier], my [lord]! Say to [my lord]: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [N]N [has written] from Bi[t-...]: |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | "[...] ... the army of [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [... Save] yourselves!" |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] Nabû-ušabš[i...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [wen]t [b]efore the king ... [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] which in Lahir[u ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] daily [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...]... I shall have brought [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...]-halam to the lega[te ...] |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | [...] ... [...], and did not this [... sub]due you? Do not trust [him]! |
| Obverse [13:19] o 1414– | During the past [x] years Mušezi[b-Marduk] did not go down to the king of Elam. Now however, as he saw the king of Assyria, he gladly went down to him. His [people] and his towns ...[...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 19b.e. 19–b.e. 19b.e. 19 | Our [people] and [our] towns [...] |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | [...] Lahiru [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}x x x x] a-⸢na di⸣-[na]-⸢an⸣ | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}SUKKAL be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ lul-lik um-ma-a a-na [be-li₂-ia-ma] | |
| 3 | {1}x x x]-u₂-nu ul-tu E₂—[x x il-tap-ra] | |
| 4 | [um-ma x x] e-mu-qu ša₂ {kur}[x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x]-⸢ki⸣ ra-man-ku-nu [x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x] {1}{d}AG—GAL₂-⸢ši⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x i]-⸢na⸣ pa-an LUGAL it-[x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x]-ub ša₂ ina {uru}la-hi-⸢ri⸣ [x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x] UD-mu-us-su [x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x]-ub u₂-šeb-bi-lu [x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x]-ha-lam a-na {lu₂}qi₂-[pi x] | |
| 12 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ bu [x]+⸢x⸣-ma ul a-ga-a [x x] | |
| 13 | [ik-bu]-us-ku-nu-šim-ma la ta-qip-pa [o] | |
| 14 | [x x] MU.AN.NA-MEŠ a-ga-a {1}mu-še-⸢zib⸣—{[d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 15 | [a-na] pa-an LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki} ul u₂-ri-[da] | |
| 16 | [en]-⸢na⸣ aš₂-ša₂ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} i-mu-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 17 | ⸢ki⸣-i ih-mu-u₂ a-na pa-ni-šu₂ it-⸢tar⸣-[da] | |
| 18 | [UN]-MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ URU-MEŠ-šu₂ mar-[x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | [UN]-⸢MEŠ⸣-i-ni u URU-MEŠ-[i-ni x x x] | |
| 20 | [x x x] a ta ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] a [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x] {⸢uru⸣}la-hi-ru [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x] MEŠ [x x x x x x x x] | |
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