ABL 0967 (P238353)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0967 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238353 |
| 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 1'1'–o 2'2' | [...] are doing [what] is [not g]ood to the king. |
| Obverse [2:11] o 3'3'–o 11'11' | [Conce]rning the Tabalean at the city wall, may my [lord] settle his case. He stole things and sold them [t]o Babylon. When your servant heard of it, he impaled the Gurumeans who were with him. He, however, ran away and entered Babylon. |
| Obverse [11:18] o 12'12'– | Another time, when Aššur-belu-taqqin was invading the region enclosed by the river, as soon as he heard of it, he went and organised a fight before Aššur-belu-taqqin. As soon as Aššur-belu-taqqin heard of it, he sent a warrant about him, but did not catch him. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | Until the death of Aššur-belu-taqqin, he did not enter the Gurumu (territory). But now, he has destroyed the entire house of your servant. |
| Reverse [9:15] r 1010–r 1515 | Let [my lord] remove whatever people are there, and let the others hear of it and be scared. M[y lord] knows that they are ...; there is a [c]urse in their house. They have 'eaten' me [...]; who [...] could question him? [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [H]e and the men [...] |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818– | [Let] them speak [...], and let them not mix [......]. |
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' | [x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x a⸣-na LUGAL | |
| 2' | [la] ⸢ṭa⸣-a-bi ⸢ip⸣-pu-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [aš₂]-šu₂ {lu₂}ta-bal-a.a ša₂ ina BAD₃ | |
| 4' | [EN]-⸢a⸣ di-ni-šu₂ li-pu-uš | |
| 5' | [ki]-⸢i⸣ iš-⸢ri-qu⸣ a-na KUG.UD | |
| 6' | [a]-⸢na⸣ KA₂.DINGIR it-ta-din | |
| 7' | ARAD-ka ki-i iš-mu-u₂ | |
| 8' | {lu₂}gu-ru-ma-a.a ša₂ it-ti-šu₂ | |
| 9' | a-na {giš}za-qi₂-pa-nu il-tak-nu | |
| 10' | u₃ šu-u₂ ki-i ih-li-qu | |
| 11' | a-na KA₂.DINGIR i-te-<<bu>>-ru-ub | |
| 12' | ša₂-ni-ia-aʾ {1}aš-šur—U—LAL | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na bi-rit ID₂ a-na ta-be₂-e-šu₂ | |
| 2 | šu-u₂ ki-i ša₂ <iš>-mu-u₂ a-lik-ma | |
| 3 | ina pa-na-at {1}aš-šur—U—LAL ul-ta-an-hi-iṣ | |
| 4 | {1}aš-šur—U—LAL ki-i ša₂ iš-mu-u₂ | |
| 5 | man-di-is-su ki-i iš-pu-ra | |
| 6 | ul ik-šu₂-us-su a-di-i E₂ | |
| 7 | {1}aš-šur—U—LAL i-mu-tu a-na {lu₂}gu-ru-ma | |
| 8 | ⸢ul⸣ i-ru-ba u₃ en-na | |
| 9 | ⸢ka⸣-la-a E₂ ARAD-i-ka ih-te-pe-e-ma | |
| 10 | [x] ma-la-a ZI-MEŠ li-šim-ma | |
| 11 | ⸢šit⸣-tu-tu liš-mu-u₂ li-ig-ru-ru | |
| 12 | [EN]-⸢a⸣ i-di ki-i x [x] KIN šu₂-nu | |
| 13 | [i]-zi-ir-ti ina E₂-šu₂-nu šak-na-tu | |
| 14 | [x]+⸢x⸣ i-tak-lu-ni man-nu [x] [x x] | |
| 15 | [x] liš-ʾa-al-šu₂ [x] la [x x x] | |
| 16 | [šu]-u₂ u₃ ERIM-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x]-tu-u₂-ni ša₂ it-[x x x] | |
| 18 | ⸢lid⸣-bu-bu-ma [x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | la i-bal-la-lu [x x x x] | |
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