ABL 1020 (P238355)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238355 |
| 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 | [To the] treasurer, my lord: [your servant] Ahi-nuri. Good health [to the] treasurer, my lord! |
| Obverse [2:8] o 33–o 88 | [The] treasurer, my lord, [is] well, but I am not well. Without the king [there is no] we[ll-being], and I have not writ[ten] about the affairs of the city [...] to the king, nor [to the treasur]er, my lord. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | [I have] no[t come] to the presence of the king, but I shall not quit the king['s work, I have] not [...ed the ... which] they placed before the king, [my] lord. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | The king said: "[.....] |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | [...]aya, Nabû-[..., ...]-ummu, Bani-[..., NN] — and these men are plotting [on] behalf of the son of Yaki[n], their [l]ord, in order to kill [me]. |
| Reverse [6:14] r 7'7'–r 14'14' | Now then I am wr[iting] to the treasurer, my lord: may my lord report it to the king, and may he send (word) to Il-yada' so he will exterminate them all. And may my lord report (to me) that I [can co]me and see the eyes of the king, [my lord]. |
| Reverse [14:22] r 15'15'– | [Thes]e men [are con]stantly writing to the other side (of the river): "[...] Ahi-nuri which he gave and settled on [..., ...] like our hearts." |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | My [guar]d is strong, [I am] not [negligent]. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [x] cities have gathered against them; [al]l of them will die. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na {lu₂]}maš-en-na be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}ŠEŠ—ZALAG₂ lu-u₂ šul-mu | |
| 3 | [a-na {lu₂]}maš-en-ni be-li₂-ia₂ šul-mu | |
| 4 | [a-na {lu₂]}maš-en-ni be-li₂-ia₂ ia-a-ši | |
| 5 | ul šul-mu ša₂ la LUGAL šu-[x x]-šu₂ | |
| 6 | u₃ a-na UGU ša₂ {uru}[x x]{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 7 | a-na LUGAL ul aš₂-pu-[ra a-na {lu₂}maš-en]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 8 | be-li₂-ia₂ ul aš₂-pu-[ra x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 9 | a-na pa-an LUGAL ⸢ul⸣ [al-li-ka dul-lu] | |
| 10 | LUGAL ul u₂-qat-[ta x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 11 | ina pa-an LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia₂ x x x x] | |
| 12 | iš-ku-nu ul [x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | LUGAL iq-bi um-[ma x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | KUR [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-a.a {1}{d}AG—[x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-um-mu {1}ba-ni-[x] | |
| 4' | [x x] u ERIM-MEŠ a-gan-nu-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 5' | [ina] UGU DUMU—{1}ia-a-⸢gi⸣-[ni] | |
| 6' | [be]-li₂-šu₂-nu a-na UGU da-⸢a⸣-[ki-ia₂] | |
| 7' | i-dab-bu-bu en-na a-du-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 8' | a-na {lu₂}maš-en-na be-li₂-ia₂ al-[tap-ra] | |
| 9' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂ ṭe₃-mu lu-tir | |
| 10' | a-na {1}DINGIR—ia-da-aʾ | |
| 11' | liš-pur-am-ma gab-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 12' | lu-⸢bal⸣-li u₃ be-li₂ | |
| 13' | ⸢ṭe₃-e⸣-mu lu-tir a-na-ku | |
| 14' | [lul-li]-⸢kam₂⸣-ma IGI.2 ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 15' | [be-li₂-ia₂] lu-mur ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 16' | [a-gan-nu]-⸢tu⸣ a-na a-hu-ul-la-a | |
| 17' | [il]-⸢ta⸣-nap-pa-ru um-ma | |
| 18' | [x ma]-⸢la⸣ {1}ŠEŠ—ZALAG₂ ša₂ a-na UGU | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | [x x] it-tan-nu ul-te-šib [o] | |
| 20 | [x x x] ⸢a⸣-ki ŠA₃-bi-ni | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [EN].⸢NUN⸣-a dan-na-at ul [x x] | |
| 2 | [x] a-la-nu a-na UGU-hi-šu₂-nu ip-[tah-ru] | |
| 3 | [gab]-⸢bi⸣-šu₂-nu i-ma-tu | |
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