ABL 1313 (P238365)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1313 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238365 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | To the king, [my] lo[rd]: your servant Na[bû-šar-ahhešu], who guards the 'mule house' [at Borsippa. Good health] to the king, [my] lord! [May] the king, my lord, be in [very] good [spirits! My] gua[rd], where the king, [my] lo[rd, appointed me, is well]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | The prefect who [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | of the gua[rd ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | work i[n ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | he is/I am doing [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | for silver i[n ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | which on [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [May] the king not [regard it as my] fau[lt]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | If the king, [my] l[ord ...], |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | now one [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | which on [... of the king] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | my lord not [...]. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | As for me, I keep [the guard] of the king here. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] in Assyria [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | They left them (f.) [...] |
| Reverse [13:15] r 14'14'–r 15'15' | May the king, my lord, send word that they (f.) be sei[zed ...]. |
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 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}⸢AG⸣—[LUGAL—ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 3 | ša₂ E₂—ku-dan-[ni E₂—ku-dan-[ni E₂—ku-dan-[ni i-na BAR₂.SIPA{ki]} | |
| 4 | i-na-aṣ-ṣa-[ru lu-u šul-mu] | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia ŠA₃-bi] | |
| 6 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ [ma-aʾ-diš] | |
| 7 | lu-u₂ ṭa-⸢ab⸣ [šul-mu] | |
| 8 | a-na ma-aṣ-[ṣar-ta-ia] | |
| 9 | a-šar LUGAL be-[li₂-a ip-qi₂-dan-ni] | |
| 10 | {lu₂}šak-nu ša₂ [x x x x] | |
| 11 | ša₂ ma-aṣ-⸢ṣar⸣-[ti x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢dul⸣-lu ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ip-pu-⸢uš⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na KUG.UD ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša₂ UGU-hi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | LUGAL a-na hi-[ṭi x x x x] | |
| 6' | ki-i LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-a x x x] | |
| 7' | a-du-u₂ 01.⸢en⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | ša₂ UGU-hi {giš}[x x x ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 9' | be-li₂-ia₂ ul ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10' | a-na-ku a-⸢kan⸣-[na ma-aṣ-ṣar-ta] | |
| 11' | ša₂ LUGAL a-na-aṣ-[ṣar x x x] | |
| 12' | i-na KUR—aš-šur{[ki} x x x] | |
| 13' | un-deš-ši-ru-ši-[na x x x] | |
| 14' | LUGAL be-li₂-a liš-⸢pur⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 15' | lu-u₂ ṣa-ab-⸢ta⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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