ABL 1329 (P238501)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1329 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238501 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | to the king, [my lord ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [wrote] to the king, [my] l[ord, saying], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | “Once or twic[e ......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | with silver and gold [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | of the horses [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | but it was withheld [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | I sent ... [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | have been given, but [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | any time convenient [to ......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | somebody humiliated him [......] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | [...] ... to [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | in[spection ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | in br[otherhood ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | did not sen[d ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | themselves t[o ......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | When I had s[eized ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | (and) intro[duced ......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | we ga[ve each other [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | When [they ...] their feet [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [th]ey came [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [W]hen I protected [......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | the king [...] his commandant |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...] of Marduk-šar[ru-uṣur ......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [...] and [the aeg]is [...] |
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 x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | um-ma 01+en-šu₂ 02-[šu₂ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | it-ti KUG.UD KUG.GI [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ša₂ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ ka-la-ti [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | al-ta-par KA KI [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | na-ad-na u₃ as-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | im—ma-tim-ma im—ma-tim-ma ša₂ IGI [x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | mam-ma ul-tap-pil-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ ša₂ [x] a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | a-⸢mi⸣-[ir-tu₂ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | i-na ah-[hu-ti x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ul iš-pu-⸢ra⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ra-man-šu₂-nu a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | a-na-ku ki-i ⸢aṣ⸣-[ba-tu x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ki-i u₂-še-⸢ri⸣-[bu x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | a-ha-meš ni-it-[ta-din x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | GIR₃.2-šu₂-nu ki-i [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢it⸣-tal-ku-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢ki⸣-i aṣ-ṣu-ru [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | {[lu₂]}GAR—UMUŠ-šu₂ {[lu₂]}GAR—UMUŠ-šu₂ LUGAL i-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x] ša₂ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—⸢LUGAL⸣—[PAB x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x] ⸢u⸣ [GIŠ].MI ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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