ABL 1032 (P238714)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238714 |
| 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 [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | 11 [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | 300 [......] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | I (lit., “my arm”) did not intru[de] into [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | They took [......] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'– | the lord of kings [...] silver [......] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 11'b.e. 11'–b.e. 11'b.e. 11' | much [...] in their hands [......] |
| Bottom [1:4] b.e. 12'12'– | They have been giving it out. Let me clar[ify] (the matter) to the king, (and) [let him pass] a verdict. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | Since they stood in the company of La-adir[u-ili], La-adir[u-ili got afraid], saying: “Perhaps the fact that they took the silve[r ...] will be heard, and [our business] will be ruined.” |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | Having g[one] and oiled [PN], whom La-adiru-ili and hi[s] sons [knew], La-adiru-i[li ...]. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | Now when the brothers of Utumu, [their] enemy, who had fled from the king’s presence, s[aw it], they said: “Appeal for a “king’s case” on the brothers of La-adir[u-ili]!” |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [They gave] a bribe to Sîn-šullim [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] treading [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | All Akkadian people and [......] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 22–r.e. 22 | They kill[ed] La-adiru-ili and his sons ......] |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 33–r.e. 33 | The blood of [La-adiru-ili ......] |
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⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | im-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | 11 [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | 03-me [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | a-hi ina ŠA₃ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ul i-ru-[bu x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | it-ta-šu₂-u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | EN LUGAL-MEŠ KUG.UD ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | ina ŠU.2-šu₂-nu ma-a-⸢du⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12' | i-nam-din-u₂ a-na LUGAL lu-⸢ša₂⸣-[pi] | |
| 13' | šip-ṭi [liš-kun] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ul-tu ina ki-ṣir ša₂ {1}la—a-di-⸢ru⸣—[DINGIR] | |
| 2 | iz-zi-zu-u₂ {1}la—a-di-⸢ru⸣—[DINGIR ip-ta-lah₃] | |
| 3 | um-ma min₃-de-e-ma a-na KUG.⸢UD⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4 | ša₂ iš-šu₂-u₂ iš-šem-me-ma [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ih-he-ep-pi šu₂-nu ki-i ⸢il⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}la—a-di-ru—DINGIR u DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | ki-i u₂-še-mi₃-nu-u₂ {1}la—a-di-ru—⸢DINGIR⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | en-na ŠEŠ-MEŠ ša₂ {1}u₂-tu-mu EN—da-me-[šu₂-nu] EN—da-me-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 9 | ša₂ la—pa-an LUGAL ih-li-qu-u₂ ki-i i-[mu-ru] | |
| 10 | um-ma a-mat LUGAL ina UGU ŠEŠ-MEŠ ša₂ {1}la—a-di-⸢ru⸣—[DINGIR] | |
| 11 | qi₂-ba-aʾ šul-ma-nu a-na {1}{d}30—šul-⸢lim x⸣+[x x] | |
| 12 | [x] ⸢x x⸣-MEŠ u₂-kab-ba-su u₂-[x x x] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | UN-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki}ME gab-bi u₃ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {1}la—a-di-ru—DINGIR u DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ i-du-[ku x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | da-mu ša₂ {1}[x x x x x x x] | |
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