ABL 0865 (P238715)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0865 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238715 |
| 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 [0:12] o 1'1'– | Let [the ... who] go to [...] tell the news [...] to us, and let us (then) write to the king, our lord. We have (already) sent one message to the king, our lord, from [GN] in Hindaru through Kinâ and Ereši. Later on, as soon as the king has defeated his enemies and has come to Babylon and kissed the ground in front of Marduk and Zarpanitu, [we shall send him] every information that we hear. |
| Reverse [0:10] r 1r 1–r 1010 | We shall say all [the news] t[o NN] word by word. He will then speak to the king, our lord, then come out (again) and say to us: "The king is your lord! Fear not!" Later on, as soon as the king, our lord, has gone to Dur-Yakin, we shall [send him] all the news that we hear. Bel-išdiya-kini, the mungu-commander, who [...] the horses. |
| Right [0:2] r.e. 11r.e. 11–r.e. 1212 | I have reported all my news [...], and I shall act. |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 1313–r.e. 1313 | The king [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | il-la-ku um-ma ṭe₃-e-⸢mu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | liq-bu-na-ši-ma a-na LUGAL be-li₂-[ni] | |
| 4' | ni-iš-pur 01-et ši-pir-ti ul-tu [x x] | |
| 5' | i-na {lu₂}hi-in-dar ina ŠU.2 {1}ki-na-a | |
| 6' | u₃ {1}e-re-ši a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ni | |
| 7' | nu-ul-te-bi-la ar₂-ki-ši ul-tu LUGAL | |
| 8' | be-li₂-a-ni a-a-bi-šu₂ ŠU.2-su ik-šu-du-ma | |
| 9' | a-na TIN.TIR{ki} i-ru-bu u ina ma-har | |
| 10' | {d}AMAR.UTU u {d}zar-pa-ni-tum qa-qar iš-šiq | |
| 11' | mim-mu-u₂ ṭe₃-e-mu ša₂ ni-šem-mu-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ni-šap-par ṭe₃-me-e-ti] ⸢gab⸣-bi | |
| 2 | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] mi-la-a-tu₂ | |
| 3 | ni-qab-⸢bu⸣ u ⸢šu⸣-u₂ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ni | |
| 4 | i-qab-bu u₃ uṣ-ṣa-am-ma | |
| 5 | i-qab-ba-an-na-ši um-ma LUGAL be-el-ku-nu | |
| 6 | um-ma la ta-pal-lah₃ ar₂-ki-ši | |
| 7 | ul-tu LUGAL be-li₂-a-ni a-na BAD₃—ša₂—{1}ia-ki-na | |
| 8 | il-lik ṭe₃-me-e-ti ma-la ni-šem-mu-u₂ | |
| 9 | [ni-šap-par] {1}d.EN—SUHUŠ-ia—ki-ni | |
| 10 | {[lu₂}GAL—mu]-⸢un-gi⸣ {[lu₂}GAL—mu]-⸢un-gi⸣ ša₂ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | ṭe₃-me-ti-ia gab-bi [x x x x] | |
| 12 | ad-da-bu-ub u ep-pu-šu [x x x] | |
| 13 | LUGAL [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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