ABL 0893 (P238724)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0893 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238724 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Badâ. Good health to the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: The fortress and the troops of the king are well. The people of the land are well. The king, my [lord], can be glad. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | Concerning the ne[ws of ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] at the disposal of the[ir] people |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... of the ki]ng [is] with them |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] I did not wi[sh] them to be deported |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... will he]ar: "The kin[g ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] and Badâ [did not wish] them to be deported" |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] this, which in front of them |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] was accomplished particularly well. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | As [...] I have set down the [...] of the king. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 10'10'–r 12'12' | I am doing the king's work according to the king, my lord's wish. The work of the king, my lord, is in good shape. The king, my lord, can be confident; the king, my lord, can be glad. May the king, my lord, realize all his royal plans according to his heart's (desire)! |
| Reverse [12:20] r 13'13'– | My messenger, who was delayed and did not come to the audience of the king, [brought] my report [back]. I decided not to write to the king, my lord, but waited for instructions until the barley was deposited in Bab-bitqa. Thereafter I wrote to the king, my lord. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [... l]etters |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [...] the king, my lord |
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 ARAD-ka {1}ba-da-a | |
| 2 | lu-u₂ šu-lum a-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 3 | um-ma-a a-[na] LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂-a-ma | |
| 4 | šu-lum a-[na {uru]}⸢bi⸣-ra-na-a-ti u₃ e-⸢mu-qi₂⸣ | |
| 5 | ša₂ LUGAL ⸢be-li₂⸣-[ia šu]-lum a-na UN-MEŠ ma-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ŠA₃-bi⸣ [ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂]-ia₂ lu-[u₂ DUG₃].⸢GA⸣ aš₂-šu₂ ṭe₃-[e-mu] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢i⸣ [x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-nu | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] pa-⸢an UN⸣-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ it-ti-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x na]-⸢sa⸣-ah-šu₂-nu ul aṣ-[bi] | |
| 5' | [x x x x i]-⸢šem⸣-mu-u₂ um-ma ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] u₃ {1}ba-da-a na-sa-ah-⸢šu⸣-nu | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x] an-ni-it ša₂ la—pa-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] ina riš-ti ga-mir ki-i | |
| 9' | [x x x x x]-pur LUGAL at-ta-di dul-lu ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 10' | ki-i ŠA₃-bi ⸢ša₂ LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ e-pu-uš MURUB₄ ša₂ dul-li | |
| 11' | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ rak-sa LUGAL be-li₂ lu-u₂ ha-am ŠA₃-ba ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 12' | be-li₂-ia₂ lu-u₂ ⸢DUG₃.GA⸣ mim-ma ma-la LUGAL ki-iṣ-pu | |
| 13' | ki-i pi-i ŠA₃-⸢bi-šu₂⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ li-pu-uš {lu₂}A—KIN-ia₂ {lu₂}A—KIN-ia₂ | |
| 14' | ša₂ uh-hi-ru-ma [a-na pa]-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ la il-li-ka | |
| 15' | ṭe₃-em-ia [ut-tir] a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ul a-šap-pa-ra | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | u₃ pa-an ⸢ter⸣-[ti a]-⸢da⸣-gal a-di {še}BAR | |
| 17 | ina {uru}KA₂—bit-⸢qi₂ id⸣-du-u₂ ar₂-ki-šu₂ | |
| 18 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ al-tap-ra | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x e]-gi-ra-a-ti | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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