ABL 1341 (P238727)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1341 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238727 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | to one who blesses [......]. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | [I put my trust] in the king, [my] lor[d ...]. I am [a ... of the queen mother], my lady; [I have co]me up a hundred, (nay, a) thousand [times], and I have not abandoned the feet of Assyria that I have grasped. I am a guardian and keeper of the king my lord's treaty. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 7'7'–o 9'9' | The king, my lord, said: "Remove the evil one and instigator of rebellion from the country!" Aplaya son of Nadinu is an insolent cad and a traitor. |
| Obverse [9:17] o 10'10'–o 17'17' | He and his fathers are held 'father(s) of the Chaldeans.' When his grandfather entered with Mukin-zeri of Bit-Amukani, he took 12 talents (of silver) belonging to Nabû. When his sister entered with (the) Elam(ites), he removed [the country] from the king's hands and delivered the country [fo]r destruction. During [the day]s of Šulâ, [he ...ed] a fight for [...]; [he w]ent and [took] 8 talents ..., [and] went [...]. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | N[ow ...] |
| Obverse [18:20] o 19'19'–o 20'20' | [...] his daughter [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] was negligent ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [...] and I have kept the watch of the house of [my] lord. I had the people settled [...], and have sent them to the right and left (on various errands). |
| Reverse [4:9] r 5'5'–r 9'9' | Now, when the treasurer released him, he did not forsake his lying ways, but keeps extracting the nishu payment and selling men, thinking, "The news of my doings will not reach the palace." |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | This [.......] |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | his fathers [......] |
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' | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na ka-ri-bi [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na UGU LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia tak-lak x x x x] | |
| 4' | GAŠAN-ia₂ ana-ku 01-me 01-lim [e-te]-⸢la⸣-a GIR₃.2-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 5' | ša₂ KUR—aš-šur{ki} ša₂ iṣ-ba-tu ul u₂-maš-ši-ru | |
| 6' | be-el EN.NUN u na-ṣir a-de-e ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ana-ku | |
| 7' | LUGAL be-li₂-a iq-ta-bi um-ma lem-nu u mu-ša₂-an-hi-ṣu | |
| 8' | la KUR šu-la-a {1}DUMU.UŠ-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}na-di-nu | |
| 9' | pah-hu-zu-u₂ u₃ ša₂-ar-ša₂-ra-nu šu-u₂ | |
| 10' | šu-u₂ u₃ AD-MEŠ-šu₂ AD ša₂ {lu₂}kal-da-nu ṣab-tu | |
| 11' | AD—AD-šu₂ AD—AD-šu₂ it-ti {1}⸢GIN⸣.NA—NUMUN DUMU—{1}a-muk-a-nu DUMU—{1}a-muk-a-nu | |
| 12' | ki-i i-ru-ba 12 GU₂.UN ša₂ {d}AG it-ta-šu₂ | |
| 13' | NIN-šu₂ it-ti {kur}NIM.MA{ki} ki-i i-ru-ba | |
| 14' | [KUR] la—ŠU.2 LUGAL ul-te-li u₃ KUR | |
| 15' | [a]-⸢na⸣ ha-pe-e it-ta-din a-na tar-ṣi | |
| 16' | [UD]-MEŠ ša₂ {1}šu-la-a ṣal-tum a-na ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 17' | [it]-ta-lak u₃ 08 [GU₂.UN x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x]-u₂ it-ta-lak ⸢en⸣-[na x x x x x] | |
| 19' | [x x x]-ru ma-rat-su [x x x x x x] | |
| 20' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ iš-lu-u₂-⸢ma ana⸣-ku [x] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]-a u₃ EN.NUN ša₂ E₂—be-li₂-[ia₂] E₂—be-li₂-[ia₂] ⸢at⸣-ta-ṣar | |
| 4' | [x x] UN-MEŠ ul-taš-kin u a-na ZAG.LU | |
| 5' | u šu-me-lu al-ta-tap-par en-na {lu₂}maš-en-nu | |
| 6' | ki-i ip-ṭu-ru-uš ša₂-ra-ti-šu₂-ma | |
| 7' | ul u₂-maš-šar ni-sa-hu u₂-na-as-sa-hu | |
| 8' | u₃ a-na ERIM-MEŠ i-pa-aš₂-šar um-ma | |
| 9' | ṭe₃-ma-a ana E₂.GAL ⸢la⸣ i-kaš-šad-ma | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x]-ri a-ga-a | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢AD⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-u₂ [o] | |
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