ABL 1034 (P238742)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238742 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [......] Beltia [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] you must not sa[y ......] |
| Obverse [2:16] o 3'3'–o 16'16' | Because you are withholding [...], he c[ame here], saying: "Go and [...] the gods. Moreover, perform the full ilku-duty in the temple [(of) ...]." As soon as I went, the royal bodyguard [of the kin]g, my lord, said: "He will give an accounting." In anger, they took away every single thing that I had re[ceived]. When the city overseer and Issar-na'di, the mayor, joined in the conspiracy with the royal bodyguard, saying: "Fall upon Rašil and take the [...] from him, and with [......]" |
| Reverse [0:12] r 1r 1–r 1212 | I have now written to the king, my lord, that the ritual must not be carried out in the temple of your gods. I always used to lie down with Marduk and Zarpanitu. I always used to lie down with the king, my lord. The king must not abandon me, nor must I go to ruin because of oppressive acts. If he has deducted that which belongs to the king, my lord, and put at my disposal even one or two shekels of gold, then let the king kill me in the assembly of the lands. [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] {d}GAŠAN [x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] ⸢x⸣ la ta-qab-[bi x x] | |
| 3' | ki-i ta-ka-lu il-⸢li⸣-[ka] | |
| 4' | um-ma a-lik-ma DINGIR-MEŠ ṣab-[x x x] | |
| 5' | u il-ku šal-mu ina E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR [x x x] | |
| 6' | a-lik ki-i ša₂ al-li-ku | |
| 7' | {lu₂}qur-bu-tu ⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ be-li₂-<ia₂> | |
| 8' | um-ma NIG₂.⸢ŠID⸣ i-nam-di-na | |
| 9' | ina ŠA₃-ba-te ša₂ an-[hu-ru] ul-la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 10' | ul-lu-u₂ {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—URU | |
| 11' | u {1}{d}15—na-id {lu₂}ha-za-an-ni | |
| 12' | pi-i-šu₂-nu it-ti {lu₂}qur-bu-tu | |
| 13' | ki-i iš-ku-nu um-ma ana UGU | |
| 14' | {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR mu-qu-ut-ma | |
| 15' | ⸢x⸣+[x] mu-hur-šu₂-ma it-ti | |
| 16' | [x x x] ša₂ aʾ-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 17' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-tu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 19' | [x x]-⸢na⸣ UGU [x x x x] | |
| 20' | [x x x x] ki-i [x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-du-u₂ a-na LUGAL be-li-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | al-tap-ru-ma dul-lu ina E₂ | |
| 3 | DINGIR-MEŠ-ka la iš-šak-kan | |
| 4 | it-ti {d}AMAR.UTU {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | |
| 5 | at-te-ni-i-la it-ti LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 6 | at-te-ni-i-la LUGAL la u₂-maš-šar-an-ni-ma | |
| 7 | ina tuk-ka-a-nu la a-hal-liq | |
| 8 | ki-i ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia ih-tar-ṣa-am-ma | |
| 9 | ul-tu UGU 01 GIN₂ a-di 02 GIN₂ KUG.GI | |
| 10 | ina pa-ni-ia it-tan-[nu]-ma ⸢u₃⸣ ina UKKIN ša₂ KUR.KUR | |
| 11 | LUGAL li-du-ka-an-ni ia-⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
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