ABL 0969 (P238753)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0969 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238753 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [The sons and] daughters of Bel-eṭ[ir], whom he sent to houses of the Babylonians: |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | He sent one of his sons to the house of Ibnâ son of Nur-Sin, but he did not marry. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | He sent another son of his to the house of Zakir son of Damqu, but he did not marry. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | He sent a third son of his to the house of Kiribtu son of Dabibu, but he did not marry. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | He sent a daughter of his to the house of Bel-bulliṭ son of Abunaya, but she was not married. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | He sent a daughter of his to the house of Aplaya son of Bel-ipuš son of Adad-šuma-ereš, but she was not married. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | He sent a daughter of his to the house of [...]tunu the [...], |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [He sent] a daughter of his [to the house of NN son of NN], of the Butch[er family, ...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [DUMU-MEŠ u₃] DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ ša₂ {1}{d}EN—⸢KAR⸣-[ir] | |
| 2 | ša₂ a-na E₂ {lu₂}TIN.TIR{ki}MEŠ iš-pu-ru | |
| 3 | 01.en DUMU-šu₂ a-na E₂ {1}ib-na-a DUMU {1}ZALAG₂—{d}30 | |
| 4 | il-ta-par ul i-hu-uz | |
| 5 | 02-u₂ DUMU-šu₂ a-na E₂ {1}za-kir DUMU {1}dam-qu | |
| 6 | il-ta-par ul i-hu-uz | |
| 7 | 03-u₂ DUMU-šu₂ a-na E₂ {1}ki-rib-tu DUMU {1}da-bi-bi | |
| 8 | il-ta-par ul i-hu-uz | |
| 9 | 01.et DUMU.MI₂-su a-na E₂ {1}{d}EN—TIN-iṭ DUMU {1}AD-na-a.a | |
| 10 | il-ta-par ul ah-za-⸢at⸣ | |
| 11 | 01.et DUMU.MI₂-su a-na E₂ {1}DUMU.UŠ-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}{d}EN—DU₃-uš | |
| 12 | DUMU {1}{d}IM—MU—APIN-eš il-ta-par ul ah-za-⸢at⸣ | |
| 13 | 01.et DUMU.MI₂-su a-na E₂ {1}⸢x⸣-tu₂-nu {lu₂}[x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | 01.et DUMU.MI₂-su [a-na E₂ {1}x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | DUMU {lu₂}GIR₂.[LA₂ x x x x x x x x x] | |
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