ABL 1074 (P240130)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1074 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240130 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the king, my lord: your servant, the šan[dabakku]. May Enlil, Ninurta, and Nusk[u] bless the king, my lord. (Say) thus to the king, my lord: All is well with the temple(s) of the king, [my] lo[rd]. Ekur and Nippur are under very strong guard. The king, my lord, can be happy. |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88–o 1212 | This clan of the paternal house of Belšunu — they, their brothers, their sons (and) their sisters' [son]s — their heart [is ...] and full of rebellion |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] of their hearts |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] in their hearts |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'–r 8'8' | [......] p[la]ce utensils for [...] in Nippur, [s]aying: "You will send the utensils from Nippur and will go [...] there, so we shall get confident! Give our sun-disc! W[e ...] our tax." |
| Reverse [8:11] r 9'9'–r 11'11' | Having heard what they had to say, I am herewith writing [to the king], my lord. May the king, m[y] lor[d], d[o] as he finds best. |
| Reverse [11:19] r 12'12'– | Perhaps the nešak[ku]-priest[s] or the leaders of Ni[ppur will write to the king, my lord] concerning the sh[a]re[s], or the fields or something el[se ......]. The king, my lord, should not divide the land but [......]. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [I am] an autochthonous servant of the king, [my lord, who is] telling their [...] to the king, my lord. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia ⸢ARAD-ka⸣ {lu₂}⸢GU₂⸣.[EN.NA] | |
| 2 | {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}NIN.URTA u {d}PA.⸢TUG₂⸣ | |
| 3 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 4 | um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 5 | šu-lum a-na E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be-[li₂-ia] | |
| 6 | EN.NUN E₂.KUR u₃ EN.LIL₂{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 7 | ma-aʾ-diš dan-na-at ŠA₃-ba ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 8 | be-li₂-ia lu-u₂ DUG₃.GA {lu₂}qin-nu | |
| 9 | an-nu-u₂ ša₂ E₂—AD-šu₂ E₂—AD-šu₂ ša₂ {1}{d}EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | ⸢šu₂-nu⸣ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 11 | [DUMU]-⸢MEŠ⸣ NIN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ŠA₃-ba-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ul u₃ bar-ta ma-al | |
| 13 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-an-na ša₂ ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 14 | [x x x x x] ⸢x ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [o] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢in⸣ | |
| 3' | ⸢a-na x⸣+[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-de-e | |
| 4' | ina EN.⸢LIL₂{ki} i⸣-[šak]-⸢ka⸣-nu ⸢um⸣-ma | |
| 5' | u₂-de-e ul-⸢tu EN⸣.LIL₂{ki} | |
| 6' | tu-še-eṣ-ṣe-e-ma su-⸢x x⸣ [o] | |
| 7' | a-na ŠA₃-bi tal-lak-⸢ma⸣ ni-⸢ra⸣-[ah-hu-uṣ] | |
| 8' | AŠ.ME-ni i-din bil-⸢ta-a⸣-ni ⸢ni⸣-[x x x] | |
| 9' | ša₂ pi-i-šu₂-nu ki-i aš₂-mu-u₂ [a-na LUGAL] | |
| 10' | be-li₂-ia₂ al-tap-ra LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[a] | |
| 11' | ki-i ša₂ i-le-ʾu-u₂ ⸢li⸣-[pu-uš] | |
| 12' | min₃-de-e-ma ⸢lu⸣-u₂ {lu₂}NU.⸢EŠ₃⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | lu-u₂ {lu₂}SAG.KAL-MEŠ ša₂ EN.[LIL₂{ki]} | |
| 14 | lu-u₂ a-na UGU {giš}⸢ŠUB⸣.BA-[MEŠ] | |
| 15 | lu-u₂ a-na UGU A.ŠA₃-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 16 | lu-u₂ a-na UGU mim-ma ša₂-⸢nam⸣-[ma] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-a KUR la i-par-ra-as-ma | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ARAD {lu₂}un-za-ra-ah ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 3 | [be-li₂-ia₂ a-na-ku x x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂-nu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ a-qab-bu-u₂ | |
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