ABL 1185 (P240177)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1185 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240177 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [Your servant] Bel-iqiša: I would gladly die for Nabû-šarra-[uṣur], the brother of Bel-usatu, my lor[d]! May [Nabû and] Marduk bless my lord! Say to my lord: |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | I attend to every order [with which] my lord has [entrusted] me. I have entrusted my life and [the ... of] my palace to my lord. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [...], when I came, his delegate did perform [...]. He is a friend [of ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Before entering [...] |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | [I e]ntered Babylon [with] the desired job. Before that it was Bel-iqiša, now [the commandant of] the fortress of the 'house.' Also Bel-ibni [and] Kurigalzu, the Babylonians, who are with me |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | [... f]rom Assyria [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] his revenge to [...] and |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] when he has sent [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] he will not come back to me. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Give his messenger [... w]ith the king and |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] and to [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | I wish to [...] and retreat to the kings! |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | [...] they will not retreat and go to Assyria |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'– | [... l]etters [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 12r.e. 12–r.e. 12r.e. 12 | the detained [...], if they [do] not [...], let them take [... to] the palace! He does not count [...]. |
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 | [ARAD-ka {1}d.EN—BA-ša₂ a-na di-na-an {1}{d}AG—LUGAL—[ŠEŠ] | |
| 2 | [ŠEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ {1}d.EN—u₂-sa-ti be-li₂-ia lul-⸢lik⸣ | |
| 3 | [d.AG u] {d}AMAR.UTU a-na be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 4 | [um-ma]-a a-na be-li₂-ia-a-ma ma-la ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 5 | [ša₂ be-li₂ ip-qi₂]-⸢dan⸣-ni na-aṣ-ra-ak ZI-MEŠ-ia | |
| 6 | [x x x x x ša₂] E₂.GAL-ia a-na be-li₂-ia₂ ap-te-qid | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x]-⸢ti⸣ ša₂ al-li-ka {lu₂}qi₂-i-pi-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti i-tep-šu₂ EN—MUN-HI.A EN—MUN-HI.A | |
| 9 | [ša₂ x x x x x x] šu-u₂ la—pa-an ša₂ e-re-bi | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x] dul-la ṣi-bu-u₂ a-na TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 11 | [e-te-ru]-⸢ub⸣ pa-nu-um-ma {1}{d}EN—BA-ša₂ a-du-u₂ | |
| 12 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {uru}bi-ra-a-ti ša₂ E₂ u₃ {1}{d}EN—ib-ni | |
| 13 | [u₃] {1}ku-ri-gal-zu TIN.TIR{ki}MEŠ ša₂ ⸢it-ti⸣-ia | |
| 14 | [x x ul]-tu KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[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 x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] tuk-ta-šu₂ a-na [x x x x x]-ma | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-i u₂-še-⸢bi⸣-[la x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] a-na pa-ni-ia ul i-na-ah-hi-sa | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] ⸢it⸣-ti LUGAL {lu₂}DUMU—KIN-⸢šu₂⸣ {lu₂}DUMU—KIN-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x] i-nam-ma | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x]-ka u₃ a-na [x x x]-nu | |
| 7' | [x x x x x]-am-ma a-na LUGAL-MEŠ lu-uh-hi-su | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x] ul i-na-ah-hi-su-ma a-na KUR—aš-šur | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x] ul il-⸢lak⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x] ⸢šip⸣-re-e-ti [x x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | [x x x x] ⸢šak⸣-nu-ti ki-i la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [a]-⸢na⸣ E₂.GAL liš-šu-u₂ ul i-man-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
Sources & licences
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