ABL 0698 (P240311)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0698 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240311 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | Your servant Bel-iqiša: I would gladly die for the king of the universe, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | For the past five months I have been waiting for news from the king, my lord. And now, thanks to Bel and Nabû, he has co[me] to Calah safely, as usu[al]. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | All my manservants who give me water to drink have run away, and my people in Calah have become afraid. |
| Obverse [14:17] o 1515–o 1717 | May the king command before winter sets in that they can be sent back! |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Why ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | of the king, my lord, [...], |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | and the king will hear [...]. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | [T]hese past 4 years, ever since I have [guarded] the king's garrison, why to [...] |
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 | |
| 2 | a-na di-na-an LUGAL ⸢kiš⸣-ša₂-ti | |
| 3 | be-li₂-ia lul-lik {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma | |
| 6 | 05 ITI-MEŠ a-ga-a pa-an ṭe₃-e-mi | |
| 7 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia ad-da-gal | |
| 8 | u₃ en-na {d}EN u {d}AG ki-i [o] | |
| 9 | u₂-šal-li-mu ina ša₂-lim-ti ⸢gi⸣-[na-a] | |
| 10 | a-na {uru}ka-lah₃ it-<ta>-la-[ak] | |
| 11 | {lu₂}TUR-MEŠ-ia gab-bi ša₂ A-MEŠ [o] | |
| 12 | i-šaq-qu-in-ni ih-tal-⸢qu⸣ [o] | |
| 13 | u₃ UN-MEŠ-ia ša₂ i-na {uru}⸢ka⸣-[lah₃] | |
| 14 | ⸢na⸣-kut-tu ir-ta-šu-u₂ [o] | |
| 15 | a-di la ku-ṣi i-kaš-ša₂-du [o] | |
| 16 | LUGAL liq-bi-ma KASKAL.2 a-na [GIR₃.2-šu₂-nu] | |
| 17 | liš-ku-nu-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 18 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | LUGAL be-⸢li₂-ia⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | u₃ ⸢LUGAL⸣ i-šem-[me x x x] | |
| 4 | 04 MU-MEŠ [a]-⸢ga⸣-a ul-⸢tu⸣ [o] | |
| 5 | bi-it [ka]-⸢du⸣ ša₂ LUGAL a-[na-ṣar] | |
| 6 | am—mi₃-⸢ni⸣ am—mi₃-⸢ni⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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