ABL 0084 (P334033)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0084 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334033 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-iqiša. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | Last year in Tarninu the king, my lord, gave to his servant two teams of horses from the posse[ssion of ...] the eunuchs of [the treasurer]. They used to eat [...] at the expense of the treasurer. |
| Obverse [9:20] o 1010– | I have tried to speak with Nabû-[...], the scribe of the major domo, saying, "Give the [pr]evious (amount of) fo[dder] to the horses," but he has slighted me and is telling me: "I will cut you off from the inner quarters!" |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | Ever since the king, my lord, appointed me in my lord's household, I have no authority over anybody in my lord's household. |
| Reverse [7:20] r 88– | I have also spoken with my own scribe, but (the other) one is plotting to kil[l me]. He has wrapped up the whole house of my lord and subjected it to himself, and has been distributing gifts to have me killed. In the same way he has given out gifts and pulled out the scribe in my service. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | The king, my lord, should know (this). |
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 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}EN—BA-ša₂ | |
| 3 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | lik-ru-bu ša₂-daq-diš ina {uru}⸢tar⸣-ni-nu | |
| 5 | 02 u₂-rat ša {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 6 | LUGAL EN TA@v KI.[TA x x]+⸢x⸣-a | |
| 7 | {lu₂v}SAG-MEŠ ša\m [x x x x] | |
| 8 | a-na ARAD-šu₂ it-ti-⸢din⸣ | |
| 9 | ina UGU {lu₂v}IGI.DUB [x x x] | |
| 10 | ek-ka-la TA@v {1}{d}PA—[x x] | |
| 11 | {lu₂v}A.BA ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂v}⸢GAL—E₂⸣ {lu₂v}⸢GAL—E₂⸣ | |
| 12 | ad-da-bu-[ub] | |
| 13 | mu-uk ki-[su-tu₂ pa]-ni-tu₂ | |
| 14 | a-na {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ di-in | |
| 15 | qu-la-le-e-a | |
| 16 | is-sa-kan | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ i-qab-bi-a | |
| 2 | ma-a a-na-ku TA@v E₂-an-ni | |
| 3 | a-pa-ra-as-ka | |
| 4 | u TA@v E₂ LUGAL EN ina E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia | |
| 5 | ip-qid-da-ni-ni | |
| 6 | ina UGU me-me-ni ina E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia | |
| 7 | la šal-ṭa-ak | |
| 8 | u₃ TA@v {lu₂v}A.BA ša ŠU.2-ia | |
| 9 | ad-du-bu-bu ina UGU ⸢du⸣-[a]-⸢ki⸣-[ia] | |
| 10 | i-da-bu-ub | |
| 11 | E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia gab-bi | |
| 12 | ik-te-rik šap-lu-uš | |
| 13 | is-sa-kan šul-ma-na-te | |
| 14 | u₂-za-zi i-du-kan-ni | |
| 15 | ak <an>-ni-im-ma šul-ma-na-te | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | i-ti-din {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 17 | ša ina pa-na-tu-u-a | |
| 18 | it-ta-as-ha | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | LUGAL be-li₂ lu u₂-da | |
Sources & licences
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