ABL 0095 (P334044)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0095 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334044 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-ṣill-Ešarra. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur and Mullissu bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55–o 1414 | As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "The chief eunuch is going to Kar-Šamaš", — why is he going to Kar-Šamaš? The [roa]d through the province of Arrapha is very exacting; there are permanent wadis filled with reed and it is getting (worse). Let him come to the Inner City; this [road] along the river is [in good condit]ion. |
| Obverse [14:17] o 1515–o 1717 | [...... the roa]d is bloc[ked ...... the] troo[ps ......] come [to m]e [...... |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | Who will [be there] for the guard [if the ...] g[o ...]? |
| Reverse [2:10] r 3'3'–r 10'10' | [Now], the governor of Arrapha has 100 Itu'aeans standing guard in the town of Ṣibtu. Let them write to the legate of Ṣibtu, and let 50 men of them come and stay with the carpenters until I return. |
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\t LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}DUG₃.GA—GIŠ.MI—E₂.ŠAR₂.RA | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | aš-šur {d}NIN.LIL₂ a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | ša LUGAL EN iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 6 | ma-a {lu₂vy}GAL—SAG {lu₂vy}GAL—SAG {lu₂vy}GAL—SAG a-na\t {uru}kar—{d}UTU | |
| 7 | il-la-ka a-na\t am—me-ni am—me-ni am—me-ni | |
| 8 | [a]-na\t {uru}kar—{d}UTU il-la-ak | |
| 9 | [KASKAL].2 ša NAM {uru}arrap-ha | |
| 10 | ⸢ma⸣-a-zu-uʾ a—dan-niš na-hal-a-te | |
| 11 | {[gi]}⸢ap⸣-pa-ru uk-tu₂-i-ni i-ša₂-kan | |
| 12 | [a]-⸢na⸣ {[uru]}ŠA₃—URU lil-li-ka | |
| 13 | [KASKAL.2 ⸢an⸣-ni-u ša šid-di ID₂ | |
| 14 | [ṭa-a]-⸢ba\t⸣ šu-tu₂-ma [šu]-u | |
| 15 | [x x KASKAL].2 ka-ri-[im] | |
| 16 | [x x x] e-mu-[qi x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x]-⸢ia⸣ il-la-[ka] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]-u-te il-[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] a-na\t EN.NUN\dm man-nu-⸢ma iz⸣-[za-az] | |
| 3' | [u₂-ma]-⸢a⸣ {kur}i-tu₂-ʾa-a.a | |
| 4' | [ša] {⸢lu₂v⸣}EN.NAM ša {uru}arrap-ha | |
| 5' | {[lu₂v]}⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ 01 me i-ba-ši ina {uru}ṣib\m-te | |
| 6' | [a]-⸢na⸣ EN.NUN\dm kam-mu-su | |
| 7' | [a]-⸢na⸣ {lu₂v}qe\tm-pi ša {uru}ṣib\m-te | |
| 8' | [liš-pu]-ru 50 {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 9' | [TA ŠA₃]-bi-šu₂-nu lil\tm-li\d-ku | |
| 10' | ⸢ina pa⸣-ni {lu₂v}NAGAR\d-MEŠ\m li\d-zi-zu | |
| 11' | a-du be₂-et a-na\t-ku a-sa-hu-ra-ni | |
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