ABL 0101 (P334050)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0101 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334050 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | A letter from Aššur-reṣuwa came to me in which it was written that a messenger of the (king) of Ukku has gone to Urarṭu and that he has sent a letter about it to the Palace. |
| Obverse [9:23] o 1010– | Now after this letter, on the evening of the 6th, he sent me the following letter of his: "The Ukkaean has gone to greet Ariye. Over against him, there is a town of the Ukkaeans called Elizki in the pass of Kumme; the Ukkaean met [Ariye] there, and when they were sitting there [together], he spoke to him as follows: |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | '[Go] straight [to ...]; whether he w[ill give you] an ox, or a [sheep] or pig, take it!' |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | Perhaps they will set out tom[orrow] morning [......]; the Ukkaean [...] not [...] him." |
| Reverse [9:14] r 1010–r 1414 | When [I he]ard [these wor]ds I detained the messenger until the king [my lord] would hear the contents of this letter and send me instructions. |
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}DUG₃—IM—aš-šur | |
| 3 | lu DI\d-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | e-gir₂-tu₂ ša\d {1}aš-šur—re-ṣu-u-[a] | |
| 5 | ina UGU-hi-ia ta-tal-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 6 | ki-i an-ni-i ina ŠA₃-bi ša₂-ṭi\d-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 7 | ma-a {lu₂v}A—KIN {lu₂v}A—KIN ša {lu₂v}uk-ka-a.a | |
| 8 | a-na {kur}URI\m it-ta-lak\p | |
| 9 | ina E₂.GAL e-gir₂-tu₂ ina UGU-hi | |
| 10 | i-sa-par u₃ i—da-at i—da-at e-gir₂-te | |
| 11 | an-ni-te UD 06-KAM a-na ba-a-di | |
| 12 | e-gir₂-tu₂-šu₂ an-ni-tu₂ | |
| 13 | ina UGU-hi-ia i-sa-ap-ra | |
| 14 | ma-a {lu₂v}uk-ka-a.a ina UGU | |
| 15 | {1}a-ri-e i—⸢DI\d⸣-me i—⸢DI\d⸣-me it-ta-lak | |
| 16 | ina UGU-hi-šu₂ URU šu₂-u | |
| 17 | ⸢ša\d⸣ {lu₂v}uk-ka-a.a | |
| 18 | ⸢a-na⸣ ne₂-ri-bi ša\dm {uru}ku-⸢um⸣-[me] | |
| 19 | {uru}el-iz-ki i-qa\dp-bu-[ni-šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂v}uk-ka-a.a ina ⸢ir⸣-[ti {1}a-ri-e] | |
| 2 | ina ŠA₃-bi it-tal-ka ⸢a⸣-[ha-iš] | |
| 3 | ina ŠA₃-bi kam-mu-su\t ki-[i an-ni-i] | |
| 4 | iq-[ṭi₂]-ba-šu₂ ma-a e-ti\t-⸢iq⸣ [a-na x x x a-lik] | |
| 5 | ma-a šum₂-mu GUD.NITA₂\d šum₂-⸢mu⸣ [UDU.NITA₂] | |
| 6 | šum₂-mu hu-zi-ru šu₂-u i-[da-na-ka] | |
| 7 | i-⸢ṣa⸣ i—su\t-ri i—ši-[a-ri i—ši-[a-ri (x x)] | |
| 8 | [x] ⸢i⸣-ši-a-ru-ma ⸢i⸣-ši-a-ru-ma ma-a [x x x] | |
| 9 | [x {lu₂v]}uk-ka-a.a la [x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ ki-i di-[ib-bi] | |
| 11 | an-⸢nu⸣-[te] ⸢aš₂⸣-mu-ni {lu₂v}A—⸢KIN⸣ {lu₂v}A—⸢KIN⸣ | |
| 12 | ak-⸢ta-la a-di LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 13 | ša\d ⸢pi-i e\d-gir₂-te⸣ [an-ni-te] | |
| 14 | i-ša₂-⸢mu-ni⸣ [mi]-nu [ši-ti-ni] | |
| 15 | i-šap-⸢pa-ru⸣-ni\d | |
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