ABL 0117 (P334065)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0117 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334065 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Urad]-Gula. Good health [to the king, my lord]! May all the gods whom [the king, my lor]d, has revered today, very much stand by the king and by [Assur]banipal and Šamaš-šumu-ukin on (the day of) their trial! |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | We prepared all this work that the king performed on the 22nd day and today, and we also wrote the tablets, (while) he did not go near anything because of the picking (of fruit) and harvesting (of grapes). |
| Obverse [12:17] o 1313–o 1717 | [And] on the 22nd, when the king got angry, [w]e [...]d the (ground) beneath the god and worri[ed to] death. [Bu]t he, as soon as [...], wine [...] |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'–r 8'8' | He is taking [for himself] the prime lot of garments [which came in on the 2]2nd and today, [gu]lēnu-coats, tunics, and mak[lulu]-clothes, every single one of them, and [shows] neither the chief [exorcist] nor Adad-šumu-uṣur that he has them. |
| Reverse [8:14] r 9'9'–r 14'14' | But we have ended up [empty]-handed; by which means are we supposed to fill the shortage of our garments? Whence are we supposed to get (our) wages, we who have not (even) as much money as a pupil of his? And yet the king knows [that] we are his equals! |
| Reverse [14:18] r 15'15'–r 18'18' | [...] We are alone; (already) in the time of the king's father, [Balas]su and Aplaya took the stand because of him [before ...] and Adad-šumu-uṣur. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [We have ended up] empty-handed [......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [......] is not there [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia ARAD-ka] | |
| 2 | {1}ARAD—{d]}gu-la lu-u DI-mu [a-na LUGAL] | |
| 3 | [be-li₂-ia] DINGIR-MEŠ am—mar ša UD-mu an-ni-[u₂] | |
| 4 | [LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣ ip-⸢lah₃⸣-u₂-ni ina de-ni ša LUGAL | |
| 5 | {1}aš-šur]—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ u₃ {1}{d}GIŠ.NU—MU—GI.NA | |
| 6 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš li-iz-zi-iz-zu | |
| 7 | dul-lu an-ni-u₂ gab-bi-šu₂ am—mar LUGAL | |
| 8 | UD 22-KAM₂ u₃ UD-mu an-ni-u₂ e-pu-šu-u-ni | |
| 9 | a-ni-in-nu gab-bu nu-us-sa-aṣ-bit | |
| 10 | u₃ ṭup-pa-a-ni is-se-niš ni-is-sa-ṭar | |
| 11 | šu-u₂ TA@v IGI ma-ga-di u₃ ba-ṣa-a-ri | |
| 12 | ina UGU me₂-me₂-e-ni la-a iq-ri-ib | |
| 13 | [u₃] UD 22-KAM₂ ki-i LUGAL ir-u₂-bu-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 14 | [a-ni]-in-nu ša šap-la DINGIR ni-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 15 | [ša] ⸢mu⸣-u₂-a-te TA@v ŠA₃-bi-ni ⸢ni⸣-[du-bu-ub] | |
| 16 | ⸢u₃⸣ šu-u₂ ina E₂ ina IGI ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x]-⸢ri⸣-ni GEŠTIN ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] la [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]-šu-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x {tug₂]}⸢gu⸣-zip-pi pa-ni-i-⸢u₂⸣-[te] | |
| 4' | [ša UD] 22-KAM₂ u₃ ša u₂-ma-a ⸢e⸣-[ru-bu-u-ni] | |
| 5' | {[tug₂]}⸢gul⸣-IGI.2 {tug₂}GADA {tug₂}ma-ak-[li-li] | |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣ [x]-šu₂ am-mar gab-bu-un-ni [x x x] | |
| 7' | i-na-aš₂-ši la-a a-na {lu₂}GAL—[MAŠ.MAŠ] {lu₂}GAL—[MAŠ.MAŠ] | |
| 8' | la a-na {1}{d}IM—MU—PAB is-si-šu₂ [u₂-kal-lam] | |
| 9' | u₃ a-ne₂-en-nu TA@v a-hi-in-⸢ni⸣ [ra-aq-te] | |
| 10' | ne₂-ta-li-a bat-qu ša {tug₂}gu-zip-pi-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 11' | ina ŠA₃ mi-i-ni ni-ik-ṣur TA@v a.a-ka | |
| 12' | ni-iš-ši-a ig-re-e ša am—mar {lu₂}TUR-šu₂ | |
| 13' | a-ni-nu la ma-aṣ-ṣa-ni-ni u₃ LUGAL u₂-da | |
| 14' | [ki-i] me-eh-re-e-šu₂ a-ne₂-en-nu-ni | |
| 15' | [x] ⸢u₂⸣-de-a-ni TA@v pa-ne₂-e-šu₂ | |
| 16' | {1}ba-la]-su {1}DUMU.UŠ-ia ina ŠA₃ AD-šu₂ ša LUGAL | |
| 17' | [a-na x x] u₃ {1}{d}IM—MU—PAB it-ti-ti-su | |
| 18' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] TA@v a-hi-in-ni ra-aq-te TA@v [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ la-aš₂-šu₂ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
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