ABL 0129 (P334077)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334077 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king, my lord: yo]ur [servant] Mannu-ki-Ninu[a. Good health to the king, my lord]! The land of the king my lord is well. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | [Concerning the Zabg]agaeans about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Inquire and observe their comings and goings, and write to me!" — they have now returned from the house of Daltâ, entered Kuluman with their brothers, and are staying there. |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | And when I went and concluded a treaty with the Kulumaneans, and pacified them, they too (= the Zabgagaeans) [mad]e peace with them. They appealed to me on account of Zabgaga, saying: "Return our ci[ty-lord] and [ins]tall him ove[r us]!" I [told them a]s the king, my lord, [had wr]itten to me: |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | "The k[ing] has taken your ci[ty-lord ......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [... the] Mede seized him [......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [o]f Zab[gaga ......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | I shall give you [......] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [retur]n you [......] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [After] I had told [them] (this), th[ey said]: |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | ["......] to go out of Kul[uman]. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [......] of [Asr]ukanu and o[f NN] |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | [...... of GN] (and) of [S]ikris [......] |
| Obverse [23:27] o 2424–o 2727 | For peace's sake, they should not cut off the[ir] messengers [... from] my [presence. I dres]sed them in [purple] garmen[ts], put silver bracelets [on their wrists, and] sai[d to them a]s follows: |
| Obverse [27:38] o 2828– | ["Just] as [you] previo[usly stood at the dis]posal of Nabû-belu-ka''[in, found out wha]tever there was to report and [tol]d it to him, [in like] manner [stan]d now at my disposal and send me whatever news [of th]e Medes you hear! I shall protect you just as Nabû-belu-ka''in protected you and shall say a good word about you before the king, my lord." |
| Reverse [6:12] r 77–r 1212 | And they said to me as follows: "The king o[rd]ered us to stand at the disposal of the governor of [Kar-Šarrukin], so we shall no[w] stay [at your disposal]. We [are the king's subjects]." |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...... wh]om Nabû-belu-ka''in [......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | I sent [... to them, saying]: "[......]." |
| Reverse [14:17] r 1515–r 1717 | [They ...ed] before [me ......]: "Concl[ude a treaty ......] with [us ......], so we shall [...] our [...]s." |
| Reverse [17:20] r 1818–r 2020 | They also said: "As for you, come with your [...] and conclude the treaty with us at the upper border of Satarnu. We have made peace." |
| Reverse [20:22] r 2121–r 2222 | [Now] then I am speaking kindly [with] them until the king, my lord, [se]nds me further instructions. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}man-nu—ki—{uru}⸢ni-nu⸣-[a] | |
| 2 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-a] DI-mu a-na KUR ša\dy LUGAL EN-a | |
| 3 | [ina UGU {uru}zab]-⸢ga⸣-ga-a.a ša\dy LUGAL EN iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 4 | ⸢ma⸣-[a] ša₂-al\d a-mur E₂ e-ra-bu-u-nu u₂-ṣu-u-ni | |
| 5 | šu-up-ra u₂-ma-a TA@v\m E₂ {1}dal-ta-a | |
| 6 | i-su-hu-ru\d-u-ni ina {uru}ku-lu-man TA@v\m ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | e-tar-bu kam-mu-su u₃ ki-i al\d-lik-u-ni | |
| 8 | a-de-e TA@v\m {uru}ku-lu-man-a.a aš₂-kun-u-ni | |
| 9 | ⸢u₂⸣-sa-li-mu-ša₂-nu-⸢ni⸣ šu-nu is-se-e-ša₂-nu-ma | |
| 10 | [i]-⸢sa⸣-al\d-mu ina UGU {uru}zab-ga-ga i-tah-ru\d-u-ni | |
| 11 | [ma-a EN]—⸢URU⸣-in-ni EN]—⸢URU⸣-in-ni ⸢sa⸣-hi-ri ina ⸢UGU⸣-[hi-ni še]-ši-ib | |
| 12 | [ki-i] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL EN [iš]-pur-an-ni ⸢aq⸣-[ṭi₂-ba-šu₂-nu] | |
| 13 | [mu-ku EN]—⸢URU⸣-ku-nu EN]—⸢URU⸣-ku-nu ⸢LUGAL⸣ it-ti\t-ši [x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x {lu₂v]}mat-a.a i-ṣa-bat-su ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 15 | ⸢ša {uru}za⸣-ab-[ga-ga x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | ⸢a⸣-da-nak-ku-nu [x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x]-ir-ku-nu [x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x] ⸢mu⸣ [x x] ⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 20 | [x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] ⸢a⸣-qa-⸢ba⸣-[šu₂-nu]-ni ⸢iq⸣-[ṭi-bi-u] | |
| 21 | [ma-a x x x] ⸢a⸣-na [u₂]-ṣe-e TA@v\m {uru}ku-⸢lu⸣-[man] | |
| 22 | [x x x x] ša\y {1}[as]-⸢ru⸣-ka-ni u₃ ⸢ša\y⸣ [x x x] | |
| 23 | [x x x x]-ir ša {uru}⸢si⸣-ik-ri-si i-⸢sa⸣-[x x] | |
| 24 | [x x x x] a-na DI-mu {⸢lu₂v⸣}A—KIN-MEŠ-ni-šu₂-[nu {⸢lu₂v⸣}A—KIN-MEŠ-ni-šu₂-[nu x x] | |
| 25 | [TA@v\m pa-ni]-ia la i-⸢ba⸣-tu₂-qu ku-zip-[pi SA₅-MEŠ] | |
| 26 | [u₂-sa]-⸢bi⸣-su-nu HAR-MEŠ KUG.UD a-⸢sa⸣-[kan-šu₂-nu] | |
| 27 | [u₃] ⸢ki⸣-i an-ni-e aq-ṭi₂-[ba-šu₂-nu mu-ku] | |
| 28 | [ki]-i ša\dy ti\t-ma-⸢li⸣ [šal-ši—UD-me] | |
| 29 | [pa]-⸢an⸣ {1}{d}PA—⸢EN—GIN⸣ [ta-zi-za-ni] | |
| 30 | [mi-i]-ni ša\dy ṭe₃-e-mu-⸢un⸣-[ni tah-ru-ṣa-ni] | |
| 31 | [ta]-⸢aq⸣-ba-šu₂-nu mu-ku u₂-ma-[a] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ki-i] an-nim-ma ina pa-ni-ia | |
| 2 | [i-ti\t]-⸢sa⸣ mu-ku mi-i-ni ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 3 | [ša] {⸢lu₂v⸣}mat-a.a ša\dy ta-šam-ma-ni šup\d-ra-ni | |
| 4 | [mu]-⸢ku⸣ ki-i ša\dy {1}{d}PA—EN—GIN iṣ-ru\d-ka-nu-u-[ni] | |
| 5 | [a]-⸢na⸣-ku a-na-ṣar-ku-nu u₃ di-ib-bi-ku-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢SIG₅⸣-MEŠ ina pa-an LUGAL EN-a a-qa-ab-bi | |
| 7 | u₃ šu-nu ki-i an-ni-i iq-ṭi₂-bu-u-ni | |
| 8 | ma-a LUGAL ṭe₃-e-mu i-⸢sa-kan⸣-a-na-ši ⸢ma⸣-[a] | |
| 9 | ina pa-an {lu₂v}EN.NAM ša\dy {[uru}kar—{1}MAN—GIN] | |
| 10 | i-ti\t-sa ma-a u₂-ma-[a ina pa-ni-ka-ma] | |
| 11 | ni-za-az\d [ma-a {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ ša LUGAL] | |
| 12 | ⸢a⸣-[ne₂]-⸢e⸣-nu [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ⸢ša⸣ {1}{d}PA—⸢EN—GIN⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | a-sa-pa-ra ⸢nu⸣-[ku x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ina pa-ni-[ia x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | is-se-[e-ni x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | šu-uk\d-[nu x x x x x]-MEŠ-ni nu-[x x] | |
| 18 | u₃ ma-[a] at-⸢ta⸣ TA@v [x x]-⸢ka⸣ al\dt-ka | |
| 19 | ma-a ina ⸢re⸣-eš {⸢uru⸣}sa-⸢tar⸣-ni a-de-e | |
| 20 | is-⸢se⸣-e-ni šu-⸢uk⸣-nu ma-a ni-si-lim | |
| 21 | [u₂-ma-a] an-nu-rig di-ib-bi DUG₃.GA-MEŠ | |
| 22 | [is-se-e]-šu₂-nu a-da-bu\t-ub a-du mi-i-ni ša LUGAL EN | |
| 23 | [i]-⸢šap-par⸣-u-ni | |
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