ABL 0131 (P334079)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0131 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334079 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the ki]ng, my lord: yo[ur servant] Nabû-pašir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Sin and Nikkal bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:14] o 66–o 1414 | (As to) the cousin(s) of Giri-Dadi, the city-ruler of Til-Turi, who petitioned the king, my lord, and about whom the king my lord wrote to me: "Give them back whatever Giri-Dadi has taken from them" — |
| Obverse [14:18] o 1515–o 1818 | I gave it back to them. (Now) Se'-lukidi, a cousin of Giri-[Dadi] has came [and said to me]: |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | "[......] Let them come and pluck out the [...] of Ta[bal], lest the king should return from Dur-Iakin and deport us; Giri-Dadi spoke nonsense, because he was afraid." |
| Reverse [6:14] r 7'7'–r 14'14' | I am now sending Giri-Dadi and his cousin Se'-lukidi, who told us the things, to the Palace. What are the king my lord's 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⸣ EN-a | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}{d}AG—pa-šir | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣ DI\d-mu a-na LUGAL EN-a | |
| 4 | {d}30 [u] {d}NIN.GAL | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL EN-a lik-ru\p-bu\tp | |
| 6 | ⸢DUMU⸣—ŠEŠ—AD-šu₂ ⸢DUMU⸣—ŠEŠ—AD-šu₂ ⸢DUMU⸣—ŠEŠ—AD-šu₂ | |
| 7 | ša {1}gi-ri—U.U {lu₂vy}EN—⸢URU⸣ {lu₂vy}EN—⸢URU⸣ | |
| 8 | ša {urud}DU₆—tu-u₂-ri | |
| 9 | ša\d a-na LUGAL EN-a | |
| 10 | ih-ha-ru\p-u₂-ni | |
| 11 | ša LUGAL EN iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 12 | ma-a mi-i-nu {1}gi-ri—U.U | |
| 13 | TA@v\m pa-ni-šu₂-nu iš-šu-u-ni | |
| 14 | sa-hi-ir di\d-na-aš₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 15 | u₂-sa-hi-ir a-ta-na-aš₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 16 | {1}se-eʾ—lu-ki-di\d DUMU—ŠEŠ—AD-šu₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ—AD-šu₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ—AD-šu₂ | |
| 17 | ša {1}gi-ri—[U.U] | |
| 18 | [i]-⸢tal-ka⸣ [iq-ṭi₂-bi-a] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x šu x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | lil-li-ku-ni ⸢ša⸣ {kur}tab-[URU] | |
| 3' | liš-mu-ṭu liš-ši-u₂ | |
| 4' | ma-a ku-um\y LUGAL TA\m {uru}BAD₃—{1}ia-ki-ni | |
| 5' | i-sa-hu-ra-ni | |
| 6' | u₂-ša₂-gal-na-ši-ni | |
| 7' | {1}gi-ri—U.U di\d-ib-bi | |
| 8' | la di\d-ib-bi i-du-bu\t-bu\tp | |
| 9' | na-kut-tu₂ ra-aš₂-ši | |
| 10' | an-nu-rig\t {1}gi-ri—U.U | |
| 11' | {1}se-e—lu-ki-di\d DUMU—ŠEŠ—AD-šu₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ—AD-šu₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ—AD-šu₂ | |
| 12' | ⸢ša⸣ di\d-ib-bi iq-ba-na-ši-ni | |
| 13' | [ina E₂].⸢GAL⸣ u₂-se-bi-la-šu₂-nu | |
| 14' | [mi-i]-⸢nu⸣ ša LUGAL EN | |
| 15' | [i-qa]-⸢bu⸣-u₂-ni | |
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