ABL 0144 (P334090)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0144 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334090 |
| 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/saa05 · 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: your servant Aššur-reṣuwa. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | As regards Naragê, the chief tailor about whom I wrote to the king, my lord: "He and 20 of his fellow eunuchs who conspired against the king have been arrested" — |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | the king of Urarṭu has now entered Ṭurušpâ and questioned them. They have dragged forth and killed the rest of the people involved in the plot — 100 men, including the eunuchs and the bearded courtiers. |
| Obverse [12:20] o 1313–o 2020 | Urṣenê, the deputy commander-in-chief, brother of Abliuqnu, was likewise arrested in Ṭurušpâ. When Abliuqnu came to Ṭurušpâ, he (i.e. the king) questioned him and this brother of his. No sword was drawn; they let them go. |
| Obverse [20:29] o 2121– | As to Iṣiye about whom the king, my lord, wrote me, nobody knows where he is; I keep inquiring, but nobody can tell me whether he is alive or dead. |
| Reverse [3:9] r 44–r 99 | The messenger whom I send to Ukku never sees any trace of him; he keeps inquiring, but nobody tells him anything. I am now sending (spies) to inquire and investigate, and shall write (again) to the king, my lord. |
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-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—re-ṣu-u-a | |
| 2 | lu DI-mu\p a-na LUGAL\p be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 3 | ina UGU {1}na-ra-ge-e {lu₂vy}GAL—ka-ṣir\m {lu₂vy}GAL—ka-ṣir\m | |
| 4 | ša\t a-na LUGAL\p be-li₂-ia₂ aš₂-pur-an-ni | |
| 5 | nu-uk\d 20 {lu₂vy}SAG-MEŠ i-si-šu | |
| 6 | ša\y ina UGU LUGAL\p id-di-bu\p-ub-u-ni\d | |
| 7 | ṣa-ab-bu\pp-tu₂ u₂-ma-a LUGAL\p {kur}URI-a.a | |
| 8 | ina {uru}ṭu-ur-uš-pa-a e-ta-rab | |
| 9 | u₂-sa-ni\d-iq-šu₂-nu ERIM-MEŠ\m re-hu-te | |
| 10 | ša\ty i-si-šu₂-nu i-sa-du-u₂-ni\d | |
| 11 | a-di {lu₂vy}SAG-MEŠ a-di {lu₂vy}ša\dty—SU₆-MEŠ | |
| 12 | 01 me šu-nu ERIM-MEŠ de-e-ku | |
| 13 | {1}ur-ṣe-ne₂\d-e {lu₂vy}tur-ta-nu 02-u | |
| 14 | ŠEŠ\p-šu₂ ša\p {1}ab-li-uq\dp-nu | |
| 15 | ina ŠA₃ {uru}ṭu-ur-uš-pa-a ṣa-bi-ti\t | |
| 16 | {1}ab-li-uq\d-nu ina {uru}ṭu-ur-uš-pa-a | |
| 17 | i-tal-ka a-na ša₂-a-šu₂ a-na ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 18 | an-ni\d-e i-sa-al\d-šu₂-nu GIR₂\p me-me-ni | |
| 19 | la-a qur-bu\p i-ti\t-ši | |
| 20 | ur-ta-mi-u₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 21 | ina UGU {1}i-ṣi-ie-e | |
| 22 | ša LUGAL\p be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni\d | |
| b.e. | ||
| 23 | me-me-ni la\d u₂-da | |
| 24 | E₂ šu-u₂-tu\t-u-⸢ni\d⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-sa-na-al\d me-me-ni | |
| 2 | la i-qab\p-bi-a šum₂\p-mu | |
| 3 | me₂-e-te\p šum₂\p-mu ba-al\d-ṭa | |
| 4 | {lu₂vy}A—KIN {lu₂vy}A—KIN ša\d ina ŠA₃ {kur}⸢u₂⸣-ki <$x$> | |
| 5 | a-šap-par-u-ni la-aš₂-⸢šu₂⸣ la e-mar-šu₂ | |
| 6 | i-sa-na-al\d me-me-ni | |
| 7 | la\p i-qab-ba-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 8 | u₂\p-ma-a a-šap-par i-ša-u₂-lu | |
| 9 | u₂-ṣu-uṣ a-na LUGAL | |
| 10 | a-šap-par | |
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