ABL 0146 + (P334092)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0146 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334092 |
| 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 [2:4] o 33–o 44 | The land of the king is well; the fort is well; may the king my lord be well! |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | Guriania is a district between Urarṭu and Cimmeria; it pays tribute to the Urarṭian king. |
| Obverse [7:14] o 88–o 1414 | When the Urarṭians went against the Cimmerians and the Urarṭians suffered defeat, whatever troops [...]ed from there [to G]uriania, this [...] some of them and took others as captives, putting [...]. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | When [the king of Urarṭu escaped] from his enemy, |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | before his trip [......] |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818–o 1919 | these [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | 8,000 s[oldiers ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | snow ... [......]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | The Urarṭian [governors] who were i[n ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [marched] against the [king of] Urarṭu. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | These governors [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | in the eyes [of] the kin[g ......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | the forts [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | the king, my lord, sa[ys ......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | went ... [......]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | messengers are going [......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | to them [......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | until the rea[r part ...] to them. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | Ne[ws of] the king: he is [in] Ṭurušpâ. |
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 ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—re-ṣu-u-a | |
| 2 | lu DI-mu\p a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia DI-mu\p | |
| 3 | ⸢a-na⸣ KUR ša\tp LUGAL DI-mu\p a-na {uru}HAL.ṢU | |
| 4 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 5 | {kur}gu-ri-a-ni-a {kur}na-gi-u₂ | |
| 6 | bir-te\p {kur}URI bir-te\p {kur}ga-mir-ra | |
| 7 | šu-u₂ ma-da-at-tu₂ a-na {kur}URI-a.a | |
| 8 | i-da-an a-ki-i {kur}URI-a.a | |
| 9 | ina UGU {kur}ga-mir-ra il-lik-u-ni | |
| 10 | a-ki-i a-bi-ik-tu₂ ina ŠA₃ {kur}URI-a.a | |
| 11 | ta\p-aš₂-ša₂-ki-nu-ni {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ a—mar TA@v\m ma-ka | |
| 12 | ⸢in⸣-na-⸢su-x-ni⸣ [ina {kur]}⸢gu⸣-ri-⸢a⸣-ni-⸢a⸣ o | |
| 13 | an-ni-u₂\m am\p-mu\p-⸢te⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 14 | am\p-mu\p-te i-ṣa-bat ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | i-šak-kan ki-i [LUGAL {kur}URI-a.a] | |
| 16 | TA@v\m ŠA₃ {lu₂v}KUR₂-⸢šu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 17 | ina pa-an KASKAL-šu [x x x x x] | |
| 18 | an-nu-te\p ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ki⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša\ty ⸢il⸣-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | 08 lim {⸢lu₂v⸣}[ERIM-MEŠ x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ku-pu\p ⸢ni⸣ ki [x x x {lu₂v}NAM-MEŠ] | |
| 5' | {kur}URI-a.a ša ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina UGU LUGAL {kur}URI-[a.a it-tal-ku] | |
| 7' | {lu₂v}NAM-MEŠ an-nu-te [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ina ŠA₃ IGI.2-MEŠ [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | LUGAL be-li₂ i-⸢qab⸣-[bi x x x x x] | |
| 11' | i-tal-lak an-⸢nu-x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ ⸢il-lu-ku⸣ [x x x] | |
| 13' | ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu ⸢ra⸣-[x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 14' | a-du zi-bu-[tu₂ x x x]-u-ni | |
| 15' | ina UGU-hi\p-šu₂-nu ṭe₃-[e-mu ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 16' | [ina] {uru}ṭu-ur-uš-pa-a ⸢šu⸣-u₂ | |
Sources & licences
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