ABL 0147 (P334093)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0147 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334093 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the] tr[easurer, my lord, your servant] Aššur-r[eṣuwa. Good h]ealth to [my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | As to the troops in [Kumme] about whom my lord wrote me, I have moved up [some of them], but have not yet got the others under way. |
| Obverse [7:13] o 88–o 1313 | The equipment of Ariye and Arizâ is in order, but they have not y[et] departed; when they do set out, my messenger will go ahead of [them], and [then return] to me. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | My lord knows that the days [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] was strong [......] |
| Reverse [1:8] r 2'2'–r 8'8' | I have r[eaped] the harvest. If my lord o[rders], I shall [...] reed altars. My lord should send word that the It[u'eans] of Dur-Šamaš and Barzaniš[ta] come up here to relieve the[se] troops. |
| Reverse [8:12] r 9'9'–r 12'12' | As to what [my lord] wrote me: "Let 50 It[u'eans ...] to Sarduriani [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | My lord should [......] in the presence of Šulmu-beli-lašme. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na {lu₂v]}⸢IGI⸣.[DUB be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—⸢re⸣-[ṣu-u-a] | |
| 3 | [lu] ⸢DI-mu⸣ a-na [be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 4 | ⸢ina UGU⸣ ERIM-MEŠ ša\tp ina {⸢uru⸣}[ku-um-me] | |
| 5 | ⸢ša be⸣-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni [am-mu-te] | |
| 6 | u₂\m-se-li am-mu-[te] | |
| 7 | u₂-di-na la u₂-ša\m-⸢lak⸣ | |
| 8 | {1}a-ri-e {1}a-ri-za-a [o] | |
| 9 | a-nu-su-nu tar-ṣa-at u₂-[di-na] | |
| 10 | la u₂-na-maš-u₂-ni\d [o] | |
| 11 | ki-ma u₂-na-maš-u₂\p-ni\d [o] | |
| 12 | {lu₂vy}A—KIN-ia₂ {lu₂vy}A—KIN-ia₂ ina pa-na-at-<u>-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 13 | i-lak ina UGU-hi\p-ia [i-sa-hu-ra] | |
| 14 | be-li₂ u₂-da UD-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x] da [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢i-di-in⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | GURUN.BURU₁₄\ppmm e-⸢ta⸣-[ṣi-di] | |
| 3' | šum₂-mu\p be-li₂ u₂-⸢ma⸣-[x x] | |
| 4' | pa-ṭi-ra-a-te\p u₂-[x x x] | |
| 5' | be-li₂ liš-pur {lu₂vy}i\p-tu-[ʾa-a.a] | |
| 6' | ša {uru}BAD₃—{d}UTU [o] | |
| 7' | ša {uru}bar-za-ni-iš-[ta] | |
| 8' | le-lu-ni ERIM-MEŠ\m an-nu-[te] | |
| 9' | li-ip-ṭu-ur-u-ni ša\p [be-li₂] | |
| 10' | iš-pur-an-ni ma-a 50 {lu₂vy}i-⸢tu⸣-[ʾa-a.a] | |
| 11' | ina {uru}15—BAD₃-a-ni ⸢lu⸣-[x x] | |
| 12' | [x x]-ṣi {lu₂vy}⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ina IGI {1}DI—EN—la-aš₂-me be-li₂ lu-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
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