ABL 0152 (P334098)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0152 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334098 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the crown prince, my lord: your servant, Dadî, son of Bel-remanni, priest of Bet-Kidmuri. May Aššur and Ištar bless the crown prince, my lord. |
| Obverse [7:30] o 88– | The chief victualler arrested and interrogated me without (the authorization of) the king or the crown prince. He plundered my patrimony. All that my father had acquired under the king's aegis he plundered and carried off. At the same time, he took away one talent of refined silver and 20 minas of silver in the form of household utensils — gifts of the king and queen mother. I received/inherited my father's office, (but now) I am (even) chased away from the temple. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | Let the crown prince take care of (this) lest I die without (the help of) the king or the crown prince. |
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 DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}U.U-i | |
| 3 | DUMU {1}EN—rem₂-a-ni | |
| 4 | {lu₂}SANGA ša₂ E₂—kad-mu-ri | |
| 5 | aš-šur {d}IŠ.TAR | |
| 6 | a-na DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN EN-ia | |
| 7 | lik-ru-bu | |
| 8 | {lu₂}GAL—⸢da-ni⸣-ba-te {lu₂}GAL—⸢da-ni⸣-ba-te | |
| 9 | ša la LUGAL | |
| 10 | ša la DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 11 | i-ṣab-ta u₂-sa-ni-qa-a-ni | |
| 12 | E₂—AD-ia E₂—AD-ia | |
| 13 | in-ta-aš₂-ʾa | |
| 14 | a—mar ša AD-u-a | |
| 15 | ṣil-li LUGAL | |
| 16 | iq-nu-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | in-ta-aš₂-ʾa | |
| 2 | i-ti-ši | |
| 3 | 01 GU₂.UN MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 4 | ba-aš₂-lu | |
| 5 | 20 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 6 | ša a-nu-ut E₂ | |
| 7 | na-mu-ra-a-te ša LUGAL | |
| 8 | ša AMA—LUGAL AMA—LUGAL | |
| 9 | i-se-niš i-ti-ši | |
| 10 | a-kul-lu-u ša AD-ia | |
| 11 | mah-ra-ak | |
| 12 | TA@v lib E₂.KUR-ri | |
| 13 | ka-šu-da-ak | |
| 14 | DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN lip-qi-da | |
| 15 | ša la LUGAL | |
| 16 | ša DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN lu la a-⸢mu⸣-[at] | |
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