ABL 0154 (P334100)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0154 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334100 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Zeru-ibni. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | As to Marduk-eriba about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, if I have put Marduk-eriba in irons, let them release his shackles and put them on my own feet! If not, let them pull the tongue out of the throat of the man who lied to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [10:26] o 1111– | The brother of Marduk-eriba serves as a palace chariot fighter, and he himself has been with me as a recruit. The deputy of the rab-mūgi officer transferred his elder brother to Arrapha because of [...], and last year he took Marduk-eriba as a replacement. Let the king, my lord, ask the messenger who is bringing this letter whether he has been in irons or living in his father's house. |
| Reverse [2:16] r 33–r 1616 | Right now I am sending Marduk-eriba and his brother to the king, my lord. Let the one who pleases the king my lord serve with the king my lord, and let them give the second-best to me. It is the third year already since my cavalry was dissolved and the king, my lord, knows that these riverside people are all serving for themselves, none of them are exempt. |
| Reverse [16:21] r 1717– | Marduk-eriba went to see his brother's maid, spending three days in Dur-Šarruken, and returned to his father's house. |
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 | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}NUMUN\y—ib-ni | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | šu-uh {1}AMAR.UTU—SU\t | |
| 5 | ša\dm LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 6 | šum₂-ma {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—SU\t si-par-ri AN.BAR | |
| 7 | a-sa-kan si-par-ri AN.BAR-e-šu₂ | |
| 8 | ⸢li-ip⸣-ṭu-ru\d ina GIR₃\d.2-e-a | |
| 9 | liš\t-ku-nu u₂-la-a ⸢ša⸣ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 10 | is-lu-ni EME-šu₂ TA@v\m ha-ru\d-ur-ti-šu₂ | |
| 11 | li\d-iš-du-du-u-ni PAB-šu₂ ša\ydm {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—SU\t | |
| 12 | ina {lu₂v}A—SIG {lu₂v}A—SIG ša\ydm E₂.GAL | |
| 13 | i-la-as\td-su\t-mu u₃ šu-u₂ | |
| 14 | is-se-e-a ina {lu₂v}rak-su\t-MEŠ\dm | |
| 15 | {lu₂v}02-u ša\ydm {lu₂v}GAL—mu-gu {lu₂v}GAL—mu-gu | |
| 16 | <$ina arrap-⸢ha{ki} TA@v⸣ IGI [x x]$> | |
| 17 | PAB-šu₂ dan-nu u₂-se-ši-bi | |
| 18 | u₃ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—SU\t ina MU.IM.MA | |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | a-na bat-qu iṣ-ṣa-bat | |
| 20 | a-na {lu₂v}A—SIG {lu₂v}A—SIG ša e-gir₂-tu₂ | |
| 21 | na-[ṣa]-an-ni LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 22 | [o o] liš\t-al-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢si-par⸣-ri AN.BAR-e GAR-in | |
| 2 | u₂-la-a ina E₂\m—AD-šu₂ E₂\m—AD-šu₂ | |
| 3 | kam-mu-su\t u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig | |
| 4 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—SU\t u₃ PAB-šu₂ | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ u₂-se-bi-la | |
| 6 | ša\dm pa-ni LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 7 | ma-hi-ru\d-ni TA\m LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 8 | lil\m-su\t-mu u₃ {lu₂v}ši-ih-lu | |
| 9 | ia-a-ši lid-din-u-ni | |
| 10 | 03-su\t MU.AN.NA TA@v\m mar | |
| 11 | {anše}BAD-HAL-i ra-mu-at-u-ni | |
| 12 | LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da | |
| 13 | ki-i ši-di—ID₂-a.a | |
| 14 | an-nu-tu₂ LU₂ ina UGU ram-ni-šu₂ | |
| 15 | i-la-as\td-su\t-⸢mu⸣-u-ni | |
| 16 | za-ku-u la-aš₂-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 17 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—SU\t ina UGU GEME₂ | |
| 18 | ša PAB-šu₂ it-tal-ka | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | 03 UD-MEŠ ina {uru}BAD₃—{1}MAN—⸢GIN⸣ | |
| 20 | kam-mu-su\t u₃ is-su\t-hur\y | |
| 21 | it-ta-lak a-na E₂\m—AD-šu₂ E₂\m—AD-šu₂ | |
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