ABL 0168 (P334114)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0168 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334114 |
| 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/saa15 · 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 Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Why have you appropriated towns and fields of Il-yada' in the province of Arrapha and in Šamaš-naṣir?" — what towns of his have I taken in the province of Arrapha? |
| Obverse [9:19] o 1010–o 1919 | As to Šamaš-naṣir, did I not appeal to the king, my lord, that it be given to him? The king, my lord, (however) gave Šamaš-naṣir to me, saying: "[Gi]ve (him) a town in its stead." The town I gave him lies right [a]head of his city. Is Šamaš-naṣir (as much) [at] my disposal? And he is appropriating its villages! |
| Obverse [19:26] o 2020– | [I]f the king, my lord, commands, I will choose [a town], and [he can g]o and enter it, (and) re[turn th]is [town]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 22–r 44 | [... Let me] and him [... and ple]ad our cases in the presence of the king, my lord, [and let] the king decide between us. |
| Reverse [3:11] r 55–r 1212 | For 15 days [in Tis]hri (VII) I was in the presence of the king my lord, [and he w]as there too. He should have appealed while I was [the]re, and we should have spoken with each other. Why did he appeal to the king only when I had come here? |
| Reverse [11:19] r 1313–r 2020 | Now the king, my lord, should write to Il-yada' that he come [t]o the review. I shall come too and bring my witnesses with me. Nashur-Bel should come and arbitrate between us. Let us litigate with each other, and let the king decide between us. |
| Reverse [19:27] r 2121– | As to Sumaya about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "A servant of Il-yada' from Mandiru has gone with him, let him gather his [brothers] and (then) go away" — |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | he should not go [...] and make trouble [......]. |
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}{d}AG—EN—GIN\d | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | ša\m LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 5 | ma-a a-ta-a URU-MEŠ A.ŠA₃-MEŠ\m | |
| 6 | ša\m {1}DINGIR—ia-da-aʾ ša\m ina NAM-at | |
| 7 | {uru}arrap-ha u₃ ša\d ina {uru}{d}ša₂-maš—PAB-ir | |
| 8 | taš-ši a.a-u₂\dm-ti\t URU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 9 | ša\d ina NAM-at {uru}arrap-ha aš₂-šu-u-ni | |
| 10 | ina UGU {uru}{d}ša₂-maš—PAB-ir | |
| 11 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ la ah-hur | |
| 12 | nu-uk\dp li-di-nu-niš-šu₂ | |
| 13 | LUGAL be-li₂ {uru}{d}ša₂-maš—PAB-ir | |
| 14 | ⸢it⸣-tan-na ma-a URU ina ku-mu-uš-šu₂ | |
| 15 | [di]-ni URU ša\d ad-din-aš₂-šu-un-ni | |
| 16 | [ina] re-eš URU-šu₂ ša₂-ki-in | |
| 17 | {[uru]}{d}ša₂-maš—na-ṣe-⸢e-re⸣ | |
| 18 | [ina] pa-ne₂-e-a u₃ {uru}⸢ŠE⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 19 | [šu]-u₂\m i-na-aš₂-ši | |
| 20 | [šum]-⸢ma⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 21 | [URU] ⸢la⸣-mur ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 22 | [lil]-⸢lik⸣ le-ru-ub | |
| b.e. | ||
| 23 | [URU an]-⸢ni⸣-i lu-sa-⸢hir⸣ | |
| 24 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 2 | [x x x x x a-na-ku] u₃ šu-u | |
| 3 | [x x x x x] ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | [ni]-⸢id⸣-bu-ub LUGAL ina bir-tu₂-un-ni | |
| 5 | [lip-ru]-⸢us⸣ 15 UD-MEŠ | |
| 6 | [ina {iti]}⸢DUL₆⸣ ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia₂ ana-ku | |
| 7 | [u₃ šu]-⸢tu⸣ ina ŠA₃-bi-im-ma | |
| 8 | ki-⸢i⸣ [am-ma]-ka a-na-ku-u-ni | |
| 9 | lu ih-hur TA@v a-ha-a-a-iš | |
| 10 | lu ni-id-bu-ub a-ta-a | |
| 11 | a-du E₂\d a-na-ku al-lik-an-ni | |
| 12 | a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia ih-hu-ur | |
| 13 | u₂\m-ma-a LUGAL be-li₂ ina UGU | |
| 14 | {1}DINGIR—ia-da-aʾ liš-pur [a]-⸢na⸣ ma-šar-te | |
| 15 | lil-li-ka u₃ a-na-ku | |
| 16 | al-la-kam-ma {lu₂v}par-ša₂-mu-ti\t | |
| 17 | i-se-e-a ub-ba-la {1}NIGIN—EN | |
| 18 | lil-li-ka ina bir-tu-un-ni | |
| 19 | lu-ka-a.a-in TA@v a-ha-a-a-iš | |
| 20 | ni-id-bu-ub ⸢LUGAL⸣ lip-ru-us | |
| 21 | ina bir-tu-un-ni ina UGU {1}su-ma-a | |
| 22 | ša\d LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| r.e. | ||
| 23 | ma-a ARAD ša\d {1}DINGIR—ia₂-da-aʾ | |
| 24 | {lu₂v}man-di-ra-a.a šu-u i-si-šu₂ | |
| 25 | it-ta-la-ak | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [ŠEŠ-MEŠ]-šu₂ li\t-ik-mi-si li-it-ta-at-lak | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ri la il-lak lu la i-dal-lah₃ | |
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