ABL 0170 (P334116)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0170 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334116 |
| 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 [3:5] o 44–o 55 | The report [on the Elam]ite which [I s]ent t[o the king] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......]s |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...... Nabû]-iqiša |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [I shall s]end [......] of the king of Elam. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | [Now th]en I am sending to the king, my lord, the letter of [Na]ṣibi that came to [Nabû-iqiša]. |
| Reverse [6:14] r 77–r 1414 | I went as far as Meturna with Il-yada', passed those people through, returned, and met Balaṭî on the 9th day in Dur-Bel-ila'i. Now then I am going where the king, my lord, sent me to. I have sent (word), and my king's men are on the alert. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | Let them quickly send me a copy of this letter of Naṣibi so I can send it to Nabû-iqiša. |
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-ia₂ | |
| 4 | ṭe₃-e-mu [ša {kur}NIM.MA]{⸢ki⸣}a.a | |
| 5 | ša\m a-[na LUGAL aš₂]-pur-an-ni | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x]-ti\t | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x]-nu | |
| 8 | [x x x x x {1}{d}AG]—BA\y-ša₂ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ma⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x]-nu | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x ha-ra]-me-ma | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1' | [x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x]-⸢ie⸣-e ša\m LUGAL {kur}NIM.[MA{ki]} | |
| 2 | [a]-⸢šap⸣-pa-ra [o] | |
| 3 | [an-nu]-⸢rig⸣ e-gir₂-tu₂ [o] | |
| 4 | [ša {1}na]-ṣi-bi ša\m ina UGU [o] | |
| 5 | {1}{d}AG]—BA-ša₂ tal-lik-an-ni | |
| 6 | ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia₂ u₂\m-se-bi-la-ši | |
| 7 | a-na-ku TA@v {1}DINGIR—ia-da-aʾ | |
| 8 | a-du {uru}me—tur-na at-ta-lak | |
| 9 | UN-MEŠ am-mu-ti\t u₂\d-se-ti\t-iq | |
| 10 | a-su\t-uh-ra UD 09-KAM₂ {1}ba\t-la-ṭi-i | |
| 11 | ina {uru}BAD₃—EN—DINGIR-a.a ina ir-ti\t-ia₂ | |
| 12 | an-nu-rig\p E₂\d LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 13 | iš-pur-an-ni-i-ni al-lak | |
| 14 | a-sa-par {lu₂v}ERIM—MAN-e-a {lu₂v}ERIM—MAN-e-a ut-tu-ku | |
| 15 | gab-ri e-gir₂-ti an-ni-ti | |
| 16 | ša\m {1}na-ṣi-bi ar₂-hiš liš-pa-ru-u-ni | |
| 17 | ina UGU {1}{d}AG—BA-ša₂ la-aš₂-pur | |
Sources & licences
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