ABL 0174 (P334119)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0174 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334119 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To] the king, my lord: [your servant] Marduk-šarru-uṣur. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! The land of the king my lord i[s well]. |
| Obverse [4:18] o 55–o 1818 | [Concerning the n]ews of the district, they told me [previously: "Ašpa-ba]ri [has t]old Kibabiše and Dasukku: 'The king gave Ellipi to me and I shall enjoy it. He gave Šingibutu to Marduk-šarru-uṣur. It is your towns that have been snatched away. If you (want to) fight, do so, or leave it; I am not involved in it.'" He spoke thus before the people of the country. |
| Obverse [18:31] o 1919– | Now Kibabiše and Dasukku are constantly running about opposite [me] with a hundred cavalrymen. The king, [my] lord, [knows] that their own [cavalrymen] are (only) twenty (in number); [x of them] are Lutû's, and the rest [of the cavalrymen are] Ašpa-bari's. They do not openly show [that] they are run[ning] around with them. |
| Reverse [4:10] r 55–r 1010 | [Concerning the barley rations] about which the king, my lord, wr[ote to me, I have put aside] 1,000 homers of barley and [deposited] it in the town Saba[...]. And now I am taking out more of the harv[est]. |
| Reverse [10:15] r 1111–r 1515 | As to the news of the magnates, I asked the Mede who brings their letters where they are, and he told me that they went on the 3rd of Tishri (VII) [t]o the land of Yadburu. |
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-a | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MAN—PAB | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a]-na LUGAL\d be-li₂-a | |
| 4 | [DI-mu a]-⸢na⸣ KUR ša\y LUGAL be-li₂-a | |
| 5 | [ina UGU ṭe₃]-e-mu ša {kur}na-gi-u | |
| 6 | [pa-ni-tu₂] iq-ṭi₂-bu\t-u-ni ma-a | |
| 7 | {1}aš₂-pa—ba]-ri a-na {1}ki-ba-bi-še | |
| 8 | [ma-a] a-na {1}da-su-uk\dp-ku | |
| 9 | [iq]-ṭi₂-bi ma-a LUGAL {kur}el-li-pa | |
| 10 | ia-a-ši it-ta-an-na a-kal | |
| 11 | ma-a {kur}šin-gi-bu\t-tu₂ a-na | |
| 12 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—LUGAL—PAB it-ti\t-din | |
| 13 | ma-a ik-ka-nu-u₂ URU-MEŠ-ni-ku-nu | |
| 14 | pe-e-gu ma-a šum₂\p-ma qa-ra-bu | |
| 15 | tu-up-pa-aš₂ ep-ša₂ ma-a u₂-la-a | |
| 16 | ra-am-me-a ma-a a-na-ku | |
| 17 | ina ŠA₃ la qur-ba-ak ki-i an-ni-[i] | |
| 18 | ina pa-an UN-MEŠ KUR iq-ṭi₂-bi | |
| 19 | u₂-ma-a {1}ki-ba-bi-še | |
| 20 | u₃ {1}da-su-uk\dp-ku | |
| 21 | 01 me {lu₂v}ša—BAD-HAL-MEŠ is-⸢si⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 22 | ka-a.a-ma-nu pu-tu-[u-a] | |
| 23 | i-du-lu LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ [u₂-da] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 24 | iš-ša₂-nu-u₂ 20 {⸢lu₂v⸣}[ša\y—BAD-HAL-MEŠ] | |
| 25 | {lu₂v}ša\y—BAD-HAL-MEŠ-[šu₂-nu x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša\y {1}lu-tu-[u₂ šu-nu] | |
| 2 | u₃ re-eh-⸢te⸣ {[lu₂v}ša—BAD-HAL-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | ša\y {1}aš₂-pa—ba-⸢ri⸣ [šu-nu ki-i] | |
| 4 | is-si-šu₂-nu i-du-[lu-u-ni] | |
| 5 | la u₂-⸢kal-lu⸣-mu [ina UGU {še}PAD-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-[pur-an-ni] | |
| 7 | 01 lim {še}PAD-MEŠ [u₂-ta-li] | |
| 8 | ina {uru}sa-ba-⸢x x⸣ [a-sa-kan] | |
| 9 | u₃ an-nu-⸢rig⸣ e-⸢bu⸣-[ru] | |
| 10 | u₂-ra-da a-ma-ta-[ha] | |
| 11 | ina UGU ṭe₃-e-mu ša\y {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ | |
| 12 | {lu₂v}mat-a.a ša\y e-gir₂-a-te-šu₂-nu | |
| 13 | na-aṣ\dp-ṣa-⸢an⸣-ni a-sa-al-šu₂ | |
| 14 | mu-ku {lu₂v}⸢GAL⸣-MEŠ ia-a-ka | |
| 15 | ⸢ma⸣-a UD 03-KAM ša\y {itim}DUL | |
| 16 | [a]-⸢na⸣ {kur}ad-bu-ru\d it-tal-ku-u-ni | |
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