ABL 0186 (P334131)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0186 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334131 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | To the king, my lord: your servant Ubru-Nabû. Good health to the king, my lord! May Bel, Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh (and) Ištar of the Kidmuru temple very greatly bless the king, my lord. May they give happiness (and) physical well-being to the king, my lord. The garrisons of the king, my lord, are well. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | Šumma-ilu, the son of Aramiš-šar-ilani, the recruitment officer, has appealed in my presence for royal intervention, saying: |
| Obverse [13:27] o 1414– | "My father died in enemy country. The fifty men who were under his command, took twelve horses in their hands and came (back); they are (now) staying in the surroundings of Nineveh. I said to them: 'My father may be dead, but why did you leave the royal guard and come (back)?'" |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | Now then I am sending him to the presence of the king, my lord. May the king, my lord, question him, and may he tell the king, my lord, how the matter is. |
| Reverse [7:15] r 88–r 1515 | That merchant from Carchemish was killed by his servants, (but) not even one of them escaped, we have arrested (them all). I am sending to the king, my lord, the protection of Mullissu (and) of the Lady of Kidmuri, the mothers who love you. |
| Reverse [15:19] r 1616– | With regard to Sippar, may the king, my lord, be vigilant, so we can relax. |
| Right [0:2] r.e. 19r.e. 19–r.e. 2020 | Let me hear the health of the king, my lord, wherever what (= anything). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}SUHUŠ—{d}PA | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na MAN EN-ia | |
| 4 | {d}EN {d}PA {d}15 ša {uru}NINA | |
| 5 | {d}15 ša E₂—ki-di-mu-ri | |
| 6 | a-na MAN EN-ia a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 7 | lik-ru-bu ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi | |
| 8 | ṭu-ub UZU-MEŠ a-na MAN EN-ia | |
| 9 | lid-di-nu DI-mu a-na EN.NUN-MEŠ | |
| 10 | ša LUGAL EN-ia {1}šum₂-mu—DINGIR | |
| 11 | DUMU {1}{d}a-ra-miš—MAN—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 12 | {lu₂}mu-šar-kis a-bat LUGAL | |
| 13 | ina IGI-ia i-za-kar | |
| 14 | ma-a AD-u₂-a ina KUR—na-ki-ri KUR—na-ki-ri | |
| 15 | me-e-ti ma-a 50 {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 16 | ša ŠU.2-šu₂ 12 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 17 | ina ŠU.2-šu₂-nu i-ṣab-tu-u-ni | |
| 18 | it-tal-ku-u₂-ni | |
| 19 | ina bat-ti-bat-ti ša {uru}NINA | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20 | kam-mu-su | |
| 21 | ma a-na-ku aq-ṭi-ba-šu₂-nu | |
| 22 | ma-a AD-u₂-a | |
| 23 | lu me-e-ti | |
| r | ||
| 1 | EN.NUN ša LUGAL a-ta-a | |
| 2 | tu-ra-am-me-a tal-lik-a-ni | |
| 3 | u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig | |
| 4 | ina pa-an LUGAL EN-ia us-se-bi-la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 5 | LUGAL be-li₂ liš-al-šu | |
| 6 | ki-i ša a-bu-tu-u-ni | |
| 7 | a-na MAN EN-ia liq-bi | |
| 8 | {lu₂}DAM.QAR šu-u {uru}gar-ga-mis-a.a | |
| 9 | ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ i-du-ku-uš | |
| 10 | 01-en ina ŠA₃-bi-šu-nu | |
| 11 | la u₂-še-zib nu-ṣa-bi-it | |
| 12 | ki-din-nu ša {d}NIN.LIL₂ | |
| 13 | ša {d}GAŠAN—ki-di-mu-ri | |
| 14 | ša AMA-MEŠ ša i-ra-ma-ka-a-ni | |
| 15 | a-na MAN EN-ia us-se-bi-la | |
| 16 | ina UGU UD.KIB.NUN{ki} LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 17 | li-ih-hi-ri-id | |
| 18 | ni-ip-šah | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | DI-mu LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 20 | la-aš₂-me | |
| 21 | a-li-ma mi-i-ni | |
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