ABL 0190 (P334135)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0190 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334135 |
| 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 Kiṣir-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | As to the houses of the recruitment officers, about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "The houses are already built, you are deceiving me in order to give them to your servants!" — |
| Obverse [7:17] o 88–o 1717 | as if I did not tell the truth to the king, my lord! Let a royal eunuch who will tell the king my lord the truth come and have a look at these houses of the recruitment officers! If they are already built, let him go and tell it to the king, my lord, and let the king, my lord, hold his report to my discredit and say: "Why do you not tell me the truth?" |
| Obverse [17:20] o 1818–o 2020 | As to the houses of the servants of Šep-Aššur about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Why have you taken their houses and given them to your servants?" |
| Obverse [20:30] o 2121– | When Šep-Aššur went to Ṣimirra, his servants went with him, so I took their houses and gave them to the Marqasians. Let Šep-Aššur rule as governor over there, but his servants [must not have] houses in Dur-Šarru[ken. Why] should I not give them to the Marqasians, [the king my lord]'s subjects? |
| Reverse [3:9] r 44–r 99 | [Did I say] to the king, my lord: "Šep-Aššur did not build a house all the while he was h[ere]"? Now, [Šep-Aššur] did build a house as governor of D[ur-Šarruk]en; I was appointed in his stead, so I entered [his house] and took up residence in it. |
| Reverse [9:14] r 1010–r 1414 | To [......] for governorship [......]. His servants [went] with him, and their [...] should [...] with him; the king's servants [......] |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | [The Marqas]ians, servants [of the king, my lord], should live here [...]. |
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-ia | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}ki-ṣir—aš-šur | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu\p a-na\t LUGAL be-li₂\d-ia₂ | |
| 4 | ina UGU E₂-MEŠ ša\ydm {lu₂v}mu-šar\m-ki-sa-a-ni | |
| 5 | ša\m LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni ma-a E₂-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ra-aṣ~dp-pa-a-te ši-na\t ma-a ta-sa-la-ʾa-an-ni | |
| 7 | ma-a ba-si ta\d-⸢da⸣-ni a-na {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-ka | |
| 8 | TA@v\m ma-ṣi-in ⸢a⸣-[na]-ku la ke-e-tu | |
| 9 | ina pa-an LUGAL EN-⸢ia₂ ad⸣-da-bu\tp-ub-u₂-ni | |
| 10 | {lu₂v}SAG ša\ydm LUGAL EN-ia₂ lil-li-ka | |
| 11 | ša\dm ke-e-tu TA@v LUGAL EN-ia₂ i-da-bu\t-ub-u-ni | |
| 12 | E₂-MEŠ an-na\t-te ša\d {lu₂v}mu-šar\m-ki-sa-a-ni | |
| 13 | le-mu\p-ru šum₂\m-ma E₂-MEŠ ra-aṣ\dp-pa-a-te | |
| 14 | ši-na lil-li-ka a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 15 | li-qi-bi ṭe₂-mi-i-šu₂ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 16 | a-na\t hi-iṭ-ṭi\d-ia liš\d-kun ma-a a-ta-a | |
| 17 | la ke-e-tu i-se-e-a ta-da-bu\tp-ub | |
| 18 | ina UGU E₂-MEŠ ša\dm {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ ša\ydm {1}GIR₃.2—aš-šur | |
| 19 | ša\dm LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni ma-a a-ta-a | |
| 20 | E₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ta\p-aš₂-ši a-na\t {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-ka | |
| 21 | ta\d-din a-ki {1}GIR₃.2—aš-šur a-na\t {uru}ṣi-mi-ri | |
| 22 | il-lik-u-ni {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ i-se-e-šu₂ | |
| 23 | it-tal-ku E₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu at-ti\t-ši | |
| 24 | a-na\t {lu₂v}mar-ha-sa-a.a at-ti\t-din | |
| 25 | {1}GIR₃.2—aš-šur am-ma-ka {lu₂v}NAM\p-u₂-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 26 | lu-pi-iš {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ E₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina {uru}BAD₃—MAN—[GIN lu la u₂-kal-lu] | |
| 2 | a-na\y {lu₂v}⸢mar⸣-[ha-sa-a.a] | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ ⸢ša\dm LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia₂ a-ta-a] | |
| 4 | la-da\d-na\t la-da\d-na\t a-na\t LUGAL EN-⸢ia₂⸣ [aq-ṭi-bi-i] | |
| 5 | mu-uk\tdp {1}GIR₃.2—aš-šur TA@v\p mar ⸢an⸣-[na-ka-ni] | |
| 6 | E₂ la e-pu\tp-šu₂ u₂\m-ma-a {1}[GIR₃.2—aš]-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 7 | E₂ a-ki {lu₂v}EN.NAM\p ša\ydm {uru}⸢BAD₃⸣—{1}MAN—GI].NA | |
| 8 | e-tap-aš₂ a-na\t-ku ina ku-mu\p-⸢uš⸣-[šu₂ x x] | |
| 9 | pa-aq-da\d-ku e-tar-[ba ina E₂-šu₂] | |
| 10 | at-tu-ši-bi a-na\t [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | a-na\y {lu₂v}NAM\p-u₂\m-[te x x x x] | |
| 12 | {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ i-⸢se⸣-[e-šu₂ x x x]-šu₂-nu | |
| 13 | i-si-šu₂ [lu]-u₂ i-[x x x x {lu₂v]}⸢ARAD⸣-MEŠ | |
| 14 | ša\yd ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x] na\t [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 15 | lu-⸢šal⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | E₂-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x]-ka | |
| 17 | TA@v\p EN [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 18 | an-na\t-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x {lu₂v}mar-ha]-⸢sa⸣-a.a | |
| 19 | {lu₂v}ARAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša LUGAL EN-ia₂] ⸢lu⸣-ši-bu\tp | |
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