ABL 0197 (P334142)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0197 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334142 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the king, my lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are well, all the king's forts are well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. |
| Obverse [7:18] o 88–o 1818 | The Ukkaean has sent me (this message): "The troops of the Urarṭian king have been utterly defeated on his expedition against the Cimmerians; eleven of his governors have been eliminated [with] their troops; his commander-in-chief and two of his governors [have been taken prisoners]. He (himself) came to take [the road to ......] came [...... the pr]efects of his country [......] stationed [in ......]." |
| Obverse [18:21] o 1919–o 2121 | [Thi]s was the report of the Ukkaean. Aššur-reṣuwa has written to me thus: |
| Obverse [21:34] o 2222– | "The previous report which I sent about the Urarṭians was that they had suffered a terrible defeat. Now his country is quiet again and each of his magnates has gone to his province. Kaqqadanu, his commander-in-chief, has been taken prisoner; the Urarṭian king is in the province of Wazaun." |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | This was the report of Aššur-reṣuwa. Nabû-le'i the governor of Birate has written to me: |
| Reverse [6:15] r 77–r 1515 | "I have written to the guards of the forts along the border concerning the news of the Urarṭian king and they (tell me this): 'His troops have been utterly defeated on his expedition against the Cimmerians. Three of his magnates along with their troops have been killed; he himself has escaped and entered his country, but his army has not yet arrived (back).'" |
| Reverse [15:22] r 1616–r 2222 | This was the report of Nabû-le'i. The (king) of Muṣaṣir and his brother and son have gone to greet the Urarṭian king, and the messenger of the (king) of Hubuškia has also gone to greet him. |
| Reverse [22:25] r 2323–r 2525 | All the guards of the forts along the border have sent me similar reports. |
| Reverse [25:28] r 2626–r 2828 | They have brought me from Tabal a letter from Nabû-le'i, the major-domo of Ahat-abiša. I am herewith forwarding it to the king, my lord. |
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}{d}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | šul-mu a-na KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 5 | šul-mu a-na E₂.KUR-MEŠ-te | |
| 6 | šul-mu a-na {uru}bi-rat ša\d LUGAL gab-bu | |
| 7 | ŠA₃-bu ša\d LUGAL EN-ia a—dan-niš lu DUG₃.GA | |
| 8 | {kur}uk\d-ka-a.a ina UGU-hi-ia is-sa-par | |
| 9 | ma-a LUGAL {kur}URI\dm-a.a a-na {kur}ga-mir | |
| 10 | be₂-et il-lik-u₂-ni ma-a {lu₂v}e-mu-qi-šu₂ | |
| 11 | a-na ma-la de-e-ka ma-a 11 {lu₂v}EN.NAM-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 12 | [TA@v\m] {lu₂v}e-mu-qi-šu₂-nu še-e-lu-u | |
| 13 | {[lu₂v}tur]-⸢ta⸣-nu-šu₂ 02 {lu₂v}EN.NAM-MEŠ-te | |
| 14 | [ṣa-ab-tu ma]-⸢a⸣ it-tal-ka | |
| 15 | [KASKAL ša {kur}man-na-a].⸢a⸣ iṣ-ṣa-ba-at | |
| 16 | [ma-a x x x x x]-a.a il-lik-an-ni | |
| 17 | [x x x x {lu₂v}GAR]-nu-te ša KUR-šu₂ | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ iš-šak-nu-u-ni | |
| 19 | [x x x an-ni]-u₂ ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 20 | ša {[kur]}⸢uk\d⸣-ka-a.a | |
| 21 | {1}aš-šur—re-ṣu-u-a i-sa-ap-ra | |
| 22 | ma-a ṭe₃-e-mu ša {kur}URI\d-a.a | |
| 23 | ma pa-ni-u₂ ša aš₂-pur-an-ni | |
| 24 | ma-a šu-tu₂-u-ma šu-u₂\mp | |
| 25 | ma-a de-ek-tu₂ ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 26 | ma-aʾ-da de-e-ka-at | |
| 27 | ma-a u₂-ma-a KUR-su ne₂-ha-at | |
| 28 | ma-a {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ-šu₂ ia-mu-tu₂ | |
| 29 | ina ŠA₃-bi KUR-šu₂ it-ta-lak | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-a {1}SAG.DU-a-nu {lu₂v}tur-ta-nu-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ṣa-bi-it ma-a LUGAL {kur}URI\d-a.a | |
| 3 | ina ŠA₃ {kur}u₂-a-za-un šu-u₂\m | |
| 4 | an-ni-u₂\m ṭe₃-e-mu ša\td {1}aš-šur—re-ṣu-u-a | |
| 5 | {1}{d}PA—ZU {lu₂v}EN.NAM ša\td {uru}HAL.ṢU | |
| 6 | ina UGU-hi-ia is-sa-ap-ra | |
| 7 | ma-a ina UGU {lu₂v}EN.NUN\dm {uru}bi-ra-a-te | |
| 8 | ša\m ina UGU ta-hu-u-me ina UGU ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 9 | ša\m LUGAL {kur}URI\d-a.a a-sa-ap-ra\p | |
| 10 | ma\p-a {kur}PAB-ir be₂-et il-lik-u-ni | |
| 11 | ma-a {lu₂v}e-mu-qe-e-šu₂ a-na ma-la de-e-ka | |
| 12 | ma-a 03 {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ-šu₂ a-du {lu₂v}e-mu-qi-šu₂-nu | |
| 13 | de-e-ku ma-a šu-u-tu₂ ih-tal-qa | |
| 14 | a-na KUR-šu₂ e-tar-ba ma-a ma-dak-tu₂-šu₂ | |
| 15 | u₂\m-di-i-ni la ta-qa-ri-ba | |
| 16 | an-ni-u₂\m ṭe₃-e-mu ša {1}{d}PA—ZU | |
| 17 | {uru}mu-ṣa-ṣir-a.a ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 18 | DUMU-šu₂ a-na šul-me | |
| 19 | ina UGU LUGAL {kur}URI\d-a.a it-tal-ku | |
| 20 | {lu₂v}A—šip-ri {lu₂v}A—šip-ri ša {kur}hu-bu-uš-ka-a.a | |
| 21 | a-na šul-me ina UGU-hi-šu₂-ma | |
| 22 | it-ta-la-ak | |
| 23 | {lu₂v}EN.NUN\dm {uru}bi-rat gab-bu | |
| 24 | ša ina UGU ta-hu-me ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 25 | a-ki an-ni-im-ma i-sa-par-u-ni | |
| 26 | e-gir-tu₂ ša {1}{d}PA—ZU | |
| 27 | {lu₂}GAL—E₂ {lu₂}GAL—E₂ ša {mi₂}NIN—AD-ša₂ | |
| 28 | TA@v\m {kur}ta-bal na-ṣu-u-ni | |
| 29 | ina UGU LUGAL EN-ia₂ us-se-bi-la | |
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