ABL 0208 (P334152)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0208 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334152 |
| 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/saa05 · 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-hamatu[a]. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | The forts of the king, my lord, are well. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | A Mede forwarded me the (attached) letter from the governor, saying: "Let your messenger bring it to the Palace." |
| Obverse [9:19] o 1010– | I have spoken kindly with the countrymen of the son of Bel-iddina and encouraged them. The son of Bel-iddina (himself) is a criminal and a traitor; he does not obey [the king's orders]. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | [I said]: "Do your work, each in [his house and] field, and be glad; you are now subjects of the king." |
| Reverse [6:13] r 77–r 1313 | They are peaceful and do their work. I have brought them out from six forts, saying: "Go! Each one of you should build (a house) in the field and stay there!" |
| Reverse [13:22] r 1414– | The king my lord's subjects have entered (the forts); the guard will be strong until the governor comes. I am doing everything the king, [my] l[ord], ordered him (to do). |
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\d EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—ha-mat-u-[a] | |
| 3 | lu-u šul-mu a-na LUGAL\d | |
| 4 | EN-ia šul-mu a-na | |
| 5 | {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ\t ša\d LUGAL\d | |
| 6 | EN-ia e-gir₂-ti\t | |
| 7 | TA@v\m IGI {lu₂v}EN.NAM | |
| 8 | {lu₂vy}{kur}ma-da\d-a.a u₂-se-ṣi-ia-a | |
| 9 | ma-a {lu₂vy}A—KIN\t-ka {lu₂vy}A—KIN\t-ka ina E₂.GAL | |
| 10 | lu-bil₂\p UN-MEŠ\t KUR | |
| 11 | ša\d DUMU {1}d.EN—SUM\p-na | |
| 12 | dib-bi DUG₃.GA-MEŠ i-si-šu₂-nu | |
| 13 | ad-du-bu\tp-ub | |
| 14 | ŠA₃-bi u₂\m-sa-aš₂-kin\t-šu₂-nu | |
| 15 | {lu₂v}DUMU {1}d.EN—SUM\p-na | |
| 16 | EN—hi-i-ṭu EN—hi-i-ṭu šu-u₂ | |
| 17 | {⸢lu₂vy⸣}par-ri-ṣu šu-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-bat LUGAL] la i-ša₂-am-me | |
| 2 | [muk at]-⸢tu⸣-nu ia-a-mut-tu | |
| 3 | [ina E₂-šu₂] ina ŠA₃ A.ŠA₃-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ⸢dul⸣-la-ku-nu ep-ša₂ | |
| 5 | ŠA₃-ba\t-ku-nu lu-u DUG₃.GA-ku-nu | |
| 6 | muk {lu₂vy}ARAD-MEŠ ša\dy LUGAL\d | |
| 7 | at-tu-nu ne₂-e-hu | |
| 8 | dul-la-šu₂-nu ep-pu\p-šu₂ | |
| 9 | TA@v\m ŠA₃ 06 {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ | |
| 10 | u₂-se-ṣi-šu₂-nu | |
| 11 | muk a-lik al-ka | |
| 12 | ia-a-mut-tu ana UGU A.ŠA₃ | |
| 13 | li\d-ir-ṣip lu-ši-ib | |
| 14 | {lu₂vy}ARAD-MEŠ ša LUGAL\d EN-ia | |
| 15 | ina ŠA₃-bi e-tar-bu\tp | |
| 16 | EN.NUN\m dan-na-at | |
| 17 | a-di {lu₂vy}EN.NAM\p | |
| 18 | il-la-kan-ni | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | mi₃-ni ša\dy LUGAL\d ⸢EN⸣ | |
| 20 | ṭe₃-e-me | |
| 21 | iš-ku-nu-šu-u-[ni] | |
| 22 | ep-pa-⸢aš₂⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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