ABL 0221 (P334162)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0221 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334162 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | To the palace scribe, my lord: your servant Tabnî. The best of health to my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless my lord! Enter Nineveh in good spirits and see the face of Nabû (and) the face of the king in peace! |
| Obverse [10:22] o 1111– | Now Abnî, the sheep-tax master of Arpad, is coming to the presence of my lord. He is a great friend of mine, and one who reveres my lord. My lord should trust him regarding the sheep. But give him clear instructions! |
| Reverse [7:16] r 88– | Why does my lord mistreat him? The man has not been properly treated. May my lord speak with the governor, and may the chief of accounts come (and) help him out. |
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 {lu₂}A.BA—KUR {lu₂}A.BA—KUR EN-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}tab-ni-i | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | a—dan-niš {d}AG u {d}MES | |
| 5 | a-na EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | TA@v ŠA₃-bi-ka DUG₃.GA | |
| 7 | a-na {uru}NINA{ki} | |
| 8 | e-ru-ub pa-ni ša {d}AG | |
| 9 | pa-ni ša LUGAL | |
| 10 | ina DI-me a-mur | |
| 11 | an-nu-ri {1}ab-ni-i | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | GAL—MAŠ₂ GAL—MAŠ₂ | |
| 13 | ša KUR {uru}ar-pad-da₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina pa-an EN-ia₂ DU-ka | |
| 2 | EN—ṭa-ab-ti-ia EN—ṭa-ab-ti-ia | |
| 3 | ša a—dan-niš šu-u | |
| 4 | u₃ pa-lih₃ TA@v pa-an | |
| 5 | EN-ia₂ ina UGU UDU-MEŠ | |
| 6 | be-li₂ li-ir-hi-ṣa-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 7 | u₃ bir-ti IGI.2-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 8 | ma-di-di a-na mi₃-i-ni | |
| 9 | be-li₂ i-ha-si-šu₂ | |
| 10 | LU₂ la a-še-er | |
| 11 | TA@v EN.NAM be-li₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | lid-bu-ub GAL—NIG₂.ŠID-MEŠ GAL—NIG₂.ŠID-MEŠ | |
| 13 | lil\m-li-⸢ka⸣ [o] | |
| 14 | KASKAL ina GIR₃.2-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | liš-kun | |
Sources & licences
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