ABL 0245 (P334180)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0245 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334180 |
| 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 Aššur-belu-da''in. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:14] o 44–o 1414 | The mule stable attendant whom I brought forth in search of the runaway people of the country has brought forth men from my neighbourhood and given them to me. All Halziatbareans have run away in great numbers and are (scattered) all over the countries. The mule stable attendant is desperate, saying: "It is an impasse." |
| Obverse [14:23] o 1515– | Now Nabû'a, the mule stable attendant who was appointed in charge of the Chaldeans, has brought me 380 persons; a number of them remain in Yasumu and in Bit-Zamani. |
| Reverse [6:12] r 77–r 1212 | Let them send him a letter (telling him) how he is to bring forth the Chaldea[ns] compl[etely], and how he is to assemble the runaway people of the country and bring them to me. |
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 EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—EN—KALAG-in | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | {lu₂vy}ša\y—E₂—ku-din | |
| 5 | ša\y ina UGU UN-MEŠ KUR hal-qu-te\p | |
| 6 | u₂\m-še-ṣa-an-ni | |
| 7 | {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ\m TA@v\m ba\t-ta-ba\t-ti\t-ia | |
| 8 | u₂\m-se-ṣi-a i-ta-an-na | |
| 9 | {kur}hal-zi\p—AD.BAR-a.a | |
| 10 | gab-bi-šu₂-nu ma-aʾ-da\d | |
| 11 | hal-qu ina ŠA₃-bi KUR-MEŠ\m | |
| 12 | gab-bu šu-nu | |
| 13 | {lu₂vy}ša\y—E₂—ku-din | |
| 14 | da\d-li\d-ih ma-a KASKAL | |
| 15 | ka-ri-im\p an-nu-rig | |
| 16 | {1}{d}PA-u₂\m-a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂vy}ša—E₂—ku-din | |
| 2 | ša\y ina IGI {lu₂v}kal-da\d-a.a | |
| 3 | pa-qi-du-u₂\m-ni | |
| 4 | 03 me 80 ZI-MEŠ na-aṣ-ṣa | |
| 5 | TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu ina ŠA₃ {kur}ia-su\t-me | |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃ {kur}E₂—za-ma-ni | |
| 7 | re-e-hu e-gir₂-tu₂ | |
| 8 | ina UGU-hi\p-šu₂ liš\d-pur-u₂\m-ni | |
| 9 | ki-i ša {kur}kal-da-[a.a] | |
| 10 | u₂-še-ṣa-an-ni u₂-ga-⸢mar⸣-[u]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 11 | ki-i ša\y UN-MEŠ\m KUR hal-qu-te | |
| 12 | u₂\m-pa-har\p-an-ni | |
| 13 | u₂\m-bal-an-ni | |
Sources & licences
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