ABL 0246 (P334181)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0246 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334181 |
| 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 [3:15] o 44–o 1515 | The Ušhaeans and Qudaeans about whom the king, my lord, wrote me, have submitted to the king my lord's command; (these) towns which were not submissive in the days of Šamaš-ila'i, the royal bodyguard has now assembl[ed] and brought over to me. |
| Obverse [15:22] o 1616– | I have made peace with them. Those obliged to provide labour have provided it, and those obliged to provide king's men have provided them. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | The whole mountain (area) has observed the king's tr[eaty]; the king, my lord, ca[n be glad]. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | Shall I relea[se] the troops at my disposal, or should they (continue to) keep the watch? |
| Reverse [10:17] r 1111– | The Mumaeans are unsubmissive; shall I go and negotiate with them about the king's command? If not, let the king, my lord, tell me what his orders are. |
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-ia₂ | |
| 4 | URU {lu₂vy}uš-ha-a.a | |
| 5 | URU {lu₂vy}qu-da\d-a.a | |
| 6 | ša LUGAL\t EN-li₂\t ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 8 | ina UGU pe-e ša\m LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 9 | ih-ta-an-šu₂ | |
| 10 | URU-MEŠ-ni ša\p UD-MEŠ | |
| 11 | ša\m {1}{d}UTU—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 12 | la ha-an-šu-ni | |
| 13 | u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig | |
| 14 | {lu₂vy}qur-bu-te up-ta-hi-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 15 | ina UGU-hi-ia na-ṣa | |
| 16 | u₂-sa-li\t-im-šu₂-nu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | ša\p il-ka-šu₂-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | il-ku-šu i-ti\t-[din] | |
| 2 | ša\m {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ—MAN-šu-[ni] {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ—MAN-šu-[ni] | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ—MAN {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ—MAN i-ti-[din] | |
| 4 | KUR-u₂ gab-bu ⸢a⸣-[de-e] | |
| 5 | LUGAL i-ta-ṣar [o] | |
| 6 | ŠA₃-bu\p LUGAL EN-ia₂ ⸢lu⸣ [DUG₃.GA] | |
| 7 | {lu₂vy}e-mu-qi\t [šu]-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 8 | ša\dm ina IGI-ia lu-ra-[mi]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu | |
| 9 | u₂-la-a ma-⸢ṣar⸣-tu₂ [o] | |
| 10 | li-ṣu-ur [o] | |
| 11 | {uru}mu-ma-a.a [o] | |
| 12 | i-ba-ši la ha-an-šu₂-ti\t | |
| 13 | la-li-ki ina UGU pe-e LUGAL\p | |
| 14 | is-si-šu₂-nu la-da-bu-ub | |
| 15 | u₂-la-a mi-nu ša\m LUGAL\p | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | i-qab-bu\p-u-ni | |
| 17 | liq-bi | |
Sources & licences
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