ABL 0251 (P334186)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0251 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334186 |
| 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-dur-paniya. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | A commander-of-fifty of mine, of the Gurrean (troops) from Meturna, killed the mayor of Meturna. From the moment the expedition came, he did not show up to do work with his fellows but, afraid of his deed, took with him 15 Gurreans and went away to Urarṭu. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | (When) they came and reported it to me, I sent Il-dalâ to Šubria, saying: "Go and bring down your servants." He went, but did he bring down his servants? |
| Obverse [12:18] o 1313–o 1818 | I sent my messenger back to Il-dalâ, telling him: "This commander-of-fifty and his men! I have hurt the whole mountain (area) and all the passes because of him! Go in pursuit after him!" |
| Obverse [18:27] o 1919– | Pursuing him, he went to Šubria. The commander-of-fifty and his soldiers ente[r]ed Marhuha, a [fo]rt of the Šubrian (king). Il-dalâ saw him and ma[de a sw]orn agreement with him: "Come and [b]ring me the seal of the go[vernor] and [you] shall be fr[ee]." |
| Bottom [2:10] b.e. 2727– | My commander-of-fifty and 100 Marhuhaean [ho]plites went after Il-dalâ and attacked him on the road. The servants of the king, my lord, were on their guard; none of them got killed, and they wounded the commander-of-fifty. They turned back and entered Marhuha. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | We, who organized the present pursuit of the commander-of-fifty — they did not arrest him and hand him over but took the man away! Once again, they are (only) bringing forth and handing over old subjects of the king, my lord, who have been living there. |
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\p be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—BAD₃\p—IGI-ia | |
| 3 | lu-u₂\m šul-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | {lu₂}GAL—50-ia {lu₂}GAL—50-ia šu₂-u ša\y {lu₂}gur-ra\p-a.a {urud}mu-dur-na-a.a | |
| 5 | a-na {lu₂p}ha-za-ni ša\dy {uru}mu-dur-na i-du-ka | |
| 6 | TA@v\m mar KASKAL il\t-li\p-kan-a-ni la\p il\t-li-ka | |
| 7 | dul₆-lu TA@v\m ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ la e-pu-uš | |
| 8 | TA@v\m pa-an ip-ta-lah₃ 15 {lu₂p}gur-ra\p-a.a | |
| 9 | ina qa-a-ti\t-šu₂\t i-ṣab-bat a-na {kur}URI\d-a i-la-ka | |
| 10 | it-tal-ku-u-ni iq-ṭi₂-bu-u-ni ana-ku {1}DINGIR—da-la-a | |
| 11 | a-na {kur}šu-bur-a a-sa-pa-ra\p mu-ku a-lik | |
| 12 | {lu₂p}ARAD-MEŠ-ni-ka še-ri-da it-tal-ka | |
| 13 | {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ-ni-šu₂ u₂\d-se-ri-da-a ana-ku u₂\m-sa-hi-ir | |
| 14 | {lu₂}A—šip-ri-ia {lu₂}A—šip-ri-ia ina GABA {1}DINGIR—da-la-a a-sa-pa-ra | |
| 15 | mu-ku {lu₂p}GAL—50 {lu₂p}GAL—50 ha-ni-u TA@v\m {⸢lu₂⸣}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 16 | mu-ku KUR-u₂\m u₃ ne₂-rab-a-ni gab-bu | |
| 17 | ina UGU-hi-šu₂\d u₂\m-[ta]-hi-iṣ-ṣi | |
| 18 | mu-ku at-ta ri-di-pi ⸢i—da⸣-tu₂-šu₂ ⸢i—da⸣-tu₂-šu₂ a-lik | |
| 19 | ir-ti\t-di-bi a-na {kur}šu-bur-a it-<ta>-la-ka | |
| 20 | {lu₂}GAL—50 {lu₂}GAL—50 TA@v\m {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 21 | ina {uru}mar-hu-ha {uru}⸢bir⸣-te\p | |
| 22 | ša\d {kur}šu-bur-a.a e-⸢tar⸣-bu | |
| 23 | {1}DINGIR—da-la-a e-ta-am-⸢mar⸣-šu₂ | |
| 24 | ⸢ta⸣-mit-tu₂ i-si-šu₂ i-sa-⸢ak⸣-[na] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 25 | ma-a a-lik {na₄}KIŠIB ša\d {⸢lu₂⸣}[EN.NAM] | |
| 26 | ⸢iṣ⸣-ṣa al-la-ka lu re-[qa-ka] | |
| 27 | {lu₂}GAL—50-ia {lu₂}GAL—50-ia TA@v\m 01 me {⸢lu₂⸣}[ERIM-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša {giš}a-ri-te {uru}mar-hu-ha-a.a | |
| 2 | i—da-at i—da-at {1}DINGIR—da-la-a it-tal-ku-u-ni | |
| 3 | ina KASKAL i-zu-ku-pu {lu₂p}ARAD-MEŠ\m-ni ša\d LUGAL EN-a | |
| 4 | et-ku la-aš₂-šu₂\d mi-mi-ni ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂\d-nu | |
| 5 | la i-du-ku {lu₂}GAL—50 {lu₂}GAL—50 u₂\d-ta-hi-iṣ-ṣu | |
| 6 | is-su-hur ina {uru}mar-hu-ha e-tar-bu | |
| 7 | an-ni-nu ša\d u₂-ma-a ri-id-pu a—⸢da⸣-at a—⸢da⸣-at {lu₂}GAL—50 {lu₂}GAL—50 | |
| 8 | ni-iš-ku-<nu>-u-ni la <i>-ṣi-bu-tu₂ la i-di-nu | |
| 9 | LU₂ ip-tu-gu tu-ra\p {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ\m-ni ša LUGAL EN-a | |
| 10 | la-bi-ru-u₂-te ša ina ŠA₃-bi kam-ma-su-u-ni | |
| 11 | u₂-še-ṣu-u-ni <$x$> i-du-nu | |
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