ABL 0306 + (P334195)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0306 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334195 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | The king's word to Nabu-duru-uṣur: |
| Obverse [1:7] o 22–o 77 | Right now I am sending the royal bodyguard Mannu-ki-Aššur to those Urarṭian emissaries: he will bring them to Urzuhina in advance of these captives who are eating bread in your charge. |
| Obverse [7:23] o 88– | As for you, the day you see this letter, summon these captives; they should be on the alert, standing by, and the day Mannu-ki-Aššur the bodyguard writes to you: "The emissaries have arrived in Urzuhina, set the captives in motion," assemble the captives, go to Urzuhina, and entrust them [...] to the the [city-over]seer of Urzuhina. |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | [I am also sending] Aššur-balti-niše (with the following orders): "Go [......] in the presence [of ......] and assi[st] them!" Truly, the [Urarṭia]n women, who [ca]me with the captives, should stay in your charge in Arrapha (and) not go with the captives! |
| Reverse [8:16] r 99–r 1616 | But now the women whom he is seeking, taking out and bringing to [...], should live with these women in Arrapha, and should be given bread to eat and water to drink until I come. The palace chariots which are bringing these women are to provide the people with bread and the teams with fodder. |
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-bat LUGAL a-na {1}{d}PA—BAD₃—PAB | |
| 2 | an-nu-rig {1}man-nu—ki—aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}qur-bu-te ina UGU {lu₂v}MAH-MEŠ | |
| 4 | am-mu-ti\t {kur}URI-a.a a-sap-ra\t | |
| 5 | ina pa-na-at {lu₂v}hu-ub-te ha-an-nu-ti\t | |
| 6 | ša ina pa-ni-ku-nu NINDA-MEŠ e-ka-lu-u-ni | |
| 7 | a-na {uru}ur-zu-hi-na ub-ba-la-aš₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | at-ta UD-mu ša e-gir₂-tu₂ an-ni-tu₂ | |
| 9 | ta-mar-u-ni re-eš {lu₂v}hu-ub-ti\t | |
| 10 | ha-an-ni-i i-ši lu et-ku | |
| 11 | li-iz-zi-zu ina ŠA₃ UD-me | |
| 12 | ša {1}man-nu—ki—aš-šur {lu₂v}qur-bu-ti\t | |
| 13 | i-šap-pa-rak-kan-ni ma-a | |
| 14 | an-nu-rig {lu₂v}MAH-MEŠ | |
| 15 | a-na {uru}ur-zu-hi-na | |
| 16 | iq\d-ṭar-bu-u-ni ma-a {lu₂v}⸢hu⸣-[ub-tu₂] | |
| 17 | nam-me-ša₂ {lu₂v}hu-ub-tu ⸢pa⸣-[hir₂] | |
| 18 | ⸢a-na⸣ {uru}ur-zu-<hi>-na a-⸢lik⸣ [o] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | [x x x a]-na {lu₂v}ša₂—[UGU—URU] | |
| 20 | [ša] {⸢uru⸣}ur-zu-⸢hi⸣-[na] | |
| 21 | pi-⸢qid⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}aš-šur—TEŠ₂—⸢UN⸣-[MEŠ-ma a-sap-ra] | |
| 2 | mu-⸢uk a⸣-[lik x x x x] | |
| 3 | a-du pa-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | is-si-šu₂-nu ⸢i⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ke-e-⸢tu⸣ MI₂-MEŠ {⸢kur⸣}[URI]-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 6 | ša TA@v\m {lu₂v}hu-ub-tu [il-li]-ka-ni-ni | |
| 7 | ina {uru}arrap-ha ina pa-<ni>-ka lu kam-mu-sa | |
| 8 | TA@v\m {lu₂v}hu-ub-⸢tu lu la il⸣-la-ka | |
| 9 | u₃ an-nu-rig ⸢MI₂-MEŠ ša u₂-ba⸣-ʾu-u-ni | |
| 10 | u₂-še-ṣa-an-ni ⸢ina {uru}x⸣+[x] ⸢ub⸣-bal-u-ni | |
| 11 | TA@v\m MI₂-MEŠ ha-⸢an⸣-[na]-ti\t ina {⸢uru}arrap⸣-ha | |
| 12 | lu kam-mu-sa NINDA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [le]-e-⸢ku⸣-la | |
| 13 | A-MEŠ li-is-si-a a-⸢di E₂ a⸣-[na]-⸢ku⸣ al-lak-an-ni | |
| 14 | {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ ša E₂.GAL ša MI₂-⸢MEŠ an-na-ti⸣ | |
| 15 | ub-ba-lu-ni-ni NINDA-MEŠ a-na ⸢UN⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 16 | {še}ki-is-su-tu₂ a-na {anše}u₂-⸢rat⸣-MEŠ | |
| 17 | lid-di-nu | |
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