ABL 0340 (P334220)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0340 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334220 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods bestow long days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55–o 1414 | Concerning the gusīgu-jewelry about which I wrote to the king, my lord: "It has not been brought" — 30 jewels, sealed, were dispatched to me via my messenger whom I had sent to the palace. He brought them on the 2nd and I received them with the seal intact, thanks to the genie of the king, my lord. Moreover, the bodyguard Nabû-le'i, brought me, likewise on the 2nd of Ab (V) 26 'eye-stones' of serpentine belonging to the king, my lord, and 1 mina of gold belonging to the queen mother, my lady, and I received them with the seal intact. |
| Obverse [14:23] o 1515– | They will be used for the tiara of Nabû as the king, my lord, wrote. May Bel and Nabû destine dignity, fortune, fullness of life and old age for the king, my lord, for the queen mother and my lords the princes! May they deliver the enemies of the king, my lord, into the hands of the king, my lord! |
| Bottom [2:18] b.e. 2323– | The commandant of Babylon will, perhaps, write to the king, my lord: "The citizens of Babylon have thrown lumps of clay at me," but that is a lie. Necessitated by the fact that the commandants were told to ready their war-chariots they assigned much silver (dues) to the citizens of Babylon, Borsippa and Cutha, and collected it. The citizens of Babylon, poor wretches who have got nothing, set up a wail and protested. (Whereupon) the commandant imprisoned (some) men from amongst them (on the pretense): "You threw lumps of clay at my messengers." |
| Reverse [14:22] r 1515– | He has also written to the wife of the judge Ṭabî: "Let your husband be in your custody — he may not go outdoors!" I have heard that (this) judge Ṭabî incited the men who protested. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 22r.e. 22–r.e. 22r.e. 22 | This was the story; the king, my lord, should know it. |
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-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}DUMU—{d}15 | |
| 2 | lu-u DI-mu a-na MAN EN-ia₂ {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 3 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu UD-me ar-ku-te | |
| 4 | ṭu-ub UZU u₃ hu-ud ŠA₃-bi DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 5 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ liš-ru-ku ina UGU {na₄}gu-si-gu | |
| 6 | ša a-na MAN EN-ia₂ aš₂-pur-an-ni nu-uk | |
| 7 | la na-aṣ-ṣu-u-ni 30 NA₄-MEŠ kan-ku | |
| 8 | ina ŠU.2 {lu₂v}A—KIN-e-a {lu₂v}A—KIN-e-a ša a-na E₂.GAL | |
| 9 | aš₂-pur-an-ni u₂-se-bil-u-ni ina še-e-di | |
| 10 | ša MAN EN-ia₂ UD 02-KAM₂\t na-aṣ-ṣa {na₄}KIŠIB-e-šu₂ | |
| 11 | šal-mu at-ta-har-šu₂ u₃ 26 {na₄}IGI.2-MEŠ | |
| 12 | ša {na₄}MUŠ.GIR₂ ša MAN EN-ia₂ 01 MA.NA KUG.GI | |
| 13 | ša AMA—LUGAL AMA—LUGAL GAŠAN-ia {1}{d}PA—ZU {lu₂v}qur-bu-tu₂ | |
| 14 | UD 02-KAM₂\t ša {iti}NE na-aṣ-ṣa {na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 15 | šal-mu at-ta-har-šu₂ ki-i ša MAN be-li₂ | |
| 16 | iš-pur-an-ni a-na a-ge-e ša {d}PA | |
| 17 | ep-pu-šu {d}EN u {d}PA a-na MAN EN-ia₂ | |
| 18 | a-na AMA—LUGAL AMA—LUGAL u₃ DUMU-MEŠ—LUGAL DUMU-MEŠ—LUGAL | |
| 19 | EN-MEŠ-e-a si-ma-a-ti du-un-qu | |
| 20 | lit-tu-tu u₃ la-ba-ri UD-mu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 21 | li-ši-mu {lu₂v}nak-ru-ti ša MAN EN-ia₂ | |
| 22 | ina ŠU.2 LUGAL EN-ia₂ li-im-ni-i-u | |
| 23 | i—su-ri {lu₂v}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂v}GAR—UMUŠ KA₂.DINGIR{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ i-šap-pa-ra | |
| 2 | ma-a DUMU-MEŠ KA₂.DINGIR{ki} ina kur-ba-ni | |
| 3 | iṣ-ṣe-e-u-ni si-il-a-te ši-na | |
| 4 | ina te-ki-i-ti ša a-na {lu₂v}GAR—UMUŠ-MEŠ {lu₂v}GAR—UMUŠ-MEŠ | |
| 5 | iq-bu-u-ni ma-a re-eš {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ-ku-nu | |
| 6 | iṣ-ṣa KUG.UD ma-aʾ-du ina UGU DUMU-MEŠ | |
| 7 | KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 8 | u₃ GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} u₂-tu-uš-si-ku | |
| 9 | it-tah-ru DUMU-MEŠ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 10 | muš-ke-e-nu-te ša me-me-e-ni-šu-nu | |
| 11 | la-aš₂-šu₂-u-ni ki-il-lu is-sa-ak-nu | |
| 12 | ib-ti-ki-i-u₂ {lu₂v}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂v}GAR—UMUŠ | |
| 13 | {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ TA@v ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu uṣ-ṣab-bit | |
| 14 | ma-a {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ-e-a {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ-e-a ina kur-ba-ni | |
| 15 | ta-aṣ-ṣe-ʾa-a u₃ a-na DAM | |
| 16 | {1}DUG₃.GA-i {lu₂v}da-a.a-nu i-sap-ra | |
| 17 | ma-a mu-ut-ki ina pa-ni-ki lu pa-qid | |
| 18 | KA₂ la u₂-ṣa-a a-se-me ma-a | |
| 19 | a-na {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ ša ib-ki-i-u-ni | |
| 20 | {1}DUG₃.GA-i {lu₂v}da-a.a-nu | |
| 21 | u₂-sa-ad-bi-ib-šu₂-nu ki-i | |
| r.e. | ||
| 22 | an-ni-i šu-u₂ ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 23 | MAN be-li₂ lu-u u₂-di | |
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