ABL 0342 (P334222)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0342 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334222 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
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 Adad-issiya. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:11] o 44–o 1111 | I se[n]t two cavalry cohort commanders to Sanha and Ulušia to the king's subjects who are there. They went and saw them: the equipment (they had received) there and the barley rations specified in their tablet were there. |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212–o 1515 | They warned them, and their guard is very strong. The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| Obverse [15:24] o 1616– | The king, my lord, knows that Kubaba-ila'i masters the language. I sent him to Tikriš, and he gave us this detailed report. We are herewith sending it to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | All the time I have been encamped on the Mannean border, the son of the widow has been encamped opposite me on his side of the border. |
| Reverse [10:20] r 1111– | The very day that Nergal-belu-uṣur came here ordering me to depart and I entered the Mannean territory, I sent my 'third man' to him, saying: "Set out!" He said he was sick. I said: "Let your son come!" He said: "He is sick too; I shall send my brother with my troops." |
| Edge [0:3] e. 1e. 1–e. 33 | I sent the 'third man,' but he (i.e., this brother) has not yet showed up. The rest of the troops of the city lords are with 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\p-ka {1}{d}IM—KI-ia | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | 02 {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir-MEŠ\tm {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir-MEŠ\tm | |
| 5 | ša\t BAD-HAL-li\d ina {uru}sa-an-ha | |
| 6 | ina {uru}u₂-lu-ši-a | |
| 7 | ina UGU {lu₂vy}ARAD\p-MEŠ ša\t LUGAL | |
| 8 | ša\t ina ŠA₃-bi a-sap-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 9 | i-ta-at-ku e-tam-ru-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | til-li\d ša\t ina ŠA₃-bi {še}⸢PAD⸣-MEŠ | |
| 11 | ša\t ṭup\dm-pi-šu₂-nu i-ba-ši ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 12 | u₂-hu-ta-ri-du-šu₂-nu | |
| 13 | ma-ṣar-ta-šu₂-nu dan-na-at | |
| 14 | a—dan-niš ŠA₃-bu ša\t LUGAL | |
| 15 | EN-ia lu DUG₃.⸢GA⸣ | |
| 16 | {1}{d}ku₃-KA₂—DINGIR-a.⸢a⸣ | |
| 17 | LUGAL EN u₂-da\d | |
| 18 | EN—li-ša₂-ni EN—li-ša₂-ni šu₂-u | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina {uru}ti\t-ik-ri-iš | |
| 2 | a-sap-ar₂-šu šu-u₂ | |
| 3 | ṭe₃-mu an-ni-u₂ ih-tar-ṣa | |
| 4 | iq-ṭi-ba-a-na-a-ši | |
| 5 | ina UGU LUGAL EN-ia ni-sap-ra | |
| 6 | am—mar UD-mu-MEŠ ša\tm ina ta-hu-me | |
| 7 | ša\tm {kur}man-na-a.a ma-dak₃-tu₂ | |
| 8 | ša₂-ak-na-ku-u-ni DUMU {mi₂}al-mat-te | |
| 9 | i—pu-tu₂-u-a.a i—pu-tu₂-u-a.a ma-dak₃-tu₂ | |
| 10 | ina UGU ta-hu-me-šu ša₂-ki-in | |
| 11 | ina ŠA₃ UD-mu ša\t {1}{d}MAŠ.MAŠ—EN—PAB | |
| 12 | DU-a-ni u₂-na-me-ša₂-a-ni-ni | |
| 13 | ina {kur}man-na-a.a e-ru-bu-u-ni | |
| 14 | {lu₂v}03.U₅-ia ina UGU-šu₂ | |
| 15 | a-sap-ra muk na-me-ša₂ | |
| 16 | ma-a mar-ṣa-ak {mu}muk | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | DUMU-ka li-li-ka | |
| 18 | ma-a ma-ri-ṣi-ma | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ma-a ŠEŠ-u-a TA@v\m ERIM-MEŠ-ia aš₂-par {lu₂v}03.U₅ | |
| 2 | a-sap-ra u₂-di-ni ina IGI-ia la i-qa-rib-u-ni | |
| 3 | re-eh-ti\t {lu₂v}e-mu-qi ša {lu₂v}EN—URU-MEŠ\m {lu₂v}EN—URU-MEŠ\m | |
| 4 | ina IGI-ia šu₂-nu | |
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