ABL 0386 (P334262)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0386 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334262 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-šumu-ereš. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:14] o 66–o 1414 | The scribes of the cities of Nin[eveh], Kilizi and Arbela (could) ent[er] the treaty; they have (already) come. (However), those of Assur [have] not (yet) [come]. The king, my lord, [knows] that they are cler[gymen]; |
| Obverse [14:25] o 1515– | If it suits the king, my lord, let the former who have (already) come, enter the treaty; the citizens of Nineveh and Calah would be free soon and could enter (the treaty) under (the statues of) Bel and Nabû on the 8th day. |
| Reverse [0:10] r 1r 1–r 1010 | Alternatively, (if) the king, my lord, orders, let them go, do their work, and get free (again); let them reconvene on the 15th, come here and all enter the treaty in the said place at the same time. |
| Reverse [10:18] r 1111–r 1818 | However, it is written as follows in the hemerologies of the month Nisan (I): "He should not swear on the 15th day, (or else) the god will seize him." (Hence) they should en[ter] the treaty on the 15th day, at d[awn], (but) conclude it only in the night of the 16[th] day before the stars. |
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\d be-li-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}15—MU—KAM-eš | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu a-na LUGAL\d EN-ia | |
| 4 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | {lu₂}A.BA-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ {uru}⸢NINA⸣{[ki]} | |
| 7 | {uru}kal₃-zi-a.[a] | |
| 8 | {uru}arba-il₃-a.[a] | |
| 9 | a-na a-de-e e-⸢ru⸣-[bu] | |
| 10 | it-tal-ku-⸢u₂⸣-[ni] | |
| 11 | {uru}ŠA₃—URU-a.a ⸢la⸣ [il-lik-u₂-ni] | |
| 12 | LUGAL\d be-li [u₂-da] | |
| 13 | ki-i {lu₂}[TU—E₂]-⸢MEŠ⸣ {lu₂}[TU—E₂]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 14 | šu-nu-⸢u₂-ni⸣ | |
| 15 | šum-ma ina IGI ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 16 | be-li-ia ma-⸢hi⸣-ir | |
| 17 | pa-ni-u₂-tim-ma | |
| 18 | ša il-lik-⸢u₂⸣-ni\d-ni | |
| 19 | ina ŠA₃-bi a-de\d-e le-e-ru-bu | |
| 20 | bi-is DUMU-MEŠ {uru}NINA{ki} | |
| 21 | {uru}kal-ha-a.a i-ri-qu-ni | |
| 22 | UD 08-KAM₂ šap-la {d}EN | |
| b.e. | ||
| 23 | {d}AG er-ru-bu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₂-la-a LUGAL be-li | |
| 2 | i-qab-bi | |
| 3 | lil-li-ku dul-la-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | le-e-pu-šu₂ | |
| 5 | li-ri-qu-u-ni | |
| 6 | UD 15-KAM₂ li-kar-ku | |
| 7 | lil-lik-u₂-ni | |
| 8 | gab-bu am-ma-ka | |
| 9 | ki-i a-he-iš | |
| 10 | ina ŠA₃-bi a-de-e le-e-ru-bu | |
| 11 | u₃ ki-i an-nim-ma | |
| 12 | ina bi-ib-la-a-ni | |
| 13 | ša {iti}BARAG ša₃-ṭir | |
| 14 | UD 15-KAM₂ la i-ta-am-ma | |
| 15 | ⸢DINGIR⸣ i-ṣa-bat-⸢su⸣ | |
| 16 | UD 15-KAM₂ ina kal-[la-ma-ri] | |
| 17 | ina ŠA₃ a-de-e le-e-[ru-bu] | |
| 18 | MI ša UD 16-[KAM₂] | |
| 19 | ina IGI MUL-MEŠ liš-ku-[nu] | |
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