ABL 0419 (P334287)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0419 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334287 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | To the king, my lord: your servant, Mutakkil-Aššur, deputy priest, and your servant, Issar-na'di, mayor. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur and Ešarra bless the king, our lord. |
| Obverse [8:21] o 99– | Bibiya, the prefect of the Itu'eans, and Tarditu-Aššur, the prefect of the Itu'eans, his deputy, sit outside the Inner City, in front of the gate, eating [bread] together, drinking wine, and squandering the exit-dues of the Inner City. |
| Reverse [4:10] r 55–r 1010 | When I opened negotiations with them, they grabbed the best things, molested me, and let my garments go back to me. |
| Reverse [10:18] r 1111– | I am not strong enough to fall upon them. They have seized the Sinneans who transport wood to the Aššur temple and received [1]8 minas of silver from them. |
| Edge [0:2] e. 1e. 1–e. 22 | The postmaster released their fetters, and they ran away. (Now) no one is serving under the express messengers. |
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-i-ni | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}mu-tak-kil—aš-šur | |
| 3 | {lu₂}SANGA 02-u₂ | |
| 4 | ARAD-ka {1}15—I | |
| 5 | {lu₂}ha-za-nu | |
| 6 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL BE-i-ni | |
| 7 | aš-šur E₂.ŠAR₂.RA a-na LUGAL | |
| 8 | EN-i-ni lik-ru-bu | |
| 9 | {1}bi-bi-ia {lu₂}šak-nu | |
| 10 | ša {lu₂}i-tu-ʾa-a-a | |
| 11 | {1}tar-di-tu₂—aš-šur {lu₂}šak-nu | |
| 12 | ša {lu₂}i-tu-ʾa-a-a | |
| 13 | 02-šu₂ qa-an-ni {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 14 | IGI KA₂.GAL | |
| 15 | [kam]-mu-su | |
| 16 | [NINDA] is-sa-he-iš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | e-kul-lu | |
| 2 | {giš}GEŠTIN i-ša₂-ti-u | |
| 3 | a-ṣi-tu₂ ša {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 4 | u₂-ba-du-du | |
| 5 | ina UGU ša pi-i | |
| 6 | is-si-šu₂-nu ap-tu-u-ni | |
| 7 | SAG-MEŠ i-ṣa-bat-tu₂-u-ni | |
| 8 | ih-ta-su-u-ni | |
| 9 | ku-zip-pi-ia ina UGU-hi-ia | |
| 10 | u₂-sa-li-ik | |
| 11 | la e-mu-qa-a-a | |
| 12 | ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu la a-ma-qu-ut | |
| 13 | {lu₂}si-na-a-a GIŠ-MEŠ | |
| 14 | ina E₂—aš-šur i-za-bil-u-ni | |
| 15 | i-ṣa-bat-tu₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 16 | [x]+08 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 17 | i-ta-har-šu₂-nu | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}GAL—ka-li-i {lu₂}GAL—ka-li-i UD.KA.BAR-šu₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | ip-ta-ṭar-ra ih-ti-li-qu | |
| 3 | ina IGI ka-li-ʾi me-me-ni la i-⸢za⸣-za | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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