ABL 0424 (P334291)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0424 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334291 |
| 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/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 Nashir-Bel. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | The land of the king is well; the forts are well. The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | As to the news of the Urarṭians, the spies I sent to reconnoiter have informed me as follows: |
| Obverse [8:14] o 99–o 1414 | "The governor opposite us is keeping watch with the deputy governor in the city Harda, opposite the Vizier; levied troops are positioned town by town in battle array as far as Ṭurušpâ. |
| Obverse [14:22] o 1515– | "A messenger of Argisti has come by, saying: 'As to the work I ordered you to do, don't do it! Feed your horses until I send you a messenger.'" |
| Reverse [0:9] r 1r 1–r 99 | I sent the Itu'eans with the village inspector for the logs which were held back in Eziat, and he got them moved through by fighting. The deputy of their village inspector and nine of his soldiers were struck down by a bow; two of them died. They wounded three of their soldiers. This was their report. |
| Reverse [9:19] r 1010–r 1919 | The Itu'eans of the Palace at my disposal have returned from the Euphrates; they did not go with the Vizier. I have sent for them, but (men) of one or two houses only have come out of the town. Let the king, my lord, write to the sheikhs; they should bring the king's men out jointly, to keep watch with me in Laruba, until we have collected the harvest. |
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\t LUGAL EN-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}NIGIN—EN | |
| 2 | lu-u DI-mu a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 3 | DI-mu a-na\t KUR ša LUGAL | |
| 4 | DI-mu a-na\t {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ\m | |
| 5 | ŠA₃ ša LUGAL EN-ia lu-u DUG₃\p | |
| 6 | ina UGU ṭe₃-e-me ša {kur}URI\dpm-a.a | |
| 7 | {lu₂vy}da\t-a.a-li\t a-sa-par | |
| 8 | e-tam-ru ki-i an-ni-i-e | |
| 9 | iq\y-ṭi₂-bi-u₂-ni ma-a {lu₂vy}EN.NAM | |
| 10 | ša pu\p-tu₂-un-ni {lu₂vy}EN.NAM 02-u | |
| 11 | i-si-šu₂ ina {uru}ha-ar-da | |
| 12 | pu\p-ut {lu₂vy}SUKKAL EN.NUN\dm i-na\t-ṣur | |
| 13 | ma-a URU a-na URU a-di\t {uru}ṭu-ru-uš-pa-a | |
| 14 | ul-lu-a-te sa-ad-ra\d | |
| 15 | ma-a {lu₂vy}A—KIN\t {lu₂vy}A—KIN\t ša₂ {1}ar-gi-is-ta it-tal-ka | |
| 16 | ma-a ina UGU dul-li\t ša\d ṭe₃-mu | |
| 17 | aš₂-kun\m-ka-a-ni ma-a dul₆-lu | |
| 18 | ma-a la te-pa-aš₂ ma-a {anšed}KUR.RA-ka | |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | ša₂-ki-il a-di {lu₂vy}A—KIN\t {lu₂vy}A—KIN\t | |
| 20 | a-šap-par-kan-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {giš}UR₃-MEŠ\m ša₂ ina {uru}e-zi-at | |
| 2 | ik-lu-u-ni {lu₂vy}i-tu₂-a.a | |
| 3 | TA {lu₂vy}GAL—URU {lu₂vy}GAL—URU a-sa-ap-ra | |
| 4 | ina ŠA₃ qa-ra-bi u₂-se-te-qa | |
| 5 | {lu₂vy}02-u₂\m ša\m {lu₂vy}GAL—URU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu {lu₂vy}GAL—URU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | 09 {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ\m i-si-šu₂ ina ŠA₃ {giš}BAN | |
| 7 | ma-hu-ṣu 02 ina ŠA₃-šu₂-nu UŠ₂ | |
| 8 | 03 {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ\m-ni-šu₂-nu ut-ta-hi-ṣu | |
| 9 | an-ni-i-u₂ ṭe₃-en-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | {lu₂vy}i-tu₂-a.a ša E₂.GAL ša₂ ina IGI-ia₂ | |
| 11 | TA UGU {id₂t}pu\p-rat-te i-suh-ru-ni | |
| 12 | TA {lu₂vy}SUKKAL la il-li-ku | |
| 13 | a-sa-ap-ra-šu₂-nu TA E₂ 01-en E₂ 02 | |
| 14 | TA ŠA₃ URU it-tu\tp-ṣu-u-ni | |
| 15 | LUGAL be-li₂ ina UGU {lu₂v}na-sik-MEŠ\m | |
| 16 | liš-pu-ra {lu₂v}ERIM—MAN {lu₂v}ERIM—MAN ki a-ha-iš | |
| 17 | lu-še-ṣu-u₂\m-ni EN.NUN\m | |
| 18 | ina {uru}la-ru-ba\t i-si-ia | |
| 19 | li-ṣu-ru a-di e-ṣa-du | |
| 20 | nu-ka-na\y-šu₂-u₂-ni | |
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