ABL 0473 (P334325)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0473 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334325 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | The king received the [wife] of the governor and brought her into the Palace. On the day we heard that the king was dead and the people of the Inner City were weeping, the governor brought his wife out of the palace. She burnt a female goat-kid, (while) he installed a eunuch of his as the mayor. His (other) eunuchs stand in the presence of the mayor, dressed in festive robes and wearing golden rings, while the singer, Qisaya, and his daughters keep singing (hymns) before them. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | Regarding what we said, he (told us): "[...]." |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | The governor [and ...] threw [...] from our brothers in the middle of [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | Two [...s] went [to Aššur]-zeru-ibni [......]. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | [The gove]rnor [and the people of] the Inner City [...]. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | The Cimm[erians ......] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [...] used to bring letters [......]. D[annaya] from here used to write and read them [...]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | We went straight to Dannaya. He opened the gate and let Dan[nay]a go out. |
| Reverse [5:15] r 6'6'–r 15'15' | (As) we left for the (king's) corpse to weep (over it), we saw the governor with his troops dressed in armour and wearing iron swords. We got scared (and) said to the vizier and to Hambî: "Why are we weeping? The governor and his men are wearing iron swords and taking care of us." |
| Reverse [15:21] r 16'16'– | He went straight to the Palace (and) to the Succession Palace, saying: "Open the door for me!" We will seize upon the governor. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] is killing the sons of Zazaki. |
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 | [MI₂]-šu₂ ša {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR LUGAL it-tah-raš-ši | |
| 2 | ina E₂.GAL u₂-se-ri-ib-ši UD-mu ša ni-iš-mu-ni | |
| 3 | ma-a LUGAL me₂-e-ti {uru}ŠA₃—URU-a.a | |
| 4 | i-ba-ki-u₂ {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR TA@v ŠA₃ E₂.GAL | |
| 5 | MI₂-šu₂ u₂-se-ṣi-a {udu}{mi₂}AŠ₂.GAR₃ taq-ṭu-lu | |
| 6 | {lu₂}SAG-šu₂ a-na {lu₂}ha-za-nu-ti | |
| 7 | u₂-se-še-eb {lu₂}SAG-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 8 | ku-si-a-ti la-bu-šu₂ HAR-MEŠ KUG.GI | |
| 9 | ša₂-ak-nu ina pa-an {lu₂}ha-za-ni i-za-zu | |
| 10 | {1}qi-sa-a.a {lu₂}NAR TA@v DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 11 | ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu ⸢i-za⸣-mu-ru ina UGU ša₂ ni-iq-bu-ni | |
| 12 | ma-a [x x x x x x] ki | |
| 13 | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR [x x x x] ⸢TA@v⸣ ŠA₃ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ni | |
| 14 | ina ⸢bir-tu₂⸣-[x x x x x] ik-tar-ru | |
| 15 | 02 {lu₂}⸢x⸣+[x x x x a-na {1}aš-šur]—NUMUN—DU₃ | |
| 16 | it-tal-[ku x x x x x x {lu₂}GAR].KUR {lu₂}GAR].KUR | |
| 17 | {uru}ŠA₃—URU-[a.a x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u-ni | |
| 18 | {kur}gi-⸢mir⸣-[ra-a.a x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | e-gir₂-a-ti [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₂-ba-lu-ni-ni {1}⸢da⸣-[na-a.a] | |
| 3' | TA@v an-na-ka i-ša₂-ṭar ⸢x⸣+[x x x i]-⸢sa⸣-si | |
| 4' | ina UGU-hi {1}da-na-a.a ni-⸢ta⸣-[lak ina] ⸢UGU⸣ aš₂-li | |
| 5' | KA₂.GAL ip-te-ti {1}da-⸢na⸣-[a].a u₂-se-ṣi | |
| 6' | a-ni-nu ina ir-ti {lu₂}UŠ₂ | |
| 7' | a-na ba-ke-e ni-tu-ṣi | |
| 8' | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR TA@v {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 9' | {tug₂}GU₂.E₃-MEŠ hal-lu-pu | |
| 10' | ⸢GIR₂⸣.AN.BAR-MEŠ kar-ru ne₂-ta-mar | |
| 11' | ni-ip-ta-lah₃ a-na {lu₂}SUKKAL | |
| 12' | a-na {1}ha-am-bi-i ni-iq-ṭi₂-bi | |
| 13' | nu-uk a-ta-a a-ni-nu ni-bak-ki | |
| 14' | {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR TA@v {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ GIR₂-MEŠ AN.BAR kar-ru | |
| 15' | ina re-šu₂-un-ni i-za-zu | |
| 16' | ina E₂.GAL ina E₂—re-du-ti E₂—re-du-ti | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | ina UGU aš₂-li it-ta-lak | |
| 18 | ma-a {giš}IG pi-ta-a-ni | |
| 19 | ina UGU {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR ni-ṣa-bat | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x a-na] DUMU-MEŠ {1}za-za-ki i-du-ak | |
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