ABL 0502 (P334343)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0502 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334343 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [To the ki]ng, my lord: your [servant] Il-yada'. Good health to the king, my lord! The land and the forts of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| Obverse [6:26] o 77– | The brothers of Kutayu, son of Se'-salam — they are Isuqaeans, he [w]ent to the town Arranu from here with Yasumu — now 10 of them have come [to] my presence [fr]om Arranu and [sp]oken ...: "Among [the re]st of our brothers [who are th]ere, [s]ome are [se]rvants of the house of the palace herald. Swear to us in the name of god! [I]f you give us (to him), [w]e shall go, gather our brothers and go (away)." |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | If the king, my lord, so commands, I will swear to them in the name of god. Later on the king, my lord, may do as he deems best. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111–r 1313 | News of the son of Zerî: his army is in Kiš, he himself is staying in Babylon. |
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⸣ be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-ka {1}DINGIR—ia-da-aʾ | |
| 3 | [lu]-u₂\m DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | [DI]-mu a-na ma-a-te u₃ | |
| 5 | {⸢uru⸣}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 6 | ŠA₃-bu\t ša\m LUGAL\t be-li₂-ia | |
| 7 | lu DUG₃.GA-šu₂ ŠEŠ-MEŠ\t | |
| 8 | ša {1}ku-ta-a.a DUMU {1}se-eʾ—DI | |
| 9 | {lu₂v}i-su\t-qa-a.a šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | TA@v\m na-ka TA@v\m {1}ia-su\t-mu | |
| 11 | [a]-na {uru}ar₂-ra-nu | |
| 12 | [it]-tal-ka u₂\m-ma-a | |
| 13 | [i-ba-aš₂-šu₂] 10 TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 14 | [TA@v\m ŠA₃]-bi {uru}ar₂-ra-nu | |
| 15 | [ina] pa-ni-ia it-tal-ku-ni | |
| 16 | [x] ⸢i⸣-bi-is-su\t-ni | |
| 17 | [i]-⸢du⸣-bu-bu ma-a | |
| 18 | [re]-⸢eh⸣-ti\t ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ni | |
| 19 | [ša am]-ma-ka ma-a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [i]-⸢ba⸣-aš₂-šu₂ TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | {[lu₂v]}⸢ARAD⸣-MEŠ ša E₂ {lu₂v}NIGIR₂—E₂.GAL {lu₂v}NIGIR₂—E₂.GAL | |
| 3 | [ma]-⸢a⸣ MU DINGIR še-la-an-na-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [šum₂]-⸢ma⸣ ta-dan-an-na-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [ma-a] ⸢ni⸣-il-lik ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ni | |
| 6 | [ni]-ik-me-si ni-il-lik | |
| 7 | ⸢šum₂⸣-ma LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 8 | MU DINGIR lu-še-la-aš₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | ur-ki-ti\t ki-i ša LUGAL | |
| 10 | be-li₂ i-la-u-ni le-pu-šu₂ | |
| 11 | ṭe₃-e-mu ša DUMU—{1}NUMUN\d-i | |
| 12 | {lu₂v}e-mu-qi-šu₂ ina {uru}kiš{ki} | |
| 13 | šu₂-u₂\m KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 14 | ka-mu-su\t | |
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