ABL 0503 + (P334344)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0503 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334344 |
| 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 king, 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 [6:14] o 77–o 1414 | Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "For these two months, be attentive and keep your guard strong, until I come!" — the troops and horses are arrayed together to stand guard in the district of the king, my lord, (and) [I] myself am constantly monitoring my guard. |
| Obverse [14:21] o 1515–o 2121 | The gods of the king, my lord, have provided peace: ever since the king, my lord, went to the country of the enemy, there have been no enemy attacks whatever. The district of the king, my lord, is well indeed. |
| Obverse [21:31] o 2222– | As to the we[ir] about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Be attent[ive! Why is] the work assignment behind sch[edule]?" — they have not [finished] digging the [rivers] which they undertook, it being the ti[me] of cultivating the seeds, but have moulded bricks and trodden (earth). |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | I released the men, so they have [d]ug their rivers and moulded bricks. (Now) they have gone down at it again [in the]ir [full power] and are finishing up clearing off the work assignment [which] they did not finish. |
| Reverse [10:17] r 1111–r 1717 | Its bridge has been completely built. After the river has been completely cleared out, then I shall send (word) to Aššur-belu-taqqin: "Come, let us open the weir!" If it suits him and he comes, we shall open it. If not and he says: "At the time of cultivating the seeds," we will open it in the early winter. |
| Reverse [17:22] r 1818–r 2222 | Also, there is very much water in the Diyala river, the waters go to Dur-Šarrukku. His men have not been able to go up to the mouth of the river because of the amount of the water. |
| Reverse [22:23] r 2323–r 2323 | [Ne]ws of Merodach-Baladan: [he has tur]ned back and is in his country. |
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-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}DINGIR—ia-da\d-aʾ | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | DI-mu a-na ma-a-ti\t {uru}bi-ra-a-te | |
| 5 | ša\y LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ŠA₃\p-bu | |
| 6 | ša\y LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lu DUG₃.GA-šu₂ | |
| 7 | ša\y LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur\p-an-ni | |
| 8 | ma-a ITI-MEŠ\m-ni an-nu-ti\t 02 | |
| 9 | na-ah\p-ri-di EN.NUN-ka lu dan-nat | |
| 10 | a-di E₂ ana-ku al\d-lak\p-an-ni | |
| 11 | {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ\m {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ\m ina na-gi-i | |
| 12 | [ša] LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ a-na EN.NUN-ti\t | |
| 13 | [ki]-i a-ha-meš\m sa-ad-ru\dp iz-za-zu\t | |
| 14 | [ana]-ku ka-a.a-ma-nu ina UGU-hi | |
| 15 | EN.NUN\m-ia a-du-al\d DINGIR-MEŠ\m-ni | |
| 16 | ša\y LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ DI-mu i-sak\t-nu | |
| 17 | ⸢TA@v\m⸣ E₂ LUGAL\t be-li₂ a-na {kur}na-ki-ri {kur}na-ki-ri | |
| 18 | il\y-lik-u-ni ti\t-bi {lu₂v}KUR₂ | |
| 19 | mi-nim-mi-⸢ni⸣ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 20 | DI-mu a—dan-niš a-na na-gi-i | |
| 21 | ša\y LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 22 | TA@v\mp UGU {id₂}mu-ša₂-⸢aš₂⸣-[ni]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 23 | ša\y LUGAL\t be-li₂ [o] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 24 | iš\d-pur-an-ni [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-a na-ah-ri-[di a-ta-a] | |
| 2 | pi-il\y-ku na-⸢mar⸣-[ku ID₂-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | ša\y iṣ\d-bat-ni la [ig-mu-ru] | |
| 4 | la ih-ri-ʾu\p-⸢u⸣ si-⸢man⸣ [o] | |
| 5 | {še}NUMUN\d-MEŠ ŠA\y i-si-ib-nu ik-tab-⸢su⸣ | |
| 6 | {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ ⸢ur-tam⸣-mi ID₂\d-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | ⸢ih⸣-[ti]-ri-ʾu-u i-si-ib-nu | |
| 8 | [x x-šu₂]-nu u₂\m-sa-hi-ru\dp ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 9 | [it]-tur-du pil-ka-šu₂-u-nu | |
| 10 | [ša] la ig-mar-u-ni u₂-pa-su\t-ku | |
| 11 | i-ga-mur ti\t-tur-ru\d-šu₂ e-piš | |
| 12 | ga-mir ki-ma ID₂\d pa-su\t-ku ga-mir | |
| 13 | ha-ra-ma-ma ina UGU {1}aš-šur—U—LAL a-šap-par mu-uk\d al-ka | |
| 14 | {id₂d}mu-ša₂-aš₂-ni-tu₂ ni-ip-ti\t | |
| 15 | šum-ma pa-ni-šu₂ ma-hi-ir il-lak | |
| 16 | ni-pat-ti\t la-aš₂-šu₂ ma-a a-na si-man | |
| 17 | {še}NUMUN-MEŠ\m a-ra-ši pa-an tak-ṣi-a-ti\t | |
| 18 | ni-ip-ti\t u A-MEŠ\m ina {id₂}tur-nu | |
| 19 | a—dan-niš ma-aʾ-du a-na BAD₃—LUGAL—GIN{ki} | |
| 20 | il-lu-ku TA@v\m pa-an A-MEŠ\m ša\y ma-aʾ-du-ni | |
| 21 | {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ\m-šu₂ ina UGU pi-ia-a-ti\t | |
| 22 | ⸢ša\y ID₂⸣ a-na ia-nu-meš la i-lu-u-ni | |
| 23 | [ṭe₃-e]-mu ša\y {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A—AŠ | |
| 24 | [i-su]-⸢hur⸣ ina KUR-šu₂ šu₂-u₂\m | |
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