ABL 0537 (P334367)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0537 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334367 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, [my] lord: your servant Šamaš-belu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:16] o 44– | Concerning the people in charge of the Labdudaean(s) about whom I spoke in the presence of the king, my lord, the king, my lord ordered Balassu, their prefect, to give the (said) people back to their owners. Now then I have writ[ten down] their names and am herewith sending them to the king, [my] lord. |
| Reverse [0:15] r 1r 1–r 1515 | Also, the men whose people are there have likewise had an audience with me. Let them give their people back to them, so they can be induced to work. (As long as) their attention is (directed) to their people, they cannot be induced to work, they being here, the(ir) people there. |
| Reverse [15:20] r 1616– | Perhaps they will say: "Ša-la-ili-mannu has given (them) to us." I have asked him — he says he has not given (away anybody). |
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-[ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}UTU—⸢EN⸣—PAB | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL BE-ia | |
| 4 | ina UGU UN-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ša\dm ina IGI {kur}la-ba-du-da\d-a | |
| 6 | ša\dm ina IGI LUGAL BE-ia | |
| 7 | aq-bu\t-u₂\p-ni | |
| 8 | {1}ba-la-su {lu₂vy}GAR-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | LUGAL be-li₂ ṭe₃-mu | |
| 10 | i-sa-kan-šu ma-a UN-MEŠ | |
| 11 | sa-hi-ri a-na EN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | di-i-ni an-nu-rig | |
| 13 | MU\p-MEŠ-ni-šu₂-nu a-sa-[ṭar] | |
| 14 | ina IGI LUGAL BE-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 15 | u₂-se-bi-la | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 2 | ša UN-MEŠ-šu-nu | |
| 3 | ina ŠA₃-bi-ni i-se-niš | |
| 4 | i-ta-al-ku-u-ni | |
| 5 | UN-MEŠ-šu-nu lu-sa-hi-ru | |
| 6 | li-di-nu-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | ba-si {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 8 | i-kab-bu\t-su\d | |
| 9 | dul-lu ep-pu\t-šu₂ | |
| 10 | u₂-zu-un-šu-nu | |
| 11 | ina UGU UN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | la ik-kab-bu-su\d | |
| 13 | dul-lu la ep-pu\t-šu₂ | |
| 14 | šu-nu an-na-ak | |
| 15 | UN-MEŠ am-ma-ka | |
| 16 | i—su-ri šu-nu i-qa-bi-u | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | ma-a {1}ša₂—la—DINGIR—man-nu | |
| 18 | i-ta-na-na-ši | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | a-sa-al-šu₂ ma-a la a-di-ni | |
Sources & licences
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