ABL 0544 (P334369)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0544 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334369 |
| 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 [NN]. Good health t[o the king], my [lord]! |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | As to what the king, my lord, wrote me in the sealed order, I and Issar-duri, the royal bodyguard, told them every word that was in it and let them hear the sealed order [which] came concerning them. They say: |
| Obverse [10:15] o 1111–o 1515 | "The king, our lord, is the lord of all; what can we say? The king, our lord, may take all the Kummeans who hold houses in (other) countries to wherever it is appropriate." |
| Obverse [15:23] o 1616–o 2323 | But the Kummean scouts who went from Kumme for hire have not yet returned but are still there! The king, [my] lo[rd], should inquire and investigate: may[be] they are getting deported with those (other Kummeans). |
| Obverse [23:29] o 2424– | The king, my lord, should return them to Kumme. The king, my lord, knows that they are needed in Urarṭu, and that they are in Assyria for hire (only). |
| Reverse [3:9] r 44–r 99 | As to the saplings about which the king, my lord, wrote me, there is much snow and ice, so they cannot be picked up yet; they will pick them up and bring them to Dur-Šarruken at the beginning of the new moon of Adar (XII). I shall (then) come and give my report. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL [be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}x x x x] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN]-ia | |
| 4 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ ina ŠA₃-bi un-qi | |
| 5 | u₂-še-bal-a-ni a-na-ku | |
| 6 | {1}15—BAD₃\p {lu₂v}qur-bu-tu₂ | |
| 7 | ⸢di⸣-ib-bi am—mar il—li-bi-ni il—li-bi-ni | |
| 8 | [ni]-du-ba-aš₂-šu₂-nu un-qu | |
| 9 | [ša] ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu tal-li\d-kan-ni | |
| 10 | [nu]-sa-ša₂-me-šu₂-nu i-da\d-bu-bu | |
| 11 | [ma]-⸢a⸣ [šum₂]-⸢ma⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni be-⸢li₂ ša⸣ gab-bi | |
| 12 | [šu]-u₂ ma-a a-ni-nu mi-nu ni-⸢qa⸣-bi | |
| 13 | ma-a {lu₂v}ku-ma-a.a-e am—mar ina KUR.KUR-MEŠ | |
| 14 | E₂-MEŠ u₂-kal-lu-u-ni | |
| 15 | LUGAL BE-ni E₂ ṭa\d-bu-u-ni | |
| 16 | lu-bi-li u₃ {lu₂v}ku-ma-a.a-e | |
| 17 | {lu₂v}da\d-ia-a-li\d ša TA@v\m {uru}ku-me | |
| 18 | a-na\t na\t-gur₂-tu₂ il-li-ku-u-ni | |
| 19 | u₂-di-ni la il-la-ku-[u-ni] | |
| 20 | am-ma-ka-ma šu₂-nu LUGAL be-[li₂] | |
| 21 | liš-al\d lu-ṣi-ṣi i—⸢su⸣-[ri] | |
| 22 | ⸢qa-ni\d⸣ am-mu-te | |
| 23 | u₂-ša₂-ga-lu-šu₂-nu | |
| 24 | LUGAL be-li₂ ina {uru}ku-me | |
| 25 | lu-sa-hi-ir-šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da a-ki [o] | |
| 2 | TA@v\m ŠA₃ {kur}URI\d bat-qu-ni [o] | |
| 3 | ina KUR—aš-šur a-na\t na-gur₂-te šu₂-nu-ni | |
| 4 | ina UGU {giš}ziq-pi ša\dy LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 5 | iš-pu-ra-ni ku-up-pu | |
| 6 | qar-hu KALAG-an u₂\m-di-ni | |
| 7 | le-ma-tu₂-hu le-ma-tu₂-hu SAG.DU DINGIR GIBIL | |
| 8 | ša {itim}ŠE ina {uru}BAD₃\p—{1}LUGAL—GI.NA\t | |
| 9 | ⸢i⸣-ma-tu₂-hu u₂\m-bu-lu | |
| 10 | ⸢al⸣-la-ka ṭe₃-me u₂-ta-ra | |
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