ABL 0564 (P334386)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0564 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334386 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | [Bat]ulu the [..., a servant o]f the governor [of GN ca]me and sl[an]dered [A]m-yata' the deputy (governor), [a servant of the king, m]y lo[rd], in the presence of the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [5:18] o 6'6'– | (Then ) he brought 250 Chaldeans and a bodyguard with him, and they went and intruded into the house of the king my lord's servant, Am-yata'. He molested the slave-girls, gathered them into the storerooms, slaughtered his pigs; and all the men who had come with him, every one of them, filled his bag [with ...] from his house. |
| Bottom [0:7] b.e. 18'b.e. 18'– | Furthermore, they went in and [captured the servant of the king], my lord, and [destroyed] al[l] the vines [and ... th]at were there. Even the town of A[m-yata'] was similarly ravaged. |
| Reverse [3:13] r 44–r 1313 | I sent a gardener of my father and my grandfather to him, saying: "Let him be brought here." Batulu sent his men to intercept him, but they (= my men) arrested every one of them and brought them into my presence. Batulu (then) went and lodged a complaint of mistreatment [bef]ore the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [13:17] r 1414–r 1717 | [N]ow then [I am sen]ding [t]o the king, my lord, the prefects of his who led [him; let] the king, [my] lord, [question them]. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [... A]m-yat[a'] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Let him speak, and [may] the king [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | {1}ba]-⸢tu⸣-lu {lu₂v}[x x x] | |
| 2' | [ARAD] ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂v}EN.NAM [x x x] | |
| 3' | [it]-⸢tal⸣-ka kar-[ṣi ša] | |
| 4' | {1}⸢am⸣—ia-ta-aʾ {⸢lu₂v}02-u⸣ [ARAD ša LUGAL] | |
| 5' | ⸢EN-ia⸣ ina pa-ni LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 6' | e-ta-kal 02 me 50 {lu₂v}kal-⸢da⸣-a.a | |
| 7' | u₃ {lu₂v}qur-bu-tu₂ i-si-šu₂ | |
| 8' | na-ṣa it-tal-ku-u-ni | |
| 9' | E₂ {1}am—ia-ta-aʾ | |
| 10' | ARAD ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ e-ta-ra-bu | |
| 11' | GEME₂-MEŠ ih-te-si ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 12' | ka-dam-ma-ti\t e-te-si-pi | |
| 13' | ŠAH₂-MEŠ-šu₂ uṭ-ṭa-bi-hi | |
| 14' | u₃ {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ gab-bi am—mar | |
| 15' | i-si-šu₂ il-li-ku-u-ni-ni | |
| 16' | LU₂~v {kušt}hi-in-tu-šu₂ ⸢x⸣ | |
| 17' | TA@v\m E₂-šu₂ un-ta-[al-li] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18' | u₃ e-ta-ar₂-⸢bu⸣ [ARAD ša LUGAL] | |
| 19' | EN-ia u₂-[x x x] | |
| 20' | ⸢u₃⸣ {giš}GEŠTIN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ša⸣ ina ŠA₃-bi gab-[bu x x x] | |
| 2 | u₃ URU ša {1}⸢am⸣—[ia-ta-aʾ] | |
| 3 | i-se-niš ma-ah-⸢iṣ⸣ | |
| 4 | {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.SAR\m šu-u₂ | |
| 5 | ša AD-ia ša AD—AD-ia₂ AD—AD-ia₂ | |
| 6 | a-sap-ra ina UGU-hi-šu₂ | |
| 7 | ma-a lu-u₂-bi-lu-niš-šu₂ | |
| 8 | {1}ba\t-tu-lu {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 9 | i-sa-par ma-a pu-ga-ni-šu₂ | |
| 10 | LU₂~v iṣ-ṣab-tu ina UGU-hi-ia₂ | |
| 11 | na-ṣu-u-ni {1}ba\t-tu-lu | |
| 12 | it-tal-ka hi-sa-ti\t | |
| 13 | [ina] ⸢pa⸣-ni LUGAL\t be-li₂-ia₂ id-du-bu-ub | |
| 14 | [u₂]-ma-a an-nu-rig | |
| 15 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}šak\t-nu-MEŠ-šu₂ ša ir-⸢du-u⸣-[šu₂-ni] | |
| 16 | [ina] ⸢pa⸣-ni LUGAL\t be-li₂-ia | |
| 17 | [as]-⸢sap⸣-ra LUGAL be-[li₂] | |
| 18 | [liš-al-šu₂-nu {1}⸢am⸣—ia-⸢ta⸣-[aʾ] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | lid\d-bu-bu LUGAL [x x x x x x x x x] | |
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