ABL 0572 (P334393)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0572 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334393 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [have b]lessed [...]. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | The [...] have come, made sacrifice[s (and) bles]sed the king, my lord. May Bel and Nabû make their blessing reach the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [6:17] o 7'7'– | The king, my lord, knows that the people of Sarrabanu hold (houses) in Babylon, Nippur and Uruk and in the Itu'u land. Recently, they have been entering my audience. I have showed them houses around Bit-[...] (and) they are roofing them. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] they tol[d me]: |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | "[...]." I said: |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | "[...] people [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] and the king [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | there is [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | good [...]s" |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] are staying |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | I have showed them [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [......] I |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] to the status of a fortress |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | there is [...] the king |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] did [not] settle [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...] the Puqudu |
| Reverse [13:16] r 1414–r 1616 | [...] the Sarrabaneans |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | May the king, my lord, not listen to [...] until [...]. |
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' | ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ik]-tar-⸢bu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | it-tal-ku-u-ni {udu}SISKUR-[MEŠ] | |
| 4' | e-tap-šu₂ a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ ⸢ik⸣-[tar]-bu | |
| 5' | {d}EN u₃ {d}PA ik-ri-ib-šu₂-nu | |
| 6' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ lu-ṭa-hi-u | |
| 7' | LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da ki-i | |
| 8' | {uru}sa-rab-na-a.a ina KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 9' | ina EN.LIL₂{ki} ina UNUG{ki} | |
| 10' | u₃ ina ŠA₃-bi {lu₂}i-tu₂-ʾe | |
| 11' | u₂-kal-lu-u-ni an-nu-rig | |
| 12' | e-ta-na-rab-u-ni E₂-MEŠ | |
| 13' | bat-ti-ba-ti ša E₂—[x x] | |
| 14' | uk-tal-lim-šu₂-nu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15' | u₂-ṣa-lu-lu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x]-u iq-ṭi₂-⸢bu⸣-[ni] | |
| 2 | [x x x x] nu-uk | |
| 3 | [x x x x] UN-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x] u₃ LUGAL [x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x i]-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ṭa-bu-te | |
| 7 | [x x x x x] kam-mu-su | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] uk-tal-lim-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | [x x x x x]-si a-na-ku | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] a-na {uru}HAL.ṢU-u₂-te | |
| 11 | [x x x x x] LUGAL i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 12 | [x x x x x] u₂-še-šib | |
| 13 | [x x x x x] {lu₂v}pu-qu-da-a.a | |
| 14 | [x x x x x] {uru}sa-rab-na-a.a | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | LUGAL be-li₂ lu la i-šam-me a-du [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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