ABL 0573 (P334394)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0573 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334394 |
| 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/saa01 · 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 [serva]nt Takl[ak-ana-Bel]. Good health to the king, [my] lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | As to the Qappatean(s) about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Have they been put in order? Is there an official of yours in charge of them?" — |
| Obverse [8:15] o 99–o 1515 | The mayor of the town and the commander of the scouts have been appointed my officials over them. Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "[Let] the commander of the scouts appoint [...]s over them?/!" The king, my lord [...... |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [Let him] do [work in D]ur-Šarruken under [his/my] supervision. |
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 EN-ia] | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}⸢tak-lak⸣—[a-na—EN] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣ o šul-mu a-na LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 4 | ina UGU {uru}qa-ap-pa-ta-⸢a.a⸣ | |
| 5 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 6 | ma-a it-taq-qa-nu-u₂\p | |
| 7 | {lu₂v}EN—pi-qit-te-ka-a {lu₂v}EN—pi-qit-te-ka-a | |
| 8 | i-ba\t-aš₂-ši ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | {lu₂}ha-za-nu ša₂ URU {lu₂v}GAL—da-a.a-li {lu₂v}GAL—da-a.a-li | |
| 10 | {lu₂v}EN—pi-qit-ta-te-ia {lu₂v}EN—pi-qit-ta-te-ia | |
| 11 | ⸢ina⸣ UGU-hi-šu₂-nu pa-qu-du | |
| 12 | [is]—su\t-ri LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-[bi] | |
| 13 | [ma]-a {lu₂v}GAL—da-a.a-li {lu₂v}GAL—da-a.a-li | |
| 14 | [x x]-MEŠ-ni ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu | |
| 15 | [lip]-⸢qi⸣-di <$x$> LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | [x x] IGI <$x$> ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-al | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] a [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] lu [x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x]-MEŠ TA@v\m ⸢IGI⸣ [x x] | |
| 6' | [x dul-lu] ina pa-ni-[x] | |
| 7' | [ina {uru]}⸢BAD₃⸣—{1}MAN—GIN | |
| 8' | [le]-pu-uš | |
Sources & licences
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