ABL 0610 (P334422)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0610 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334422 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1'1'–o 9'9' | ......] men [.... in the] olden times [...] I sent [...] to them. Now, I sent their prefect to them (with this message): "Come! Let me review you, take you down into the mother (town) and give you equipment." They did not obey at all; they didn't come but assaulted their prefect. |
| Obverse [9:16] o 10'10'– | There is a town called Lapsija at the foot of the mountain; I went there and sent the major-domo to them (with this message): "Come, I want to speak with you." They got up and fled, he did not find anybody there. |
| Bottom [1:5] b.e. 16'16'– | I said in the king my lord's presence in Nineveh: "They will not obey, they won't give the men." They king, my lord, told me: "Bring (them)! I want to give two or three of their towns to Bel-duri, and shall give you (others) instead." I said: "I'll go and speak with them; if they don't obey, I'll write to the king, my lord." |
| Reverse [1:12] r 22–r 1212 | Now, the king my lord should send a royal bodyguard to them (with the order): "Just as [you] previously [gave] your men to Nergal-naṣir and Inurta-ilai [...... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] {⸢lu₂vy⸣}ERIM-⸢MEŠ na-x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [ki-i ša ina] la-bi-ri u₂-[x x x] | |
| 3' | [ina] ⸢UGU-hi-šu₂⸣-nu a-sa-⸢ap⸣-[ra] | |
| 4' | u₂-ma-a {lu₂vy}ša₂-kan-šu₂-nu ina ⸢UGU⸣-[hi-šu-nu] | |
| 5' | a-sa-par nu-uk\d al-ka-a-ni | |
| 6' | la-šur-ku-nu ina ŠA₃ AMA lu-še-ri-id-ku-nu | |
| 7' | {giš}til-li la-ad-di-nak-ku-nu | |
| 8' | la-aš₂-šu₂ la iš-me-u₂ la il-li-ku-ni | |
| 9' | a-na {lu₂vy}šak\d-ni-šu₂-nu ih-ta-as\d-ʾu | |
| 10' | {uru}la-ap-si-a i-qab-bu-ni-šu₂ | |
| 11' | ina GIR₃.2 KUR-u₂ ina ŠA₃-bi at-ta-lak | |
| 12' | {⸢lu₂v}GAL⸣—E₂ {⸢lu₂v}GAL⸣—E₂ ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu a-sa-ap-ra | |
| 13' | nu-uk\d al-ka-a-ni i-si-ku-nu | |
| 14' | la-ad-bu-ub it-ta-ab-bu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15' | ih-tal-qu me-me-ni ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 16' | la ik\d-šu-ud ina IGI LUGAL EN-a | |
| 17' | ina {uru}NINA\m aq-ṭi₂-bi nu-uk\d la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | la i-ša₂-mi-u₂ {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ la i-du-nu | |
| 2 | LUGAL be-li₂ iq-ṭi₂-bi-a ma-a bi-la | |
| 3 | 02 03 URU-MEŠ-ni TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | a-na {1}EN—BAD₃ la-a-din ma-a ana-ku ina ku-mi | |
| 5 | a-da-nak-ka ana-ku aq-ṭi₂-bi nu-uk\d al-lak | |
| 6 | i-si-šu₂-nu a-da-bu-ub šum₂-mu la iš-mu-ni | |
| 7 | ina UGU LUGAL EN-a a-šap-pa-ra | |
| 8 | u₂-ma-a LUGAL be-li₂ {lu₂v}qur-bu-te | |
| 9 | ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu liš\d-pu-ra ma-a ERIM-MEŠ-ku-nu | |
| 10 | ki-i ša\d ina ti\t-ma-a-li 03-še—UD-me | |
| 11 | [a]-na {1}{d}U.GUR—PAB-ir a-na {1}{d}MAŠ—DINGIR-a.a | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ki-i⸣ | |
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