ABL 0645 + (P334446)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0645 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334446 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Mannu-ki-Ninua. Good health to the k]ing, my lord! [The land o]f the king my lord i[s well]. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | I entered Kar-Šarrukin on the 18th of Nisan (I). All the garrisons of the king, my lord, are well, and all the city-lords around me have inquired about the health of the Palace. |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010–o 1414 | As to the news of Lutû, he and Ašpa-bara are engaged in battle against each other in Hadalpa and killing each other's men. |
| Obverse [14:27] o 1515– | Concerning Uppite, the city-lord of Uriakka who was discharged and about whom I spoke to the king, my lord, when I left for the king my lord's audience, he fled to Šaparda. Nabû-taqqinanni, the king's servant, heard about it; he and Uaksatar sent (word) and had him captured along with four sons of his. |
| Reverse [7:13] r 88–r 1313 | On the very day when I entered Kar-Šarrukin, I wrote to Ramatî and told him to send the people. After they have brought his people, I shall [brin]g him w[ith m]e to the [r]eview. |
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}man-nu—ki—{uru}NINA] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-a | |
| 4 | ⸢DI⸣-[mu a-na KUR] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL EN-a | |
| 5 | ina UD 18-KAM₂⸣ ša {iti}BARAG a-na | |
| 6 | {uru}kar—{1}LUGAL—GI.NA e-tar-ba | |
| 7 | a-na EN.NUN-MEŠ gab-bu ša\d LUGAL EN-a | |
| 8 | DI-mu {lu₂v}EN—URU-MEŠ {lu₂v}EN—URU-MEŠ am—ma-la am—ma-la | |
| 9 | ša\yd bat-te-bat-te-e-a DI-mu ša\d E₂.GAL | |
| 10 | i-sa-al-lu ina UGU ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 11 | ša\d {1}lu-tu-u₂ šu-u-tu₂ | |
| 12 | {1}aš₂-pa—ba-ra ina {uru}ha-dal-pa | |
| 13 | qa-ra-bu i-sa-ha-ii-ši | |
| 14 | u₂-pu-šu₂ {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ\m ša\yd a-ha-ii-ši | |
| 15 | i-du-u-ku ina UGU {1}up-pi-te | |
| 16 | {lu₂v}EN—URU {lu₂v}EN—URU ša\d {uru}ur-ia-ku | |
| 17 | ša\m pa-tu-u-ni | |
| 18 | ša\m a-na LUGAL EN-a | |
| 19 | a-qa-bu-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-i a-na-ku ina pa-ni ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2 | al-lik-an-ni šu-u-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 3 | a-na {kur}ša₂-bar-da\d ih-tal-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 4 | {1}{d}PA—LAL-an-ni {lu₂v}ARAD | |
| 5 | ša\d LUGAL i-se-me šu-u-tu₂ | |
| 6 | {1}u₂-ak-sa-tar i-sa-ap-ru\d | |
| 7 | iṣ-ṣab-tu-ni-šu₂ 04 {lu₂v}DUMU-MEŠ\m-šu₂ | |
| 8 | is-se-e-šu₂ ina ŠA₃ UD-mu | |
| 9 | ša\m a-na-ku a-na {uru}kar—{1}LUGAL—GIN | |
| 10 | e-ru\d-bu-u-ni ina UGU {1}ra-⸢ma-ti⸣-i | |
| 11 | a-sa-ap-ra mu-ku UN\d-MEŠ | |
| 12 | še-bi-la ki-ma UN\d-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 13 | na-ṣu-u-ni a-na ⸢ma⸣-šar-te | |
| 14 | ⸢is⸣-[si]-⸢ia ub⸣-[ba]-⸢la⸣-aš₂-šu₂ | |
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