ABL 0701 (P334496)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0701 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334496 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-pašir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Sin and Nikkal [bless] the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | As to [the king my lo]rd's command: "Review t[hese] persons whom the Commander-in-Chief b[rought forth] and ex[tract] men [from their mid]st" — |
| Obverse [9:20] o 1010– | I [sec]retly [ask]ed and questioned the el[der]s [of] Tarqunani, saying: "Did the chief [......] from where you came forth?" They (replied): "[......] the city of Tas [from which] we ca[me ......]" |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | Nobody has died or escaped since I reviewed them. [Thanks to] the gods of the king, my lord, able-bodied men from Upumu [...... |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | "Gi[ve me] 200 or 300 [...], they should go with me [...]!" |
| Reverse [9:18] r 10'10'– | I [said to him]: "As soon as the gods of the king my lord have cleared their way, they may go straight away with you. Why are they going?" |
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}{d}AG—pa-šir | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | {⸢d⸣}30 {d}⸢NIN⸣.[GAL] | |
| 5 | ⸢a-na LUGAL⸣ EN-ia [lik-ru-bu] | |
| 6 | ⸢ša⸣ [LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣ iq-⸢bu⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 7 | [ma-a {lu₂]}ZI-MEŠ ⸢an⸣-[na-ti] | |
| 8 | ⸢ša {lu₂⸣}tar-ta-nu ⸢u₂⸣-[še-ṣu-ni] | |
| 9 | [a]-⸢šur⸣ u₃ {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ [TA@v ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣ u₂-[suh] | |
| 10 | [ina ša₂]-⸢pal⸣ ŠU.2 a-na {lu₂}⸢AB⸣.[BA]-MEŠ\t | |
| 11 | [ša {uru]}tar-⸢qu⸣-na-ni | |
| 12 | [a-sa]-⸢al⸣ u₂-ta-ṣi-ṣi | |
| 13 | ⸢nu⸣-uk\d TA@v\m E₂ tu-ṣa-⸢ni⸣-ni | |
| 14 | {lu₂}⸢x⸣+[x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 15 | la [x x x x x x] ur | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | ma-a [x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | {uru}ta-⸢si⸣ [x x x] | |
| 18 | nu-ṣa-⸢an⸣-[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LU₂-ma la UŠ₂ LU₂-ma la ZAH₂ | |
| 2 | TA@v\m E₂ a-na\y-ku a-šur-u₂-ša₂-nu-ni | |
| 3 | {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ KALAG-MEŠ TA@v\m {⸢uru⸣}[u₂]-⸢pu⸣-mu | |
| 4 | DINGIR-MEŠ ša LUGAL EN-ia [e-tap-šu₂ it]-⸢ta⸣-nu | |
| 5 | ⸢it⸣-ti\d-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] LU₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | 02 me 03 me [x x]+⸢x⸣ di-[na-an-ni] | |
| 9' | i-si-⸢ia lil⸣-[li]-⸢ku⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10' | a-na-ku [aq-ṭi₂-ba-aš₂-šu₂] nu-[uk] | |
| 11' | ina E₂ DINGIR-⸢MEŠ-ni ša LUGAL⸣ EN-ia | |
| 12' | KASKAL.2-šu₂-nu ip-ti\d-u₂-ni | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | le-ti\p-qu lil-li-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 14 | i-si-ka nu-⸢uk\d⸣ a-na mi₃-i-ni | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | il-lu-ku [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢TA@v\m⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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