ABL 0730 (P334519)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0730 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334519 |
| 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 Sin-ahhe-riba. [Good health] to the king, my lord! Assyria [is well], the temples are well, all the king's forts [are well]. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [As to what the king, my lord, wrote to m]e: "Bel-eṭir [...... |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | "......] Nabû-eṭir-napšati (and) his associate [...], these are the ones [......]; their men [are] still [......]. When I told this thing [to Nabû-m]ušallim, he disappeared [......]." |
| Reverse [6:10] r 7'7'– | [...] I asked my [...] whether [he] had said it and whether Nabû-mušallim [had told it to him]. |
| Right [1:3] r.e. 1010–r.e. 1111 | He answered: "He certainly did not tell it to me. [Nabû]-mušallim [has ...ed] from Calah and is searching [...]." |
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 be-li₂]-ia ARAD-ka {1}30—PAB-MEŠ\m—SU\t | |
| 2 | [lu šul-mu a]-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 3 | [šul-mu a-na KUR]—aš-šur{ki} šul-mu a-na E₂.KUR-MEŠ\m | |
| 4 | [šul-mu a-na {uru]}bi-rat ša LUGAL gab-bu\t | |
| 5 | [lib-bu ša LUGAL EN]-ia a—dan-niš lu DUG₃.GA | |
| 6 | [ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an]-⸢ni ma⸣-a {1}EN—KAR-ir | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ir-šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢ma⸣-a ni-⸢x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢ma⸣-a {1}{d}AG—KAR-ir—ZI-MEŠ\m | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] i-se-e-šu₂ ma-a an-nu-te šu₂-nu | |
| 4' | [x x x x] SAG ma-a ERIM-MEŠ\m-šu-nu ah—⸢hur⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ia-ak\t ma-a ki a-bu\t-tu₂ an-ni-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 6' | [a-na {1}{d}PA]—⸢mu⸣-šal-lim a-qa\d-bu\t-u₂\m-ni | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ⸢ma⸣ ih-ti\t-liq šu-[tu₂] | |
| 8' | [a-na x]+⸢x⸣-ia a-sa-al nu-uk\d qa-⸢bi⸣-i | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | [x x x]-⸢bi⸣ nu-uk\td {1}{d}PA—⸢mu⸣-[šal]-lim | |
| 10 | [iq-ṭi₂-ba-ka]-a ma-a la-a-⸢šu₂⸣ [la] ⸢iq⸣-bi-a | |
| 11 | [ma-a {1}{d}PA]—⸢mu-šal⸣-lim TA@v\mp {uru}kal-ha | |
| 12 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-ba\t-ia | |
Sources & licences
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