ABL 0746 (P334532)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0746 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334532 |
| 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/saa10 · 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 servant Mar-Issar. Good health [to the king], my [lord]! May Nabû and Marduk [bless] the king, my lord! May [the great god]s bestow long days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | When the Lady [o]f Akkad went away to Elam, her assets [we]re taken over, the fields and personnel of the temple passing under the [...]s. When the king, my lord, [res]ettled the city of Akkad, he sent a sealed order to the deputy major-domo [of] Lahiru: "Deliver the [reg]ular offerings [of the god]! They should be adv[anced] to Akkad!" |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | For [x] years they delivered them, but (now) they are cu[tti]ng them off; [so f]ar they have not delivered them since [the king, my lord], posted me to the city of Akkad. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] the temple [...] |
| Reverse [1:7] r 2'2'–r 7'7' | [......]. Let them bring [...] and syste[matically ins]tall [......]. If it plea[ses the king, my lord], let them appoint in Akkad either a eunuch [or a ...]. At the time of this service, let them provide [... for the offerings] and the rites, [and when the god ...] and lets off [...]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | Otherwise, when [......], I would be informing without being heard. |
| Reverse [9:14] r 10'10'–r 14'14' | [The king, my lord, knows that I am] but a dog of the king, my lord, and that I am loyal [to the king], my lord. I have [now] written [to] the king, my lord; let [the king, my lord], do as it pleases him until the assets of the temple have been collected (again). |
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-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}DUMU—{d}15 lu-u DI-mu | |
| 2 | [a-na MAN EN]-ia₂ {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na MAN EN-ia₂ | |
| 3 | [lik-ru-bu] UD-me ar₂-ku-te ṭu-ub UZU u hu-ud ŠA₃-bi | |
| 4 | [DINGIR-MEŠ GAL]-MEŠ a-na MAN EN-ia₂ liš-ru-ku ki-i {d}GAŠAN\t | |
| 5 | ⸢ša⸣ {uru}ak-kad a-na {kur}NIM.MA{ki} tal-lik-u-ni NIG₂.ŠID-ša₂ | |
| 6 | ⸢it⸣-ta-ṣu A.ŠA₃-MEŠ UN-MEŠ ša E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂-pal | |
| 7 | [x x]-MEŠ e-tar-bu ki-i MAN be-li₂ {uru}ak-kad | |
| 8 | [u₂-še]-ši-bu-u-ni un-qu ina UGU {lu₂v}02-i {lu₂v}GAL—E₂ {lu₂v}GAL—E₂ | |
| 9 | [ša] {uru}la-hi-ri MAN be-li₂ i-sap-ra [ma-a gi]-nu-u | |
| 10 | [ša DINGIR] di-i-na ina {uru}ak-kad li-iq-⸢ri⸣-[ba] | |
| 11 | [x x] MU.AN.NA-MEŠ it-tan-nu u₃ u₂-⸢bat⸣-[tu]-⸢qu⸣ | |
| 12 | [a-du-na]-kan-ni la id-di-nu TA@v be₂-et [MAN] | |
| 13 | [be-li₂ a]-na {uru}ak-kad u₂-še-ri-ban-ni-[ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x] E₂—DINGIR-[MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti lu-bil-u-ni bat-⸢ta⸣-[ta-a.a] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x lu-ša₂]-aṣ-bi-tu šum₂-ma pa-an | |
| 4' | [MAN EN-ia₂ ma-hir ina {uru]}ak-kad lip-qi-du šum₂-ma {lu₂v}SAG | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x]-du si-mi₃-in dul-lu an-ni-i | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x] u₃ ne₂-pe-še lid-di-nu | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ u₃ i-ta-bu-u-ni | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x]-me u₂-la-a ki-i | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x ša] la ša₂-mi₃-i u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ma | |
| 10' | [MAN be-li₂ u₂-da ki-i] kal-bu ša MAN EN-ia₂ | |
| 11' | [a-na-ku-u-ni TA@v MAN] EN-ia₂ ke-na-ku-u-ni | |
| 12' | [u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig a]-⸢na⸣ MAN EN-ia₂ a-sap-ra | |
| 13' | [MAN be-li₂ ki-i] ša ina pa-ni-šu₂ ma-hir-u-ni | |
| 14' | ⸢le⸣-pu-uš a-du NIG₂.ŠID ša E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 15' | i-pa-ha-ru-ne₂-en-ni | |
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