ABL 0763 + (P334540)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0763 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334540 |
| 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 k]ing, my lord: [yo]ur [servant] Šarru-emuranni. [Good hea]lth to the king, my lord! The fort is [wel]l. |
| Obverse [4:19] o 55– | [...]hayu sent a Chaldean, an informer, to Larak. The [Lara]keans arrested him and took him [before] me. I asked him: "Where are you from?" He said: "A citizen of Babylon [sent me] to Larak." They said: "[He is] a crook, he lie[s]. We know him, (the) Nippurean(s) [...]." |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | Now then they are bringing him to the ki[ng, my lord]; let the ki[ng my lord] question him. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | I asked him where the son of Ze[rî] is. He said: "He is encamped in the town Hiuru [of] the Puqudu [land]." |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | The priest of the city Uṣur-Adad is [bring]ing the '[lef]tovers' of (the sacrificial meal) before the gods (and) [is on his w]ay to the king, my lord. |
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-ia₂ | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}LUGAL—IGI.LAL-a-ni | |
| 3 | [lu DI]-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | [DI]-⸢mu⸣ a-na {uru}bir-te | |
| 5 | {[lu₂v]}kal-da-a.a šu-u | |
| 6 | ⸢li⸣-ša₂-nu ina {uru}la-rak-ka | |
| 7 | {1}x]+⸢x⸣-ha-a.a-u₂ is-sap-ra | |
| 8 | {[uru}la]-⸢rak⸣-ka-a.a i-ṣab-tu-ni-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [ina IGI]-⸢ia⸣ na-ṣu-ni-šu | |
| 10 | ⸢a⸣-[sa-ʾa]-al-šu₂ muk ša a-a-ka₂ | |
| 11 | at-ta ma-a DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA{ki⸣} DUMU—KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA{ki⸣} | |
| 12 | a-na o {uru}la-rak-⸢ka⸣ [is-sap-ra-ni] | |
| 13 | ma-a {lu₂v}pa-ri-⸢ṣu⸣ [šu-tu₂] | |
| 14 | ma-a i-sa-na-[li] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | ma-a a-ni-[ni o] | |
| 16 | nu-da-šu [ma-a] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | EN.LIL₂{ki}a.a [x x x] | |
| 2 | an-nu-rig ina IGI ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia₂] | |
| 3 | u₂-ba-lu-ni-šu₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 4 | liš-ʾa-al-šu₂ a-na-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 5 | a-sa-ʾa-al-šu₂ muk DUMU—{1}⸢NUMUN⸣-[i] | |
| 6 | a.a-ka ma-a ina {uru}hi-u₂-ri | |
| 7 | [ša {kur]}pu-qu-di ša₂-ki-ni | |
| 8 | [x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}SANGA ša {uru}u₂-ṣur—{d}IM | |
| 9 | [re-ha]-a-te ša IGI DINGIR-MEŠ\m | |
| 10 | [na-a]-⸢ṣa⸣ ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 11 | [it-tal]-ka | |
Sources & licences
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