ABL 0784 (P334555)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0784 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334555 |
| 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/saa05 · 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 Aššur-alik-pani. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | These words that the king, my lord, wrote me about Pihame, the deputy (governor), about the garrisons, about the reports, and about prompting the works — the king, my lord, did greatly ... his servant! |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] the major-domo whom the king, [my lord] |
| Obverse [11:17] o 1212–o 1717 | [As to the Itu']eans [about whom the king, my lord, wrote] me, I shall appoint them to [...] the garrisons, to [the ... of] the village inspectors, t[o the ... o]f the towns, and t[o the fort]s. |
| Obverse [17:20] o 1818–o 2020 | [The king], my lord, can be glad indeed about the [for]ts and the servants of the king, [m]y [lord], who are here. |
| Obverse [20:29] o 2121– | Now that the king, my lord, has written to me, I shall assign my king's men, chariotry and cavalry as the king wrote me, and I shall be in the [ki]ng my lord's presence in Arbela with my king's men and army by the [dea]dline set by the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | I shall bring [wit]h me [the wr]iting-[bo]ard on the works (in progress) [which] the king wrote [I should bring], and I shall have it read to [the king], my lord. |
| Reverse [4:11] r 55–r 1111 | May the king, my lord, do this (favour) to his servant! My previous carts were not good and I have ...ed new ones, but they are not ready. May the king, my lord, write to Adad-ibni, that they should [send me] good carts, (furnished) with linen abo[ve] and with tunimmu leather below. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | This is [the only thing] that I am lacking. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [...] all [......] |
| Reverse [16:20] r 1717–r 2020 | As to Tard[i]tu-Aššur, [the king] my lord's [servant], perhaps [the king, my lord, will sa]y: "Why [...] of his expedition [......]?" |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | [......] once |
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}aš-šur—a-lik—pa-ni | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | di-ib-bi an-nu-u₂-te ša\dy LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 5 | ina UGU {1}pi-ha-me {lu₂vy}02-e | |
| 6 | UGU EN.NUN-MEŠ\m UGU ṭe₃-ma-a-ni | |
| 7 | ina UGU ha-ar-du-ut-te ša\dy dul-la-ni | |
| 8 | iš-pur-an-ni LUGAL be-li₂ a-na ARAD-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [i]-sa-ra-aṣ\td a—dan-niš | |
| 10 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂vy}GAL—E₂ {lu₂vy}GAL—E₂ ša\dy LUGAL [be-li₂] | |
| 11 | [x x]+⸢x x x x x⸣ ma [x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x]-a-a | |
| 13 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]-⸢an⸣-ni | |
| 14 | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] EN.NUN-MEŠ | |
| 15 | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] {lu₂vy}GAL—URU-MEŠ {lu₂vy}GAL—URU-MEŠ | |
| 16 | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] ⸢ša⸣ URU-MEŠ-ni | |
| 17 | a-[na x {uru}bi-ra]-a-te u₂-pa-qa-da\d-šu₂-nu | |
| 18 | ina ⸢UGU⸣ {[uru}bi-ra]-a-te ARAD-MEŠ\m-ni | |
| 19 | ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN]-⸢ia ša⸣ an-na-ka | |
| 20 | ⸢ŠA₃-bu⸣ [ša LUGAL] EN-ia a—dan-niš lu DUG₃.GA | |
| 21 | ⸢u₂-ma⸣-a ⸢an-nu-ra⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ i-sa-ap-ra\d | |
| 22 | {[lu₂v]}ERIM-MEŠ—LUGAL-ia {[lu₂v]}ERIM-MEŠ—LUGAL-ia {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ\m BAD-HAL-lum | |
| 23 | [ki-i] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL iš-pur-an-ni u₂-sa-ak | |
| 24 | [e]-⸢da⸣-nu ša\dy LUGAL be-li iš-kun-an-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 25 | [a]-⸢na⸣-ku a-du ERIM-MEŠ\m—MAN-ia ERIM-MEŠ\m—MAN-ia | |
| 26 | [a]-du e-mu-qi-ia ina IGI-at | |
| 27 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia ina {⸢uru⸣}arba-il₃ a-na-ku | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[giš]}⸢le-ʾu-u₂ ša dul-la⸣-a-ni | |
| 2 | [ša] LUGAL iš-pur-an-ni ⸢ma⸣-[a bi-la] | |
| 3 | [is]-⸢si⸣-ia u₂-ba\t-la ⸢a-na\d⸣ [LUGAL] | |
| 4 | EN-ia u₂-ša\d-aš₂-ma | |
| 5 | an-ni-tu₂ LUGAL be-li₂ a-na ARAD-šu₂ le\d-pu-uš | |
| 6 | {giš}qir-si-ia pa-ni-u₂-te i-ba\t-aš₂-ši | |
| 7 | la ⸢dam⸣-qu ša₂-ni-u₂-te eš-šu-u-te | |
| 8 | u₂-TAR-si la ga-am-mu-ru\d | |
| 9 | ina UGU {1}{d}IM—ib-ni LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢li⸣-iš-pu-ra | |
| 10 | {giš}qir-si SIG₅-MEŠ\m ša\dy NIM.[MA] {⸢tug₂⸣}GADA | |
| 11 | ša\ydm KI.TA {kušt}⸢tu⸣-nim-me ⸢is⸣-se-niš | |
| 12 | ⸢li⸣-[iš-pur]-⸢u₂⸣-[ni] an-ni-⸢u₂⸣ šu-u | |
| 13 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša\d ma-ṭi-a-⸢ku-u₂⸣-ni | |
| 14 | [x x x] gab-bu [x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 17 | [x x x] ina UGU {1}tar-⸢di-tu₂⸣—aš-šur | |
| 18 | [ARAD ša LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia i—su\t-ri | |
| 19 | [LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab]-bi ma-a a-ta-a | |
| 20 | [x x x x x]+⸢x ša KASKAL⸣-šu₂ | |
| 21 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x ma-la⸣ | |
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