ABL 0872 (P334599)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0872 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334599 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | If [......] |
| Obverse [1:7] o 2'2'–o 7'7' | I have heard that all the ordinances which were dissolved have become stable again. May Nabû and Tašmetu, the gods of this house, bless the king, his offspring and his offspring's offspring. |
| Obverse [7:23] o 8'8'– | The scribe Kabtî, a servant of Aššur-da''in-aplu son of Shalmaneser (III), who gave me the Aramaic letter which I gave to the king, my lord, is saying to me: "Regarding the offender about whom I spoke to the king, my lord, his son enters and leaves the Palace. He is telling me: 'If he [ ...s] these [wo]rds to me, I [will tell them] to you.' |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | "8 [..]s who gave [... to] the king, my lord, [......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | "a brib[e ......] |
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' | šum₂\m-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2' | a-se-me ri-⸢ik-sa-ti⸣ | |
| 3' | am—mar ša pa-aṭ-ru-u-ni | |
| 4' | i-sa-hu-ru i-ku-u-nu | |
| 5' | {d}PA u {d}taš-me-tum DINGIR-MEŠ ša E₂ | |
| 6' | ha-an-ni-i a-na LUGAL a-na NUMUN-šu₂ | |
| 7' | a-na NUMUN NUMUN-šu₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 8' | {1}kab-ti-i {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 9' | ARAD ša {1}aš-šur—da-in—DUMU.UŠ DUMU {1}DI-ma-nu—MAŠ | |
| 10' | ša e-gir₂-tu₂ ar-me-tu₂ id-din-an-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 12' | ad-din-u-ni | |
| 13' | i-qab-bi-ʾa-a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-a ina UGU EN—hi-iṭ-ṭi EN—hi-iṭ-ṭi | |
| 2 | ša a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 3 | aq-bu-u-ni | |
| 4 | ma-a DUMU-šu ina ŠA₃ E₂.GAL e-rab u₂-ṣa | |
| 5 | a-na ia-⸢a-ši⸣ i-qab-bi-ʾa-a | |
| 6 | ma-a šum-⸢ma⸣ [di]-ib-bi an-nu-ti | |
| 7 | is-sa-[x x]-⸢an⸣-ni | |
| 8 | ma-a ana-⸢ku⸣ [la-aq-ba]-ak-ka | |
| 9 | ma-a 08 {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ | |
| 10 | ma-a ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x a-na] LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 11 | id-din-[u-ni x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [ma]-a šul-ma-[nu x x x x] ⸢ub⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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