ABL 0887 (P334609)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0887 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334609 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, [my lord]: your servant Aššur-[belu-taqqin]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | Concerning the attack about which [the king, my lord], wrote to me: "Who released [...]?" — [NN], the priest of Uruk, sent [NN] to him; it was he who ga[ve] (the order) to release (him). |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | Merodach-Baladan is [in] Dur-Yakin. |
| Obverse [10:16] o 1111–o 1616 | Ina-qibi-Bel-abluṭ and Nabû-hamatua went [to the to]wn Ubulu of Puq[udu, and sta]yed there for two days; having told the Puqudu to summon their king's men, they returned and went [to s]tay in [...]. |
| Obverse [16:20] o 1717– | Perhaps [the king, my lord, will s]ay: "W[hy are they] assemb[ling troops]?" |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [...] As soon as [... has com]e to [...], he will release the men |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [......] with me |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......]. News of |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] very [well] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] are keeping [watch over] them. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL\t [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—[U—LAL-in] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na [LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | TA@v\m UGU ta\p-be-⸢e⸣ [ša LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 5 | iš\t-pur-an-ni ma-[a x x x x] | |
| 6 | man-nu u₂\m-še-ṣi-a {1}[x x x] | |
| 7 | {lu₂v}E₂.BAR ŠEŠ.UNUG{ki} {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8 | i-sa-ap-raš\t-šu₂ šu₂-u it-⸢ti⸣-[din] | |
| 9 | ⸢u₂⸣-se-ṣi-a {1}{d⸣}AMAR.UTU—A—SUM-[na] | |
| 10 | [ina] {⸢uru⸣}BAD₃\p—ša—{1}⸢ia⸣-GIN šu₂-u | |
| 11 | {1}ina]—⸢qi₂⸣-bi—d.EN—ab-luṭ {1}{d}PA—ha-mat-[u-a] | |
| 12 | [ina] {⸢uru⸣}u₂\m-bu-li\t ša\d {lu₂v}pu-⸢qu⸣-[di] | |
| 13 | [it]-⸢tal⸣-ku-u-ni 02-ta UD-MEŠ\m ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 14 | [kam-mu]-su\t a-na {lu₂v}pu-qu-da-a.a | |
| 15 | [ma-a re]-eš {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ—MAN-ku-nu {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ—MAN-ku-nu iṣ-ṣa | |
| 16 | [i]-⸢su⸣-uh-ru\d it-tal-ku | |
| 17 | [ina x x] ⸢kam⸣-mu-su\t i—su-ri | |
| 18 | [LUGAL be-li₂ i]-⸢qab⸣-bi\p ma-a a-[ta-a] | |
| 19 | {[lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ u₂]-pa-ah-⸢hu⸣-[ru] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] ⸢ki⸣-ma a-na | |
| 2 | [x x x it-tal]-ka ERIM-MEŠ i-pa-ṭar | |
| 3 | [x x x x x] i-se-e-a | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ṭe₃-mu | |
| 5 | [x x x x DI-mu] a—dan-niš | |
| 6 | [x x EN.NUN]-šu₂-nu i-na-ṣu-ru\d | |
Sources & licences
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