ABL 0890 (P334612)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0890 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334612 |
| 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 | [T]o the king, [my lord]: your servant Šulmu-beli. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | (When) I was coming back from Dur-Šarruken, my messenger, coming from Anisu, met me in Adian and said: |
| Obverse [8:22] o 99– | "Ianzû, (king) of Hubuškia, has entered Wa[isi] on the 24th, and is going to Harra[nia]. If he does not go up to Harrania, he will be in Burte on the 26th; else if he does go up to Harrania, he will be in Burte on the 27th. |
| Reverse [8:20] r 99– | "The horses and his oxen and sheep came in one day ahead of him opposite Anisu. [He has wi]th him [x] horses, [x ox]en and [x shee]p [plus] their [......]." |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [I]f the king, my lord, so orders, I sha[ll go] and speak [wi]th him. |
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\p-ka {1}DI-mu—EN | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | TA@v\m {uru}BAD₃\p—LUGAL—GI | |
| 5 | DU-ak {lu₂v}A—KIN-ia {lu₂v}A—KIN-ia | |
| 6 | TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi {uru}a-ni-su | |
| 7 | ina {uru}EN-an ina ⸢GABA⸣-ia | |
| 8 | i-tal-ka ma-[a] | |
| 9 | {1}ia-an-zu-⸢u₂\m⸣ [o] | |
| 10 | {kur}hu-buš-a.a [o] | |
| 11 | ma-a UD 24-KAM₂ [o] | |
| 12 | i-na {uru}⸢u₂⸣-a-[si] | |
| 13 | e-ta-⸢rab⸣ [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-na {uru}har-ra-[ni-a] | |
| 2 | i-tu-⸢ṣi⸣ | |
| 3 | ma-a šum₂\m-ma i-na ŠA₃-bi | |
| 4 | {uru}har-ra-ni-a la e-⸢li⸣ | |
| 5 | UD 26-KAM₂ ina {uru}PU₂-te | |
| 6 | u₂-la-a ina {uru}har-ra-ni-a | |
| 7 | e-te-li UD 27-KAM₂ | |
| 8 | ina {uru}PU₂-te {anšem}KUR-MEŠ | |
| 9 | GUD.NITA₂\p-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢UDU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 10 | 01-⸢en⸣ UD-mu i—pa-na-tu₂-šu₂ i—pa-na-tu₂-šu₂ | |
| 11 | [i-na] pu-ut {uru}a-ni-su | |
| 12 | [i]-tal-ku-ni | |
| 13 | [x] {⸢anše⸣}KUR-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [x] ⸢GUD⸣-MEŠ | |
| 15 | [x x UDU].⸢NITA⸣-MEŠ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | [x x (x)]-šu₂-nu | |
| 17 | [x x i]-⸢si⸣-šu₂ | |
| 18 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [šum₂]-⸢ma⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ i-qa-bi la-li-[ki] | |
| 2 | [i]-⸢si⸣-šu₂ la-da\d-bu-ub | |
Sources & licences
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