ABL 1003 (P334671)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334671 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1'1'–o 8'8' | ["...] ..., tell [... to Eṭiru] and Iddin-ahhe [...]! And if [he comes] to Sippar, [let] Eṭiru and Iddin-[ahhe tell it to him. ......] the (good) name of Sippar, he will become afraid, get up, [...], go away, [and ...] there. [Guard] this word like [...]!" — |
| Obverse [8:11] o 9'9'–o 11'11' | I did neither fetch him up here nor did I tel[l him (to come)]. They brought him to me, and I [and NN s]poke [with him] in accordance with the k[ing]'s words: |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | "(Any)one who [......] may live [in] one of my villages; |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | ["...] within these [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | "[...] It is the king's word [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | ["...] Re[ap] your harvest [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [He sa]id: "Ṣal[laya the ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | "and his brothers, who [...] to [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | "the son of Yakin and [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Nabû-le'i the son of [Nabû-taklak] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] with him to Borsippa. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | And [...] about his brothers, he has hidden him [...]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | News [of the king of Elam]: he has returned [to ......]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | The Pillat (tribe) [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1'e. 1'–e. 1'e. 1' | [......] are [g]etting up, and [......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 2'2'–e. 2'2' | [......] has se[t up] here [...] |
| Edge [2:3] e. 3'3'–e. 3'3' | [......] has sent [to Si]ppar [...] |
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' | ša [x x] ⸢x⸣ na [x x x x {1}e-ṭe₃-ru] | |
| 2' | ⸢u₃⸣ o {1}SUM—PAB-MEŠ ⸢qi⸣-[bi x x x x] | |
| 3' | u₃ šum₂\p-ma ina UD.KIB.NUN{[ki} il-la-ka] | |
| 4' | {1}e-ṭe₃-ru\d u₃ {1}SUM—[PAB-MEŠ liq-bu-niš-šu₂] | |
| 5' | ma-a šu-mu ša UD.KIB.NUN{⸢ki⸣} [x x x x] | |
| 6' | i-pal-lah₃ i-ta-ab-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ma-a il-lak ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ma a-bu-tu₂ an-ni-tu₂ ki-i [x x x] | |
| 9' | la u₂-še-li-a la a-qa-⸢ba⸣-[aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 10' | ina UGU-ia na-ṣu-niš-šu₂ a-⸢na⸣-[ku {1}x x x] | |
| 11' | ina pi-it-ti di-ib-bi ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [is-si-šu₂] | |
| 12' | [ni]-id-du-bu-ub nu-uk\td ša [x x x x] | |
| 13' | [ina ŠA₃] 01-en {uru}ŠE-MEŠ\m-ia lu-šib [x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x] ina ŠA₃-bi an-nu-ti\t la-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x]-ni a-bat LUGAL ši-i nu-[uk x x] | |
| 16' | [x x x] ⸢e⸣-ṣa-da-ka ⸢e⸣-[ṣi-di x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ma]-⸢a⸣ {1}ṣal-[la-a.a x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₃ ŠEŠ-MEŠ\m-šu₂ ša ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-a DUMU—{1}ia-ki-ni u ma-[a x x x x] | |
| 4' | {1}{⸢d⸣}PA—A₂.GAL DUMU {1}{d}[PA—tak-lak] | |
| 5' | is-si-šu₂ a-na BAR₂.SIPA{[ki} x x x x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ ina UGU ŠEŠ-MEŠ\m-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | up-ta-zir-šu₂ ṭe₃-e-mu [ša LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki]} | |
| 8' | is-su-uh-ru\d it-⸢ta⸣-[lak x x x x x] | |
| 9' | {lu₂}pil-tu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1' | [x x x x i-ta]-⸢ab⸣-bi-u₂ u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] an-na-ka is-sa-⸢kan⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x ina UD].⸢KIB⸣.NUN{ki} u₂-se-bil ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x] | |
Sources & licences
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