ABL 1008 (P334673)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334673 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Mannu-ki-Ninua]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! The la[nd of the king my lord] is well. The Medes [around us are peaceful], and we [are doing our] w[ork]. The king, [my] lord, [can be] glad. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [News] of the Elamite (king): [he is] i[n ...]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Concerning Ludû [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | the troops of the Elamite who [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] him; "the previous ones who [......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] them [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | their [...]s [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [... Ašpa-b]ari of Bit-[......] |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | [the ...]s of the Elamite [......] |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | [...] killed their [village managers. Later they became afra]id and ascended to the mountain. I sent [Nabû]-taqqinanni to them, so they came down, concluded a treaty with him, entered it, and everybody is (now) living in his town. |
| Reverse [5:14] r 6'6'–r 14'14' | Two villages from their outskirts, the avengers who killed the village managers, did not come down. Their brothers told Nabû-taqqinanni: "We shall bring them down and take them before t[he governor; ......] them." As soon as they have co[me down, I shall send them to] the king, [my] lord. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}man-nu—ki-i—{uru}NINA] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu [a-na LUGAL EN-a] | |
| 4 | DI-mu a-na ⸢KUR⸣ [ša LUGAL EN-a] | |
| 5 | {lu₂}ma-ta-a.a [ša bat-te-bat-te-e-ni ne₂-e-hu] | |
| 6 | u₃ a-ne₂-e-nu ⸢dul⸣-[li-in-ni ne₂-pa-aš₂] | |
| 7 | ŠA₃-bu ša\y LUGAL\d EN-[ia lu DUG₃.GA ṭe₃-mu] | |
| 8 | ša\dy {kur}NIM.MA-a.a ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ina UGU {1}lu-du-u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ\m ša\y {kur}e-lam\d-a.a ša [x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ ma-a pa-ni-u-te ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu ba ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢di⸣ [x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x]-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x šu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x {1}aš₂-pa]—⸢ba⸣-ri {⸢kur}E₂⸣—{lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x]-a-te ša {kur}e-lam\d-a.a [x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {[lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ]-šu₂-nu {[lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ]-šu₂-nu i-du-u-ku [x x x] | |
| 2' | [ip-ta-al]-hu a-na KUR-u₂ e-te-⸢li⸣-[u] | |
| 3' | {1}{d}PA]—⸢LAL⸣-an-ni ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu a-sa-ap-ra | |
| 4' | ⸢it⸣-tar-du-u-ni a-de-e is-se-e-šu₂ | |
| 5' | i-sa-ak-nu e-tar-bu\t ia-mut-tu₂ | |
| 6' | ina ŠA₃ URU-šu₂ kam-mu-su 02 {uru}ŠE-MEŠ\m | |
| 7' | TA@v\m qa\d-an-ni-šu₂-nu {lu₂v}EN—MUD₂-MEŠ {lu₂v}EN—MUD₂-MEŠ ša\dy a-na | |
| 8' | {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ\m-ni {lu₂v}GAL—URU-MEŠ\m-ni i-du-ku-u-ni | |
| 9' | la u₂-ri-du-u-ni ŠEŠ-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu ⸢a⸣-[na] | |
| 10' | {1}{d}PA—LAL-in-an-ni iq-ṭi₂-bi-u₂ ⸢ma⸣-[a] | |
| 11' | nu-še-ra-da-šu₂-nu ina pa-ni {⸢lu₂v⸣}[EN.NAM x x] | |
| 12' | nu-bal\t-la-šu₂-nu ma-a a-[x x x x] | |
| 13' | ⸢x-šu₂⸣-nu ki-ma it-⸢tu⸣-[ri-du-ni] | |
| 14' | [ina UGU] ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-[a u₂-še-ba-la-šu₂-nu] | |
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