ABL 1014 (P334675)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1014 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334675 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | Con[cerning the su]bstitute king about whom [the king, my lord, wrote to me]: "He should sit for 100 days" — |
| Obverse [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | [now then] he has completed the 100 days, and [his] ki[ngship is finished. As the king, my lord, wr[ote to me I am w]aiting [for the ...]; the king, my lord, should k[now] (this). |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] the blow [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] at the left, Aššur-ahu-[...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... ov]er there should be good [...] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | [...] have been deleted. As soon as [......], it will be taken care of [within] 10 days. The king, my lord [should know this]. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | [Ma]rs, which previously was approaching [Sagittari]us, [......] to en[ter] |
| Obverse [12:15] o 13'13'– | (13') (Break) |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | [In Bor]sippa ...[...]; the priest of Na[bû], [Ahhešay]a, has [...]ed him, and they have taken everything that [...] and brought it into Borsippa. |
| Reverse [6:11] r 77–r 1111 | Silu, a native of Gam[bulu], Nabû-zera-ibni from Bit-Ibâ, and [NN] from Dur-Šarruku: [these], altogether three, [men] have been [...ed] and impaled by the priest Ahhešaya. [...] |
| Reverse [11:16] r 1212–r 1616 | All the statues of Sargon, king [of Assyria], which were placed in the sanctuaries, [...s], and the streets, [the ... on] the neck of Ta[šmetu], [...] on the neck of [......] |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | Let them do [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...... 2 o]xen, 4 sheep, 2 ducks, 2 [...] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | (e. 2) (Rest too fragmentary for translation) |
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' | ina [UGU] ⸢LUGAL⸣ pu-hi ša [MAN be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 2' | ma-a 01-me UD-me lu-ši-⸢ib⸣ [u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig] | |
| 3' | 01-⸢me⸣ UD-me un-tal-li ⸢LUGAL⸣-[us-su ga-am-rat] | |
| 4' | [ki]-⸢i⸣ ša MAN be-li₂ iš-pur-[an-ni pa-an x x] | |
| 5' | [a]-⸢dag⸣-gal MAN be-li₂ lu-u ⸢u₂⸣-[di x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ mi-ih-ṣu šu-u [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša 150 {1}aš-šur—⸢PAB⸣—[x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢ša⸣ ma-ka lu-u DUG₃.GA [x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ pa-aš₂-šu₂ ki-ma i-sa-[x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] 10 UD-MEŠ a-še-er MAN be-li₂ [lu-u u₂-di] | |
| 11' | {[mul}ṣal]-⸢bat⸣-a-ni ša ina pa-ni-ti a-⸢na⸣ [o] | |
| 12' | {[mul}PA.BIL].⸢SAG⸣ iṭ-hu-u-⸢ni a⸣-na e-⸢ra⸣-[bi] | |
| 13' | [x x x x] ⸢GAL it⸣-[x x x] u₂-⸢ma⸣-[a] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x MAN] ⸢be-li₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣-hal-li-⸢qu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x bar]-sip{ki} {lu₂v}sa-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | {1}ah-he-ša₂-a].a {lu₂v}SANGA ša {d}⸢PA⸣ [x] | |
| 5 | [x x x]-ba-šu₂ am—mar ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢it⸣-ta-ṣu a-na bar-sip{ki} ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 7 | u₂-se-ri-bu {1}si-i-li {kur}gam-[bu-la-a.a] | |
| 8 | {1}{d}PA—NUMUN—ib-ni E₂—i-ba-a.[a {1}x x x] | |
| 9 | {lu₂v}BAD₃—šar-ru-ka-a.a PAB 03 [ERIM-MEŠ an-nu-te] | |
| 10 | {1}ah-hi-ša₂-a.a {lu₂v}SANGA ug-da-[x-šu₂-nu] | |
| 11 | {giš}za-qi₂-pa-ni i-sa-kan-šu₂-nu [x x x] | |
| 12 | ṣa-lam-a-ni ša {1}MAN—GIN LUGAL [KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 13 | am—mar ša ina ŠA₃-bi E₂.KUR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 14 | su-qa-a-te šak-nu-u-[ni x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [ina] ⸢li⸣-ba-a-ni ša {d}⸢taš⸣-[me-tum] | |
| 16 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ina li-ba-⸢a⸣-[ni x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x] ⸢le⸣-e-pu-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ni [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x 02 ⸢GUD⸣-MEŠ 04 UDU-MEŠ 02 MUŠEN—GAL MUŠEN—GAL 02 ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-qur ⸢TA⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-ia ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
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