ABL 1021 (P334681)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334681 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...... w]rote to me |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] attention |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [Concerning NN, about whom the king, my l]ord wrote to me, [...... dw]elt |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...... is commit]ting suicide, saying |
| Obverse [6:12] o 7'7'–o 12'12' | [......] no [le]tter [has been sent to me]; I a[m a servant of the king, my lord] — why [has the king, my lord, let] me [pe]rish [......]? [......] of the kings. [I do not wi]thhold [anything] belonging to the cult of the sanctuaries; what is the meal they are asking for? [I shall] give it. |
| Obverse [12:23] o 13'13'– | "Never have I seen a dream such as I am (now) going to tell! When I was in my country, Bel said to me in my dream: 'You will be happy in Assyria.' I made him answer: 'Who will give (this)?' Bel put his arms upon my arms and said: 'My hand will be in your hand.' Yet, contrary to my vision, this is what has been done to me!" |
| Reverse [2:10] r 33–r 1010 | Along the roadside the (personnel) of the post stations pass my letters along [from] one to another (and thus) bring them to [the king], my lo[rd]. (Yet) for two or three times (already) my letter has been returned [from] the towns of Kamanate, Ampihapi and [...]garešu! [Let a sealed order be s]ent to them (that) they should pass my letter along [from one to anoth]er and bring it to [the king, my lord]! |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111–r 1313 | (As to) that roof-beam [of ...] about which I formerly [wrote] to the king, [my lord]: "[We shall send it] to the city of Akkad" — |
| Reverse [13:18] r 1414–r 1818 | as the strong flood [came], we lifted it up [......] in [...] a bramble was seen [......]. Now, [if it pleases the king], my lord [...] |
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' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢si⸣-šu₂ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x iš]-⸢pur⸣-an-ni | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] uz-nu | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x ša MAN be]-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ši⸣-bu-u-ni | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x uh]-⸢ta⸣-ta-ap | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x e]-⸢gir₂⸣-tu₂ la | |
| 8' | [x x x ARAD ša MAN EN-ia₂ a]-⸢na⸣-ku a-ta-a | |
| 9' | [MAN be-li₂ x x x x u₂-hal]-⸢li⸣-qa-an-ni | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢tu₂⸣ ša LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x] ša par-ṣi ša E₂.KUR-MEŠ | |
| 12' | [la a]-⸢kal⸣-la mi-i-nu nap-tu-nu ša e-ri-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 13' | [a]-⸢dan⸣ i-qab-bi ma-a ina ma-te-mi-ni | |
| 14' | MAŠ₂.MI ša ṭe₃-me-ia an-ni-i la a-mur | |
| 15' | ma-a ki-i ina KUR-ia a-na-ku-u-ni {d}EN | |
| 16' | ina MAŠ₂.MI-ia iq-ṭi-bi-ia ma-a | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17' | ina KUR—aš-šur ta-da-mi₃-iq ma-a ana-ku | |
| 18' | u₂-sa-pil-šu₂ ma-a man-nu id-da-na | |
| 19' | ma-a EN A₂.2-šu₂ ina UGU A₂.2-ia | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-sa-kan ma-a qa-ti ina qa-ti-ka | |
| 2 | ma-a pa-an di-gi-li-ia an-ni-i-u | |
| 3 | šu-u ša ep-ša₂-ku-u-ni ši-id-di-im-ma | |
| 4 | e-gir₂-a-te-e-a ša E₂—mar-di-a-te E₂—mar-di-a-te | |
| 5 | [TA@v] a-he-iš i-pa-qi-du a-du pa-an | |
| 6 | [MAN] ⸢EN⸣-ia₂ u₂-bal-u-ni 02-šu₂ 03-šu₂ e-gir₂-ti | |
| 7 | [TA@v ŠA₃] {⸢uru⸣}ka-ma-na-te {uru}am-pi-ha-bi | |
| 8 | {[uru}x]-ga-re-e-šu₂ u₂-sa-hir-u-ni | |
| 9 | [un-qu liš]-pa-ru-niš-šu₂-nu e-gir₂-ti | |
| 10 | [TA@v a-he]-⸢iš⸣ li-ip-qi-du a-du pa-an | |
| 11 | [MAN EN-ia₂ lu]-bil-u-ni {giš}UR₃ am-mi₃-i-u | |
| 12 | [ša x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a ša ina pa-ni-ti a-na MAN | |
| 13 | [EN-ia₂ aš₂-pur-an]-⸢ni⸣ nu-uk ina {uru}ak-kad | |
| 14 | [ni-zab-bil-šu₂] ⸢ki⸣-i mi-il-u dan-nu | |
| 15 | [il-lik-u-ni] ni-ta-ta-ah ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 16 | [x x x x x]-⸢a⸣ {giš}a-mur-din-nu | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x in⸣-na-mir u₂-ma-a | |
| 18 | [šum₂-ma pa-an MAN] ⸢EN⸣-ia₂ ma-hir | |
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