ABL 1024 (P334683)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334683 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | He says: "Marduk-šarrani has said to Merodach-Baladan: 'Who is plotting [against m]e in Assyria? I have indeed bec[ome a ...! ...] from whom there is no witness.'" |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | [...] says: "Marduk-šarrani has said [to the son of Ya]kin: '[Who in] Assyr[ia ......]' |
| Reverse [1:8] r 2'2'–r 8'8' | [... says: "]Marduk-šarrani has said [to the son of Ya]kin: '[... who] know[s] the shepherd [... who] lays your throne in [your] ha[nds ......]. And I [......] of Assyria [...] does not sin [...].'" |
| Reverse [8:13] r 9'9'– | "He has (also) said to the son of Yakin: 'There is no water in Dur-Šarrukku. If you come and launch an attack on it, you will take it in a matter of a day.'" |
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 | ma-a {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MAN-a-ni a-na {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A—AŠ | |
| 2 | iq\y-ṭi-bi ma-a man-nu šu-u₂ ša ina KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 3 | [ina UGU]-⸢ia⸣ i-da\d-ab-bu-bu-u-ni | |
| 4 | [ma-a x]+⸢x⸣-lu i-ba-aš₂-ši a-tu-[ra x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ma ša {lu₂v}IGI la-aš₂-[šu₂-ni] | |
| 6 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MAN-a-ni | |
| 7 | [a-na DUMU—{1}ia]-GIN iq\y-⸢ṭi⸣-[bi] | |
| 8 | [ma-a x x] ⸢ša⸣ [ina KUR]—⸢aš-šur{ki⸣} | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣-li-⸢a x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x ma-a {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—LUGAL-⸢a⸣-[ni] | |
| 3' | [a-na DUMU—{1}ia]-ki-ni iq\y-ṭi-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 4' | [ma-a x x]+⸢x⸣ SIPA u₂-du-[u-ni] | |
| 5' | [x x x]-⸢u₂⸣ {giš}GU.ZA-ka ina qa-[ti-ka] | |
| 6' | [x x i]-⸢kar⸣-ra-ru-u-ni u₃ a-[na-ku] | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-ub-te ša KUR—{d}aš-⸢šur⸣{[ki]} | |
| 8' | [x x x x] la i-haṭ-ṭa-an-ni [o] | |
| 9' | ma-a a-⸢na⸣ DUMU—{1}ia-GIN iq\y-ṭi-bi | |
| 10' | ma-a A-MEŠ ina {uru}BAD₃—LUGAL-uk\d-ki la-aš₂-[šu] | |
| 11' | ma-a ki-ma ta-at-tal-ka ina UGU-hi | |
| 12' | ta-as\d-sak\td-na am—mar UD-me-ka | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | ta-ṣab-bat-su\t | |
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