ABL 1041 (P334692)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334692 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | c[ame t]o me, [saying: ".....] of the king, our lord, [...]. W[e will ...] our crops [.... ... we]nt to h[is] presence." |
| Obverse [4:12] o 5'5'–o 12'12' | They call [him] Ṣalâ-il, he is the one of them who has been trying to persuade them, saying: "[...] Let us get [together] and go to Il-yada'!" One of [his] broth[ers] went to Babylon into the presence of the son of Y[akin], saying: "The men have turned their faces to[wards Assyria ...]" |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | what the king my lord [......]. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | I said: "[He is] in the city Anat of [...]." He went and inspected the city, [...], returned and sett[led down] with his brothers, the [...eans] along the Diyala river. |
| Reverse [5:12] r 6'6'–r 12'12' | He has se[nt] his messengers to the Tu'man[eans] who live in the Hatalla tribe, saying: "The king, my lord, is coming forth to my house. As for you, move on and [come] to me!" The messengers whom he sent have not yet returned. After they have r[eturned, I shall write to the king, my lord], wh[at] their [new]s is. |
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 ina] UGU-hi-⸢ia₂ i⸣-[tal-ka] | |
| 2' | [ma-a x x] ša\dm LUGAL\t be-li₂-ni [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] BURU₁₄-MEŠ-ni-ni ⸢nu⸣-[x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]-⸢bu⸣-li\d-ia ina pa-ni-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 5' | [it-ta]-lak {1}ṣa-la-a—DINGIR i-qab-⸢bu⸣-[niš-šu₂] | |
| 6' | TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu šu-u₂\p šu-u₂\p [x x] | |
| 7' | EN ša\dm da\d-bu-bi-šu-nu ma-a ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 8' | ina UGU {1}DINGIR—ia\d-da-aʾ ni-⸢ik⸣-[mi-si] | |
| 9' | ni-il-lik 01.en TA\m ŠA₃-bi ŠEŠ-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 10' | a-na KA₂.DINGIR{ki} a-na pa-an DUMU—{1}⸢ia⸣-[GIN] | |
| 11' | it-ta-lak ma-a ERIM-MEŠ ina ⸢UGU⸣ [KUR—aš-šur] | |
| 12' | pa-ni-šu-nu i-⸢sak⸣-nu ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ša\dm LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | mu-⸢uk\d⸣ ina ŠA₃-bi {uru}ana-te ⸢ša\dm⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | it-ta-lak URU e-ta-mar [x x x] | |
| 4' | i-su-uh-ru\d TA\m ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂v}[x x x] | |
| 5' | ša ina UGU {id₂}tur-nu it-tu-[ši-bi] | |
| 6' | {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ-šu₂ ina UGU {lu₂v}tu-uʾ-⸢ma-na⸣-[a.a] | |
| 7' | ša\dm ina {lu₂v}ha-⸢tal⸣-la kam-ma-su-ni i-⸢sap⸣-[ra] | |
| 8' | ma-a LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ a-na E₂-ia u₂-ṣa [x x] | |
| 9' | ma-a at-tu-nu et-qa-ni a-na pa-ni-⸢ia₂⸣ [al-ka-ni] | |
| 10' | {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ-šu₂ ša\dm iš-pur-u-ni u₂-[di-ni] | |
| 11' | la ⸢i-sa-ha-ru-ni⸣ ki-ma i-⸢su\t⸣-[uh-ru-ni] | |
| 12' | mi-[i-nu ṭe₃]-⸢en⸣-ša-nu-ni [x x x] | |
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