ABL 1042 (P334693)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334693 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:8] o 2'2'–o 8'8' | "He is talking about [...] uprooting my father's house." [This] Bel-nuri cannot be trusted in what he says [...]; yet you lifted him and put him around your neck like a seal. For this very reason I relieved him of his office as major-domo, removed him and let you settle him in his house in the center of Arrapha. |
| Obverse [8:15] o 9'9'– | What he did was perpetually slander Arrapheans in your presence and keep putting inhabitants of Arrapha to the sword. I consequently removed him from Arrapha and appointed him in Lubda. The same things again; he did not change his ways. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | Bel-nuri is not a good man in the field, nor does he further the interests of his superiors when at home. Did I not say: "(If) you like him for what he is, why am I not intensely loved?" That you like Bel-nuri and [have placed him around your neck] like this seal [... |
| Edge [0:3] e. 1e. 1–e. 33 | I made it perfectly clear to him [......] I have stayed, misfor[tune ......] to his entourage [......] your arms [......] |
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⸣ bu [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | ma-a ina UGU na-sa-hi ša\dm E₂—AD-ia E₂—AD-ia ⸢a⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | i-da-ab-bu-ub {1}EN—nu-ri [an-ni-u] | |
| 4' | ina {uzu}EME la ki-in ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5' | at-ta-⸢ma⸣ ta-at-ti\t-ši ki-i {na₄}KIŠIB | |
| 6' | ina li-ba-ni-ka tak-ta-ra-ar-šu₂ TA@v\m UGU | |
| 7' | an-ni-im-ma TA@v\m pa-an {lu₂v}GAL—E₂-u₂-te {lu₂v}GAL—E₂-u₂-te | |
| 8' | up-ta-at-ti\t-šu₂ at-ti\t-ši ina qab-si {uru}arrap-ha | |
| 9' | ina E₂-šu₂ tu-us\t-se-ši-ib-šu ka-a.a-ma-nu | |
| 10' | kar-ṣi ša\m {uru}arrap-ha-a.a ina pa-ni-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 11' | e-kal DUMU-MEŠ {uru}arrap-ha ina pi-i GIR₂.⸢AN.BAR⸣ | |
| 12' | i-sa-na-kan i—da-a-te i—da-a-te TA@v\m {uru}arrap-ha | |
| r | ||
| 1 | at-ta-sa-ah-šu₂ ina {uru}lu-ub-da ap-ti\t-qid-su\t | |
| 2 | ši-na-a-ma ši-na dul-la-te-šu₂ la iš-ni-a | |
| 3 | {1}EN—ZALAG₂ la ša\dm A.ŠA₃-ma dam-qu šu-u₂ u₃ la | |
| 4 | ina E₂-im-ma ka-ṣi-ru\d ša\dm E₂—EN-MEŠ-šu₂ E₂—EN-MEŠ-šu₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 5 | la aq-bi nu-uk\d ina ŠA₃ ta-ra-an-šu ina ŠA₃ mi₃-i-ni | |
| 6 | la u₂-ra-a-mu-an-ni-i ša\dm a-na {1}EN—nu-ri | |
| 7 | ta-ra-a-mu-šu-u-ni ša\dm ki-i {na₄}KIŠIB an-ni-i | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | bir-ti\t IGI.2-MEŠ-šu un-⸢ta⸣-di-[id x x x x x] | |
| 2 | a-za-zu-u-ni mi₃-qit-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | a-na {lu₂v}ma-za-az—pa-ni-⸢šu₂⸣ {lu₂v}ma-za-az—pa-ni-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | A₂.2-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
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