ABL 1044 (P334695)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334695 |
| 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 [1:7] o 2'2'–o 7'7' | I d[id] as the king, [my] lo[rd, had or]dered me. [The ...] were before me, the Gar[...eans] were holding the mountain, the whole city of Gab[ê] was resident, half of the population in town, the other half i[n the mountain]. |
| Obverse [7:14] o 8'8'–o 14'14' | Having gone there, I sent [my] messenger to them. Some 30 men fr[om] Gabê and some 50 from Qari[...], prefects and elders of the city, and Ahu-lê ca[me] into my presence. I spoke with them, so they se[nt (word)] and made the rest of their people [...] come down. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] inside the city [...] |
| Obverse [15:17] o 16'16'–o 17'17' | sincerely [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | I spo[ke with them thus: "......]." |
| Reverse [2:15] r 3'3'–r 15'15' | [They sa]id: "[.... which] we brought out [....... Once] we had run away, all the [...] flew off and, panic-stricken, took residence in the [...], in the inner town and in [...]. Now we have returned and dwell in [our] houses. [If the ...]s come to us, we shall seize them and deliver them t[o our lord]. We shall not be sca[red]. We shall bri[ng in] the incomers with us; we shall take care of the incomers under [us ...]." |
| Reverse [15:18] r 16'16'– | (As for) Ahu-lê, the city including [...] will be in his charge [...]. |
| Edge [0:2] e. 1e. 1–e. 22 | [Now] I am gathering tro[ops in M]eturna, [a]s the king, my lord, wrote to me. [I] am waiting for the messenger of 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 x x] | |
| 2' | a-ki ⸢ša LUGAL be⸣-[li₂ ṭe₃-e-mu] | |
| 3' | iš-ku-na-an-ni-ni ⸢e⸣-[ta-pa-aš₂ x x] | |
| 4' | ina pa-nat-u-a šu-nu {lu₂v}ga-ar₂-[x-a.a] | |
| 5' | KUR-u₂\m u₂-kal-lu {uru}ga-⸢be₂⸣-[e] | |
| 6' | gab-bi-šu₂ kam-mu-su\t UN-MEŠ\m ša ⸢URU⸣ | |
| 7' | meš\m-lu ina ŠA₃-bi URU meš\m-lu-um\d-ma ⸢ina⸣ [KUR-u₂] | |
| 8' | ki-i a-na-ku al-lik-u-ni {lu₂v}A—⸢KIN⸣-[e-a] {lu₂v}A—⸢KIN⸣-[e-a] | |
| 9' | ina UGU-šu₂-nu a-sap-ra ERIM-MEŠ\m 30 ⸢TA@v⸣ | |
| 10' | {uru}ga-be₂-e 50 TA@v {uru}qa-ri-[x x] | |
| 11' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAR-nu-te {lu₂v}AB.BA-MEŠ\m ša URU [o] | |
| 12' | u₃ {1}PAB⸣—le\d-e ina pa-ni-ia₂ ⸢DU⸣-[MEŠ-ni] | |
| 13' | i-si-šu₂-nu a-du-bu-ub i-⸢sap⸣-[ru] | |
| 14' | re-eh-ti\t UN-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x] | |
| 15' | u₂\m-se-rid-u-ni ina ŠA₃ {uru}[x x x] | |
| 16' | a-na ki-⸢na-a⸣-ti\t it-[x x x x] | |
| 17' | [x x x x x]-MEŠ ⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | a-⸢du⸣-[bu-ub nu-uk x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢nu⸣-[uk x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [iq-ṭi-bu-u]-ni ma-a ⸢ni⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]-⸢ni-ni⸣ nu-še-ṣa-ni [x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢a-ni-ni⸣ ni-ih-liq-u-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢gab⸣-bu it-tap-ru\dp-šu₂ ma-a ina ⸢la⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢ma⸣-a ina URU E₂-an-nu ma-a ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8' | ig-du-ur-ru\d it-tu-⸢uš⸣-[bu x x x] | |
| 9' | ma-a u₂-ma-a a-ni-ni ina E₂-⸢MEŠ⸣-[te-ni] | |
| 10' | ni-su\t-uh-ru\d ni-tu-šib ma-⸢a⸣ [šum-ma x x] | |
| 11' | ina UGU-ni DU-MEŠ\m-ni nu-ṣab-bat a-[na EN-ni] | |
| 12' | ni-id-dan ma-a la ni-ga-⸢ru⸣-[ur] | |
| 13' | {lu₂v}e-rib-tu₂ i-si-ni nu-še-[x x] | |
| 14' | ma-a {lu₂v}e-rib-tu₂ tah-ta-⸢nu⸣-[ni x x] | |
| 15' | ma a-ni-ni ni-ha-ṣi-in [x x] | |
| 16' | {1}PAB—le\d-e a-lu šu-u a-du [x x] | |
| 17' | ina pa-ni-⸢šu x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [u₂-ma-a ki]-i ša\y LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni {lu₂v}e-muq-[qi] | |
| 2 | [ina {uru}A]-MEŠ—tur-na u₂-pa-har ina IGI {lu₂v}A—KIN\td {lu₂v}A—KIN\td ša LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 3 | [a]-dag-gal | |
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