ABL 1046 (P334697)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334697 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [To the king, my lord: your servant Mannu-ki-Ninua. Good health to the king, my lord! The land of] the king my lord [is well]. |
| Obverse [1:7] o 2'2'–o 7'7' | [Concerning Asruka]nu about whom the king, my lord, [wrote to me, i]f the gods of the king my lord make it so that he falls into my hands, I shall do as the king, my lord, wrote to me and send him to the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [7:12] o 8'8'–o 12'12' | As to the Kulumaneans about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Speak kindly with them!" — I constantly speak kindly with them. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [......] their teams |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...... wi]th 20 men |
| Reverse [1:7] r 2'2'–r 7'7' | [The son] of Irtukkanu, the city-lord of Uriakka — after the magnates had moved on from his presence, he visited me, brought the rest of the tribute, and will take it to the magnates. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 8'8'–r 10'10' | The magnates of the king, my lord, are well. They have entered Ellipi. |
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' | [DI-mu a-na KUR ša] ⸢LUGAL be⸣-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2' | [ina UGU {1}as-ru-ka]-nu ša\y LUGAL EN | |
| 3' | ⸢iš⸣-[pur-an-ni šum]-ma DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 4' | ša\y LUGAL EN-a e-tap-šu₂ ina ŠU.2-ia₂ | |
| 5' | it-tuq-ta ki-i ša\dy LUGAL\d EN | |
| 6' | iš-pur-an-ni e-pa-aš₂ ina UGU | |
| 7' | LUGAL EN-a u₂-še-ba-la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 8' | ina UGU {uru}ku-lu-man-a.a ša\dy LUGAL\d EN | |
| 9' | iš-pur-an-ni ma-a di-ib-bi | |
| 10' | DUG₃.GA-MEŠ\m is-si-šu₂-nu du-ub-bu | |
| 11' | ka-a.a-ma-nu di-ib-bi DUG₃.GA-MEŠ\m | |
| 12' | is-se-e-šu₂-nu a-da\d-bu-ub | |
| 13' | [x x x x]+⸢x u₂⸣-ra-te-šu₂-nu | |
| 14' | [x x x x x] ⸢TA⸣ 20 {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ\m | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]-⸢ši-ta⸣ | |
| 2' | [DUMU] {1}ir-tuk-⸢ka⸣-nu | |
| 3' | {lu₂v}EN—URU {lu₂v}EN—URU ša\dy {uru}ur-ia-ka | |
| 4' | ki-i {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ\m TA@v\m pa-ne₂-e-šu₂ | |
| 5' | e-ti-qu-u-ni it-tal-ka | |
| 6' | ina pa-ni-ia re-eh-te | |
| 7' | ma-da\d-te na-ṣa ina UGU {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ\m | |
| 8' | u₂-bal a-na {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ | |
| 9' | ša\dy LUGAL EN-a DI-mu | |
| 10' | a-na {kur}el-li\d-pi e-tar-bu | |
Sources & licences
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