ABL 1056 (P334703)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334703 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Iss]ar-du[ri. Good health t]o the king, [my] l[ord]! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | [Concerning the g]uard about whom the king, my lord, [wrote to m]e, whom the servants [of the kin]g my lord have hired, he will depart [tom]orrow. |
| Obverse [7:28] o 88– | [The boa]tmen [sa]id to me as follows: "Are we to go as he says? The [te]rritory is not safe, there are bandits w[ho ...] there. Surely [... will] hear [about it and] send [...]s [who will t]ake the boats away from us. [...] in the ri[ve]r [...]. Let m]e go [...] and give [......], (and) let us wait [fo]r the king, my lord. As soon as the king is approaching the village, or Uruk, let them write to us and we will set out." |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | Now then I am writing to the king, my lord. Let them write to me [w]hat the king my lord's [inst]ructions are. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [I have heard th]at the son of Nadin |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [......] the king's ... |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [......] the house of Harriru |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [......] the king |
| Reverse [15:17] r 1616–r 1717 | [......] sent me |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] the town Pa[... .......] |
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 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d]}15—du-[ri] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a]-na LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia₂] | |
| 4 | [ina UGU {lu₂v]}⸢ša₂⸣—EN.NUN\m ša\dm LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 5 | [iš-pur-an]-⸢ni⸣ ša\dm {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ | |
| 6 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ e-ga-ru-ni-ni | |
| 7 | [ina ši]-a-ri u₂-nam-ma-aš₂ | |
| 8 | {[lu₂v}MA₂].LAH₄-MEŠ a-ki an-ni-e | |
| 9 | [iq-ṭi]-bu-u-ni ma-a | |
| 10 | GIM ⸢pi⸣-i-šu₂-u ni-il-lak | |
| 11 | ma-⸢a⸣ [ka]-qu-ru la šal-mu šu₂-u | |
| 12 | ma-[a {lu₂v]}par-ri-ṣu-u₂-te | |
| 13 | ⸢ša\dm⸣ [x x] ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 14 | [x x ma-a] ⸢pi⸣-iq-ta-te | |
| 15 | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [i]-šam-me | |
| 16 | [x x x]-MEŠ i-šap-par | |
| 17 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ {giš}MA₂-MEŠ | |
| 18 | [i-pu]-gu-na-a-ši | |
| 19 | [x x]-ma ina ⸢ID₂⸣ | |
| 20 | [x x x] ⸢ša\dm⸣ ap ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x la]-al-lik | |
| 2 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ la-din | |
| 3 | [ina pa]-⸢an⸣ LUGAL EN-ia₂ ni-id-gul | |
| 4 | [ma-a] a-du E₂ LUGAL šum₂\m-ma | |
| 5 | [a]-na {uru}ŠE šum₂\m-ma a-na | |
| 6 | UNUG\m{ki} i-qar-rib-u₂-ni | |
| 7 | ma-a liš\t-pur-u-na-a-ši nu-nam-me-ša\dm | |
| 8 | u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig\d a-na | |
| 9 | LUGAL EN-ia₂ a-sap-ra | |
| 10 | [mi]-i-nu ša\dm LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 11 | [i-qab]-⸢bu⸣-u-ni liš\t-pur-u-ni | |
| 12 | [a-se-me ma]-a DUMU {1}na-din | |
| 13 | [x x x x x]-am-me LUGAL | |
| 14 | [x x x x x] E₂ {1}ha-ri-ri | |
| 15 | [x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ LUGAL | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x] i-sa-⸢par⸣-an-ni | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x] MAN [x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] {uru}pa-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] zu [x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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