ABL 1063 (P334708)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334708 |
| 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 [1:8] o 2'2'–o 8'8' | they came and besieged [Malak]. At [day]break, they let their released troops go to the [...] and towns, and they plundered all the people and oxen. Those who escaped got scared and entered Der. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 9'9'–o 12'12' | On the 14th of Kislev (IX) I sent cavalrymen to Malak. They come back and told me: |
| Obverse [12:20] o 13'13'– | "The herald has entered the house of Zera-iddin, gathered the inhabitants of the country (and) the Malakites, and entered them into a temple. They keep watch over them, and have [...ed the ...] of Zera-iddin [...]." |
| Bottom [0:4] b.e. 20'b.e. 20'– | [M]y messenger returned from the c[ity ...] on the 14th, and I have sent him to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Where is the king of Elam?" He is in Bit-Imbî. |
| Reverse [4:14] r 55–r 1414 | These troops which came to Malak — it is [not y]et clear [whe]ther they will proceed to Der or whether they will turn [ba]ck. As soon as there is clear [ne]ws as to [whe]re they are bound to, I shall write [to] the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | [Zera]-iddin along with his [magna]tes and sons [...] |
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' | ⸢i-x⸣ [x x x] na [x x x x] | |
| 2' | i-tal-ku-[u₂]-ni {urud}[ma-lak] | |
| 3' | il-ti\t-⸢bi⸣-i a-⸢ki⸣ [UD-mu] | |
| 4' | im-me-ra-an-ni ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | URU\d-MEŠ\t {lu₂v}ra-mu-u₂\m-[ti] | |
| 6' | ur-ta-mi₃-i UN-MEŠ\m GUD-MEŠ\m ⸢gab⸣-[bu] | |
| 7' | ih-tab-tu am—mar u₂\dm-še-zi-bu-u-ni | |
| 8' | ig-du-ru-u₂\dm-ni ina {urud}de-ri | |
| 9' | e-tar-bu-u-ni UD 14-KAM {itim}KAN | |
| 10' | ša\m—{lu₂v}BAD-HAL-li-a-ti\t a-na | |
| 11' | {urud}ma-li-ki a-sap-par | |
| 12' | i-tal-ku-u-ni iq-ṭe₃-bu-u₂\dm-ni | |
| 13' | ma-a {lu₂v}NIGIR₂ be₂-et {1}NUMUN—AŠ | |
| 14' | e-tar-ba UN-MEŠ\t KUR {urud}ma-lak\y-a.a | |
| 15' | up-ta-hi-ir ina E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR | |
| 16' | u₂\m-se-ri-[ib] EN.NUN\m-šu₂-nu | |
| 17' | i-na-ṣur [x x x x x] | |
| 18' | ša\m {1}NUMUN—AŠ [x x x x x] | |
| 19' | u₂\m-sa-[x] li [x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20' | {lu₂v}A—šip-ri-⸢ia⸣ {lu₂v}A—šip-ri-⸢ia⸣ TA@v\p {⸢uru⸣}[x x] | |
| 21' | UD 14-KAM iš-hu-ra-an-ni | |
| 22' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-sap-par i—su-ri | |
| 2 | LUGAL be-li₂ i-qa-bi | |
| 3 | ma-a LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 4 | <a>.a-ak-ka\d {urud}E₂—im-bi-i šu-⸢u₂\dm⸣ | |
| 5 | {lu₂v}e-muq-qi₂ an-nu-ti\t | |
| 6 | ša\m {urud}ma-li-ki il-lik-ni-ni | |
| 7 | ⸢šum⸣-ma ⸢a⸣-na {urud}de-ri | |
| 8 | ⸢il⸣-lak\y-u₂-ni šum₂-ma | |
| 9 | [a-na] ku-tal-li i-sa-hu-ru\d | |
| 10 | [u₂]-⸢di⸣-ni ṭe₃-en-šu-nu | |
| 11 | [la i]-har-ra-ṣu a—ki-ma a—ki-ma | |
| 12 | [ṭe₃]-en-šu-nu ih-ta\p-ar₂-ṣu | |
| 13 | [be₂]-⸢et⸣ pa-ni-šu-nu-u₂\dm-ni | |
| 14 | [a-na] LUGAL BE-ia₂ a-šap-par | |
| 15 | {1}NUMUN]—AŠ a-du-u₂\dm <$x$> | |
| 16 | {[lu₂}GAL]-MEŠ\t-šu₂ DUMU-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
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