ABL 1071 (P334716)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334716 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Il-yada'. Good health] to [the king, my lord! The land] and [the forts of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, can] be [glad]. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | News of Merodach-Baladan: [he has departed] from Cutha on the 5th of [...] and entered [... on the xth], before the dra[fts ...]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | wrote to me [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Now then [NN ...], |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | [wh]om the king, my lord, [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | "Merodac[h-Baladan ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | "[... i]n Cut[ha ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | "from Cut[ha ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | "t[o] the river [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | "[I shall k]eep watch [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | "[in C]utha [......]." |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | Now then I am sending him t[o the king, my lord]. The ki[ng, my lord, should question him.] |
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}DINGIR—ia-da-aʾ lu-u DI-mu] | |
| 3 | a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂-ia DI-mu a-na ma-a-te] | |
| 4 | u₃ {[uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 5 | ŠA₃-bu\t [ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lu DUG₃.GA-šu₂] | |
| 6 | ṭe₃-e-mu ⸢ša⸣ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A—AŠ] | |
| 7 | UD 05-KAM₂\t ša\m {iti}[x x x x x] | |
| 8 | TA@v\m GU₂.DU₈.A{⸢ki⸣} [it-tu-ṣi UD x-KAM₂\t] | |
| 9 | ina pa-an zi-⸢qa⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 10 | e-tar-ba ⸢TA@v⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11 | ra\d-i-bi la [x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | iš-pur-an-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | pu\t-ri-ṭu [x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | an-nu-rig {1}[x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ⸢ša\m⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ma-a {1}{⸢d⸣}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣—[A—AŠ x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢ina⸣ GU₂.⸢DU₈⸣.[A{ki} x x x] | |
| 4' | [ma-a] TA@v\m GU₂.⸢DU₈⸣.[A{ki} x x x] | |
| 5' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi {id₂}[x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [a]-⸢na⸣-ṣar ma-⸢a⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [ina] ⸢GU₂⸣.DU₈.A{ki} [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | an-nu-rig ⸢ina⸣ [pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 9' | a-sa-par-šu₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂ liš-ʾa-al-šu₂] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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