ABL 1073 (P334718)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334718 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:13] o 2'2'–o 13'13' | [Ever] since I [came ...], a runaway [......] Nani (and) A[...], the cupbearer [of ...], the son of the father-in-law of [...]. I have made them enter the [royal] corps [...] of Harran on account of the [missing] cavalry[men]. Let the king enquire and investigate (the matter), and let them return the men to the royal corps. |
| Obverse [13:17] o 14'14'–o 1717 | As to the people of Nani about whom the king my lord wrote to me: "Give any of his people back to him!" — |
| Obverse [17:27] o 1818– | The day he was deported, the Commander-in-Chief and Zeru- ibni called him and questioned him, saying: "Perhaps there is still some one of yours left," and he (replied): "I have absolutely no one left." W[hy does he n]ow untruly [claim] in the presence of the king, [my] lord, that there are people of his [left] there? |
| Reverse [7:16] r 88–r 1616 | The [......] which the king my lord [......]; I went for the work [......] (but) could not [get] started (because) he [was] not [...] there. Let the king, my lord, make it clear to him [......] he should concentrate on [his work]. |
| Reverse [16:20] r 1717–r 2020 | On the 22nd of Nisan [...] for the work [... Dur]-Šarruken [......] Du[r-Šarruken ...]. |
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] | |
| 2' | [TA@v] E₂ ana-ku ⸢al⸣-[lik-an-ni] | |
| 3' | {lu₂}hal-qu-ma ni-[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | {1}na-a-ni {1}a-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {lu₂}KAŠ.LUL [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | DUMU e-me-šu₂ ša\d {1}⸢du⸣-[x x] | |
| 7' | ina UGU {lu₂}ša\dm—BAD\m-HAL-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 8' | ina ⸢ŠA₃ ki⸣-iṣ-ri ša [LUGAL x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢x x ša⸣ {uru}KASKAL-⸢ra⸣-[ni] | |
| 10' | u₂\p-⸢še-ri-ib⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 11' | LUGAL liš-al lu-⸢ṣi⸣-[ṣi] | |
| 12' | {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ ina ŠA₃ ki-[iṣ-ri] | |
| 13' | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL lu-sa-hi-[ru] | |
| 14' | ⸢ina UGU⸣ UN-MEŠ ša {1}na-⸢a-ni⸣ | |
| 15' | ⸢ša LUGAL⸣ EN iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 16' | ⸢ma-a am⸣—mar UN-MEŠ-šu₂-ni | |
| 17 | sa-hi\p-ir di\d-na-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 18 | ina ŠA₃ UD-me ša\d ig-lu-u-ni | |
| 19 | {⸢lu₂⸣}tur-ta-nu {1}NUMUN\y—DU₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ir-tu-gu-mu-ni-šu₂ | |
| 2 | i-sa-aʾ-lu-šu₂ ma-a is—su-ri | |
| 3 | i-ba-ši me-me-ni-ka re-e-he | |
| 4 | ma-a me-me-ni-ia₂-ma la-a-šu₂ | |
| 5 | la-a re-e-he\p u₂\p-⸢ma⸣-[a a-ta]-⸢a⸣ | |
| 6 | la ket-tu₂ ina IGI LUGAL EN-[ia i-da-bu-bu] | |
| 7 | ma-a UN-MEŠ-ia ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [i-ba-ši] | |
| 8 | {giš}⸢UR₃⸣-MEŠ ⸢ša\d⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9 | ša LUGAL EN i-[x x x x] | |
| 10 | ina UGU ⸢du₆-li\d⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11 | at-tal-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 12 | re-e-šu₂ la ⸢aš₂⸣-[ši x x] | |
| 13 | ina ŠA₃-bi la ⸢i⸣-[x x x] | |
| 14 | LUGAL bir-ti\t IGI.2-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 15 | lu-ma-di-di ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 16 | IGI.2-šu₂ lu-u ina ⸢UGU⸣ [du₆-li-šu₂-ma] | |
| 17 | {⸢iti⸣}BARAG UD 22-⸢KAM₂\t⸣ [x x x] | |
| 18 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ du₆-li ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 19 | {[uru}BAD₃]—{1}LUGAL—⸢GIN⸣ [x x x] | |
| 20 | [x x x] {⸢uru}BAD₃⸣—{1}LUGAL—GIN x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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