ABL 1078 (P334720)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334720 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [The king, my lord, can be] glad. |
| Obverse [1:8] o 2'2'–o 8'8' | [Regarding the property o]f Aššur-ili-muballissu [...], when [he slipped away] from the hands of the king, my lord, Ilu-šezibanni the major domo transp[orted] all the [go]ld, gems, silver implements, [and] fine utensils that your [father had donated] to Aššur-ili-muballissu to the Lower Land, all of it. |
| Obverse [8:19] o 9'9'– | Now then Huddaya [the ...] has re[trieved] the silver, the gold, and the gems. [I myself] will [... and] give [to the king], my lord, the gold implements and [al]l the [fine] utensils, ......, [ ... v]essels of milhu-stone, [...] ..., and copper drinking bowls, [everything that yo]ur [father gave] to Aššur-ili-muballissu and that they transported [to the L]ower [Land]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [The ... which] your father gave [..., ...] as a pledge |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] statue of a lion |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [......] upon/concerning |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [......] lion |
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' | [ŠA₃-bu ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂] lu ṭa-[a-ba] | |
| 2' | [ina UGU x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {1}aš-šur—DINGIR—TI.LA.BI | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] E₂ TA@v ŠU.2 LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4' | [e-lu-ni KUG].GI NA₄-MEŠ a-nu-ti KUG.UD | |
| 5' | [u₃] u₂-de-e SIG₅-MEŠ am—mar | |
| 6' | [AD-u]-ka a-na {1}aš-šur—DINGIR—TI.LA.BI | |
| 7' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ {1}DINGIR—še-zib-an-ni {lu₂}GAL—E₂ {lu₂}GAL—E₂ | |
| 8' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ a-ha-iš a-na KUR ša₂-pil-ti | |
| 9' | [i-zi]-bi-il an-nu-rig {1}hu-ud-da-ia | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | [LU₂ x] re-e-šu₂ ša₂ KUG.UD KUG.GI NA₄-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [it-ti-ši] a-nu-ti KUG.GI u₃ u₂-de-e | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [SIG₅-MEŠ gab]-bu ša₂ UGU la-a-nu lu ṭa-ab | |
| 2 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-li-na-a-ti ša mi₃-il-hu | |
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢UGU⸣ qa-ra-a-te kap-pa-a-ni URUDU-ME | |
| 4 | [am-mar ša AD]-⸢ka⸣ a-na {1}aš-šur—DINGIR—TI.LA.BI | |
| 5 | [id-din-u-ni a-na KUR] ⸢ša₂⸣-pil-ti i-zi-bi-lu-u-ni | |
| 6 | [a-na-ku a-na LUGAL] be-li₂-ia₂ la-ad-din | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x] AD-ka id-din-u-ni i—šap-ri i—šap-ri | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x] NU ša UR.MAH | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x]-bi a-na UGU | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x] UR.MAH | |
Sources & licences
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