ABL 1079 (P334721)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1079 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334721 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | "[...... I have] appointed your [major]-domo in [my] palace." |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [Thi]s was the report of Aššur-reṣuwa. [Šulmu]-Bel, the deputy of the Palace Herald came into my presence (with the following report): |
| Obverse [3:14] o 4'4'– | "Urzana has written to me: 'The troops of the Urarṭian king have been defeated on his expedition against the Cimmerians. The governor of Waisi has been killed; we do not have detailed information yet, but as soon as we have it, we will send you a full report.' |
| Reverse [2:11] r 33–r 1111 | "[Further: The] cavalrymen [under the command of Šar]ru-lu-dari have disappeared and are on the run in Urarṭu. [The sc]outs of the household of the Palace Herald [operating in the t]erritory of Hubuškia [......] have caught [...... the city of] Birate [......" |
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' | [ma-a {lu₂v}GAL]—⸢E₂-ka⸣ {lu₂v}GAL]—⸢E₂-ka⸣ ina E₂-⸢ia ap⸣-ti\t-qid | |
| 2' | [an-ni]-u₂ ṭe₃-e-mu ša {1}aš-šur—re-ṣu-u-a | |
| 3' | {1}DI-mu]—EN {lu₂v}02-u₂ ša\yd {lu₂v}600—E₂.GAL {lu₂v}600—E₂.GAL | |
| 4' | [ina pa]-⸢ni⸣-ia it-tal-ka ma-a {1}ur-za-an-na | |
| 5' | [is]-sa-ap-ra ma-a LUGAL {kur}URI\d-a.a | |
| 6' | [ina {kur]}⸢PAB⸣-ir be₂-et il-lik-u₂-ni | |
| 7' | [ma]-a {lu₂v}e-mu-qe-e-šu₂ de\d-e-ka | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8' | ⸢ma⸣-a {lu₂v}EN.NAM ša {uru}u₂-a-si | |
| 9' | [o] de-e-ke ma-a qu-di-i-ni | |
| 10' | [o] ba-ti-iq-tu₂ la-a ni-har-ra-ṣa | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ma]-⸢a⸣ ki-ma ni-ih-ta-ar₂\p-ṣa | |
| 2 | [mi-i-nu] ša ṭe₃-e-mu-ni ni-ša₂-par-ka | |
| 3 | [u₃ ma-a] {⸢lu₂v⸣}ša₂—BAD-HAL-a-te | |
| 4 | [ša ŠU.2 {1}⸢LUGAL⸣—lu—da\d-a-ri | |
| 5 | [ina {kur]}⸢URI\d⸣ hal-qu il-lu-ku | |
| 6 | {[lu₂v}da-a].a-li\d ša E₂ {lu₂v}600—E₂.GAL {lu₂v}600—E₂.GAL | |
| 7 | [ma-a ša ina] ⸢ta⸣-hu-me ša {kur}hu-bu-uš-ki-a | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] ⸢uṣ⸣-ṣab-bit-u₂-ni | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x {uru]}bir-a-te | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-nu | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x]-bat | |
Sources & licences
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