ABL 1086 (P334728)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334728 |
| 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 [0:5] o 11–o 55 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-ṣill-Ešarra. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur and Mullissu bless the king, my lord!] |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | [As to] the Ruqaheans [concerning whom the king] my lord wrote to me: "You and Zeru-ibni, speak with them!" |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010–o 1414 | After the king my lord (had left) they stayed seven days in the Inner City, dining with me; I spoke with them, and they told me this: |
| Obverse [14:17] o 1515– | "Our brothers and families ......" |
| Reverse [1:8] r 44–r 1010 | I have sent word, and (as soon as) they come, I and Zeru- ibni will speak with them; when we come to the [revi]ew, [the king my lord can speak] with us. |
| Reverse [8:12] r 1111–r 1414 | It is raining con[tinually, and there is very much [water]. The king, my lord, [can be glad]. |
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 EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}DUG₃.GA—ṣil—E₂.ŠAR₂.RA] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | [aš-šur {d}NIN.LIL₂ a-na LUGAL] | |
| 5 | [EN-ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 6 | [ina UGU] {⸢lu₂v}ru⸣-qa-ha-[a.a] | |
| 7 | [ša LUGAL] EN iš\t-pur-an-ni | |
| 8 | ma-a at-ta {1}NUMUN—DU₃ | |
| 9 | i-si-šu₂-nu du-ub-ba | |
| 10 | a—da\d-at a—da\d-at LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 11 | 07 UD-MEŠ ina {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 12 | kam-mu-su NINDA-MEŠ\m ina pa-ni-ia | |
| 13 | e-ku-lu i-si-šu₂-nu | |
| 14 | a-du-bu-ub\d iq-ṭi₂-bu-ni | |
| 15 | ma-a ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ni | |
| 16 | ⸢E₂⸣-MEŠ-ni i-ba-[ši] | |
| r | ||
| 3 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x]-ni a-sa-pa-ra | |
| 5 | [il-la]-ku-u-ni | |
| 6 | a-na\t-ku {1}NUMUN—DU₃ | |
| 7 | i-si-šu₂-nu ni-⸢da\d⸣-bu-ub\d | |
| 8 | ki-ma a-[na ma-šar]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 9 | ni-il-la-[ka LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 10 | i-si-ni [lid-bu-ub] | |
| 11 | A.AN ka-[a.a-ma-nu] | |
| 12 | i-za-nu-[nu A-MEŠ] | |
| 13 | a—dan-niš ⸢ma-a⸣-da | |
| 14 | ⸢lib⸣-bu\t ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
Sources & licences
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