ABL 1093 (P334731)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1093 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334731 |
| 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 governor, my lord: your servant Nabû-duru-uṣur. Good health to my lord! The city of Der and the fort are well. |
| Obverse [5:20] o 66– | Lu-ahu'a, a man from Bit-Ha'ir, and Ahu-iaqar from Bit-Sîn-ibni, had an audience with me and Bel-emuranni, and spoke with us as follows: "[C]ome with al[l the men] in yo[ur] hands, [gather] wha[tever can] go with y[ou t]o Bit-Ha'ir, all those w[ho] are devoted to Eṭiru and [do not g]o with the Elamites, and come! [W]e shall give up the city [and deliv]er it [into your hands]!" |
| Bottom [0:7] b.e. 20b.e. 20– | [I said: "I] shall send [Bel-e]muran[ni to the Palace. Bit-H]a'ir be[longs] to the king, and the governor [has go]ne there [...]." |
| Reverse [3:11] r 44–r 1111 | Now then I am writing to my lord; let [my lord] do what[ever] he finds acceptable. The report included in the letter which I sent to the Palace with Bel-emuranni and the one in this letter are identical. |
| Reverse [11:21] r 1212– | Perhaps the gods of the governor, my lord, will make it happen, and we shall go and retake Bit-Ha'ir; whom shall we appoint there? And who shall be here in our r[e]ar? Let my lord decide and write. |
| Right [0:8] r.e. 21r.e. 21– | Perhaps my lord will say: "Did you wr[it]e to the Palace in this very manner: 'Perhaps [we shall re]take Bit-Ha'ir; whom shall we appoint there?' [I should have wr]itten so!" — I wrote so [to] my lord in [thi]s [letter on]ly. [Now let] my lord quickly [write me what]ever orders there are. |
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 {lu₂v}EN.NAM be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD\d-ka {1}{d}PA—BAD₃—PAB | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | DI-mu a-na {urud}de-ri | |
| 5 | DI-mu a-na {urud}HAL.ṢU | |
| 6 | {1}lu-u₂\m—ŠEŠ-u₂\m-a {lu₂v}{urud}E₂—ha-a-ir-a.a | |
| 7 | {1}PAB—ia-qar ša {lu₂v}{urud}E₂—{d}30—ib-ni | |
| 8 | ina UGU-hi-ia ina UGU {1}EN—IGI.LAL-ni | |
| 9 | it-tal-ku-u-ni is-se-en-ni | |
| 10 | id-du-ub-bu ma-[a al]-⸢ka\d⸣-a-ni | |
| 11 | ina ŠU.2-ku-[nu ERIM]-⸢MEŠ⸣ [gab]-bu | |
| 12 | ma-a ⸢mi-i⸣-[nu ša a]-⸢na⸣ {urud}E₂—ha-a-ir | |
| 13 | is-si-⸢ku⸣-[nu x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ il-la-ku-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 14 | am—mar ⸢ša⸣ [ina] UGU {1}e-ṭe₃-ru | |
| 15 | am-ru-u₂-⸢ni TA@v\m⸣ {lu₂v}NIM.MA-a.a | |
| 16 | [la il-la]-ku-⸢ni⸣ at-tu\t-nu | |
| 17 | [pa-hi-ra] ⸢al⸣-ka\d-a-ni | |
| 18 | [ma-a a]-ni-ni URU\d ni-id-dan | |
| 19 | [ina ŠU.2 ni-id]-dan-⸢ak⸣-ku-nu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20 | [mu-uk {1}{d}EN]—⸢IGI⸣.LAL-an-[ni] | |
| 21 | [ina E₂.GAL a]-⸢šap⸣-pa-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 22 | [mu-uk {uru}E₂]—⸢ha⸣-a-ir ša LUGAL | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [šu-tu mu-uk] {lu₂v}EN.NAM | |
| 2 | [x x x]+⸢x a-na⸣ ŠA₃-bi | |
| 3 | [it-ta]-⸢lak u₂⸣-ma-a | |
| 4 | an-nu-rig a-na be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | as\tdp-sap-ra mi-i-nu | |
| 6 | [ša] ⸢pa-an⸣ be-li₂-ia mah-ir-u-ni | |
| 7 | [be-li₂] ⸢le⸣-pu-uš ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 8 | ša e-gir₂-tu₂ ⸢ša⸣ | |
| 9 | TA@v\m {1}{d}EN—IGI.LAL-an-ni | |
| 10 | ina E₂.GAL u₂\m-še-bil-u-ni | |
| 11 | u₃ ša e-gir₂-ti\t an-ni-ti\t | |
| 12 | 01-en šu-⸢u₂⸣ i—⸢su⸣-ru | |
| 13 | DINGIR-MEŠ\m ša {lu₂v}EN.NAM be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 14 | e-pu-šu ni-il-lak | |
| 15 | {urud}E₂—ha-a-ir | |
| 16 | nu-sa-ah-ha-ra | |
| 17 | man-nu ina ŠA₃-bi ni-pa-qi-di | |
| 18 | u₃ man-nu [o] an-na-ka\d | |
| 19 | ina ku-[tal]-⸢li⸣-en-ni | |
| 20 | be-li₂ [li]-ip-ru-su | |
| r.e. | ||
| 21 | liš\t-pu-ra i—su-ru | |
| 22 | be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 23 | ma-a a-ki an-nim-ma-a | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [ina E₂.GAL] ⸢ta-sap-ra⸣ ma-a i—su-ru {urud}E₂—ha-a-ir | |
| 2 | [nu-sa]-ah-ha-ra ma-a man-nu ina ŠA₃-bi ni-pa-qi-di | |
| 3 | [ma-a] ⸢x x x x⸣-pur a-na-ku ina ŠA₃-bi [x an-ni]-tu₂ | |
| 4 | [u₂-de-e]-ša₂ [a-na] be-li₂-ia₂ as\td-sap-ra ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5 | [mi-i-nu] ša ṭe₃-mu-un-ni ar₂-hiš be-li₂ [liš-pu-ra] | |
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