ABL 1107 (P334740)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1107 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334740 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | [To the king], my lord: [your servant] Nabû-zer-ketti-lešir, the [oversee]r of white frit. [Good hea]lth to the king, my lord! May [Aššur, Sîn], Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, [Ištar o]f Nineveh (and) [Ištar o]f Arbela bless [the king], my [lo]rd. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | May they consolidate [the foundations of] your royal [thr]one [until] far-off [days ...]! |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | [Now], why [have they turne]d upside down [the order that yo]ur [father] gave (and) [the justice which he d]id? [I (alone) out of my whole pate]rnal [house am boundi]ng about [like a dog]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | Let me keep vigil and [watch for] the king, my lord, [on] my [own]. |
| Reverse [8:13] r 9'9'– | [... May] the man who [se]rves the king, his lord, [not die]! The king, my lord, [may] (however) do [as] he pleases. |
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] be-li-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d]}PA—NUMUN—GIN—SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | {[lu₂}ša₂]—⸢UGU⸣—hu-luh-hi | |
| 4 | [lu-u DI]-⸢mu⸣ a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5 | [aš-šur {d}30 {d]}ša₂-maš {d}EN {d}AG | |
| 6 | {[d}15 ⸢ša⸣ {uru}NINA{ki} | |
| 7 | {[d}15 ⸢ša⸣ {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 8 | [a-na LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-ia li-ik-ru-bu | |
| 9 | [SUHUŠ {giš}GU].ZA LUGAL-ti-ka | |
| 10 | [a-na UD-me] ṣa-a-ti | |
| 11 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ lu-ki-in-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] a-ta-a | |
| 2' | [ṭe₃-e-mu ša AD]-⸢ka⸣ iš-ku-nu-u-[ni] | |
| 3' | [de-e-nu ša e-pu]-⸢uš⸣-u-ni | |
| 4' | [u₂-ma-a u₂-sa]-⸢bal⸣-ki-tu₂ | |
| 5' | [a-na-ku TA ŠA₃ E₂]—⸢AD⸣-ia E₂]—⸢AD⸣-ia gab-bu | |
| 6' | [ki-i kal-bi a-sa]-⸢ab⸣-bu-uʾ | |
| 7' | [ina ra-mi₃-ni]-ia ⸢la⸣-ah-ri-id | |
| 8' | [EN.NUN ša] LUGAL EN-ia la-aṣ-ṣur | |
| 9' | [x x] ⸢LU₂⸣ ša a-na LUGAL EN-šu₂ | |
| 10' | [i]-⸢du⸣-lu-u-ni | |
| 11' | [la i-mu]-⸢at⸣ LUGAL be-li | |
| 12' | [ki-i ša] i-la-ʾu-u-ni | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | [le]-⸢pu⸣-uš | |
Sources & licences
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