ABL 1143 (P334752)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334752 |
| 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 [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | [To the king, my lord: your servant, Marduk-šallim-ahhe, the one who blesses you. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur, Bel, Nabû, Sin, Šamaš, Ištar of Nineveh, and Ištar of Arbel]a [greatly] bless the [king, my lord]. May they give to the king, my lord, long days and many years of happiness. |
| Obverse [12:16] o 1313–o 1616 | [Concerning] the fie[ld] and the seed and stored grain of the [Kushit]es and Egyptians [about which the king] wrote to me, his servant, saying: "[Why do you take] grain rations [of the Kushites]?" — |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818– | (18) (Break) |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | However, now I am attending [to the ...] of the Kushites. I will bring forth and give [them] what [...], and I will completely work [the field] of theirs which was not cultivated. |
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-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—DI—PAB-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | [ka-ri-ib-ka] | |
| 4 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 5 | {[d}aš-šur {d}EN {d}AG] | |
| 6 | {[d}30 {d}UTU] | |
| 7 | {[d}15 ša {uru}NINA] | |
| 8 | {[d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃] | |
| 9 | a-na [LUGAL EN-ia a—dan-niš] | |
| 10 | lik-ru-bu UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 11 | MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ma-aʾ-da-a-ti | |
| 12 | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi a-na LUGAL EN-ia lid-di-nu | |
| 13 | [ina UGU] A.⸢ŠA₃⸣ {še}NUMUN-MEŠ {še}tab-ku | |
| 14 | [ša {kur}ku]-⸢sa⸣-a-a {kur}mu-ṣur-a-a | |
| 15 | [ša LUGAL] a-na ⸢ARAD⸣-šu₂ iš-pur-u-ni | |
| 16 | [a-ta]-⸢a⸣ {še}⸢PAD⸣-MEŠ TA@v ŠA₃ {še}PAD-MEŠ | |
| 17 | [ša {kur}ku-sa-a-a] ta-[laq]-qi ⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ an-nu-⸢rig⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ša {kur}ku-sa-a-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3 | ad-du-al E₂ pi-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4 | u₂-še-ṣa-a ad-da-na-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 5 | [A.ŠA₃]-šu₂-nu ša la a-ri-šu₂-u-⸢ni⸣ [o] | |
| 6 | [dul-lu ep]-⸢pa⸣-aš₂ u₂-šal-lam | |
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