ABL 1149 (P334756)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1149 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334756 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [To the crown prince, my lord: your servant, NN.] [Good he]alth [to the crown prince, my lord. May Nabû and Marduk] bless [the crown prince, my lord]. |
| Obverse [1:6] o 2'2'–o 6'6' | Concerning [what the crown prince, my lord, wrote to me, say]ing: "Why are you here? [Pas]s by and go on to the Inner City" — it is now the second time that the crown prince suddenly writes (like this), (when) it is not time for the sacrifices, and there is no ritual and nothing that would make them send for me hastily. |
| Obverse [6:11] o 7'7'–o 11'11' | Why the same thing again? The crown prince should have come out so I could have seen his face and health; you should have spoken with me and given me orders — I would then have gone where I had to go, and I would not have said the word [to the crown prin]ce. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | O crown prince, if [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [......] with me [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] my hunger [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | or in a house enclosed by bricks [...] |
| Reverse [3:19] r 4'4'– | But why do I s[peak] so much? This is the gist of the whole discourse. I may weep before all the lands, but there is no one who would give heart to me. So it is to you alone that I look — you who are my lord. It is before you that I have wept. If your gods [have m]oved you to have pity for me, then wipe away my tears. [I]f not, tell me, "Go and die!" [Then I wo]uld go away and die. What (else) could I say? I have entreated the crown prince for [...]. [......] offerings. |
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' | [lu-u šul]-mu [a-na DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN EN-ia {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 2' | [a-na DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN EN-ia] lik-ru-bu ina UGU [ša DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN be-li₂] | |
| 3' | [iš-pur-a-ni] ⸢ma⸣-a a-na am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni an-na-ka at-ta | |
| 4' | [ma-a] e-[ti]-⸢iq⸣ a-lik a-na {uru}ŠA₃—URU an-nu-rig 02-šu₂ | |
| 5' | [a]-⸢na⸣ ar₂-hiš DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN i-šap-pa-ra la-a si-min₃ {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ | |
| 6' | ⸢la⸣-a dul-lu la me-me-e-ni ša u₂-dal-lah₃-u-ni | |
| 7' | i-šap-par-u₂-ni-ni a-na am—mi₃-i-ni am—mi₃-i-ni | |
| 8' | is-se-niš tu-u₂-ra DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN lu u₂-ṣi-a pa-ne₂-e-šu | |
| 9' | šu-la-an-šu lu a-mur is-si-ia₂ lu ta-ad-bu-ub | |
| 10' | ṭe₃-e-mu lu taš-kun-an-ni ha-ra-am-mi-ma | |
| 11' | [ina] ⸢E₂⸣ al-lak-u-ni lu al-lik u₃ 01-et [a]-⸢bu⸣-tu₂ | |
| 12' | [a-na DUMU]—⸢MAN DUMU]—⸢MAN la⸣ aq-bi DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN šum-ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ki⸣-ia ga-ra-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x x]-ti is-si-ia [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ bu-bu-ti-ia [x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | u₂-la-a ina E₂ li-bit SIG₄-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | a-na am—mi₃-i-ni am—mi₃-i-ni di-ib-bi ma-aʾ-⸢du⸣-ti ⸢a-da⸣-[bu-ub] | |
| 5' | an-ni-u₂ rik-su ša da-ba-a-bi gab-bu | |
| 6' | ina pa-an ma-ta-a-ti gab-bu la-ab-ki me-me-e-ni | |
| 7' | ša ŠA₃-bu i-šak-kan-an-ni-ni la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 8' | a-na ka-a-ša₂ a-da-gal-ka ša be-li₂ at-ta-a-ni | |
| 9' | ina pa-ni-ka ab-ti-ki šum-ma DINGIR-MEŠ-ka ina IGI-ka a-na re-e-me | |
| 10' | [is]-sak-nu-ni di-a-ti-ia ša₂-ak-ki-il | |
| 11' | [u₂]-⸢la⸣-a qi₂-bi-ʾa-a ma-a a-lik mu-u₂-tu | |
| 12' | [la-al]-lik la-mut mi-i-nu aq-qa-ab-bi | |
| 13' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na ir-tu DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN at-ta-har | |
| 14' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] ša sa [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] še bu [x x x x x x x x] | |
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