ABL 1176 (P334772)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1176 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334772 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...... The ki]ng, my lord, [should know this]. |
| Obverse [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | [As to what the king], my [lo]rd, wrote me: "[Where] is he?" — They told me: "[After he had] been deported [..., he fl]ed [and went] to Šubria." |
| Obverse [5:11] o 6'6'–o 11'11' | [Perha]ps the king, my lord, will say: "[Has he retu]rned [and come back] from Šubria?" [I have aske]d and investigated; [they say that since he fl]ed [and went] to Šubria, [...; he has not] yet [retur]ned and come back to the country. |
| Obverse [11:15] o 12'12'–o 15'15' | [I sent ...]... to [...], saying: "You [......]; now, [......] is staying in your court!" |
| Obverse [15:17] o 16'16'–o 17'17' | [He replied: "He] has not fallen into my [hand]s, [nor ... have I heard] any report [about him]." |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [......] this man |
| Obverse [18:20] o 19'19'– | [......] secretly |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 20'b.e. 20'–b.e. 20'b.e. 20' | [......] Šubri[a] |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 21'21'–b.e. 21'21' | [......] the king, my lord |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 22'22'–b.e. 22'22' | [......] the fort |
| Bottom [3:5] b.e. 23'23'– | [......] have fled |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] with kind words [...]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | [As to the ...]s about whom the king, [my lord, wrote m]e: "I [......]; if they want [......]" — |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | they want [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [......] he is [in] the temple |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [......] He does not seize and give [him] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] a town is said |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [......] his guard |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [......] the temple [be]tween |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [... I said]: "[You are] the king's subjects [...]." |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [......] the king's subjects. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | [Perhaps the king], my [lo]rd, will say: "[...]" — [... who] leave the king's [......]. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | [A]s to the scout to whom his [......] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [...] will take |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [......] perhaps |
| Reverse [18:20] r 1919–r 2020 | [......] those |
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' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ | |
| 2' | [x x x x ša LUGAL be]-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 3' | [ma-a a.a-ka] ⸢šu⸣-tu₂ iq\d-ṭi₂-bu-u-ni | |
| 4' | [ma-a TA mar ša₂]-ga-lu-u-ni | |
| 5' | [x x x x ih-ti]-liq a-na {kur}šub-ri-a | |
| 6' | [it-ta-lak i—su]-⸢ri⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 7' | [ma-a i]-⸢suh⸣-ra TA@v\m {kur}šub-ri\d-a | |
| 8' | [it-ta-la-ka a-sa-ʾa]-⸢al⸣ u₂-ta-ṣi-ṣi | |
| 9' | [ma-a TA E₂ ih]-⸢li⸣-qu-u-ni a-na\y {kur}šub-ri-a | |
| 10' | [il-li-ku-u-ni] ⸢ah⸣—hur a-na KUR | |
| 11' | [la is-hu]-⸢ra⸣ la\m il-li-ka | |
| 12' | [x x x x x]-us ina UGU 01 | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x] nu-uk\d at-ta | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x]-ar nu-uk\td u₂-ma-a | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x] ina IGI-ka kam-mu-su\y | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x]-MEŠ-ia la im-qu-ut | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ṭe₃⸣-e-mu-ma | |
| 18' | [la aš₂-me x x x] ⸢ah⸣ LU₂ an-ni-u | |
| 19' | [x x x x x x x] ina KI.TA ŠU.2 | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20' | [x x x x x x x] {kur}šub-ri-[a] | |
| 21' | [x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 22' | [x x x x x x x] {uru}bir-te | |
| 23' | [x x x x x x x x] hal-qu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina pi-i DUG₃.GA | |
| 2 | [x x x x ina UGU x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ ša\dm LUGAL\p | |
| 3 | [be-li₂ iš-pur-an]-⸢ni⸣ ma-a ana-ku | |
| 4 | [x x x x x] ⸢šum⸣-mu lib-ba-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ lib-ba-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] E₂.KUR šu-tu₂ | |
| 7 | [x x x x la i]-ṣab-bat la SUM\p-an | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] 01-en URU DUG₄.GA | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x]-⸢mu⸣ ma-ṣar-tu₂-šu₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x] ⸢E₂⸣.KUR\t ⸢bir⸣-ti\t | |
| 11 | [x x x x nu]-⸢uk\td⸣ ARAD-MEŠ ⸢ša\m⸣ LUGAL\p | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x]-ah ARAD-MEŠ ⸢ša\m⸣ LUGAL | |
| 13 | [x x x x x LUGAL be]-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 14 | [x x x x] LUGAL u₂-ra-mu-ni | |
| 15 | [x x x x x ina] UGU {lu₂v}da-a.a-li | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ a-na ša₂-šu₂ <$ni$> | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x]-ṣab-ba-tu₂-ni | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x] i—su\y-ri | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ti⸣ am-mu-te | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
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