ABL 1193 (P334783)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1193 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334783 |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | To the [king, my lord]: your servant [Nashir-Bel]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:6] 44–66 | [The land of the king] is well; the fo[rts of the king] are well. The king, [my] lo[rd, can be glad]. |
| Obverse [6:11] 77–1111 | When the king, my lord, set out to [the country of ...], the ki[ng, my lord], arrived in [...], and I [wrote to ...] to Bit-Zaman[i ...] concerning the kin[g's] me[n]: |
| Obverse [11:14] 1212–1414 | "Go and get 100 king's men, and come and b[ring them]; I should do [......]." |
| Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515 | The 'third man' [......] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | "Why [...] the horses [...]? |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | "Why [......] to the Chaldeans? [They should cultivate] the arable fields [there]." |
| Reverse [6:13] r 7'7'–r 13'13' | Humamati, [NN], Haldi-abu-uṣur brother [of NN], Kanunayu the [...], Ahutun and [NN], in all six men of [...] — they have been in hiding, [...], [and have] not agr[eed to cultivate] thei[r] arable fields. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 14'14'– | [I have written to the king], my lord; [the king, my lord, may do] as [he deems best]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-na [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}NIGIN—EN] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | DI-mu\p a-⸢na⸣ [KUR ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 5 | DI-mu\p a-na\t {uru}⸢bi⸣-[rat ša LUGAL] | |
| 6 | ŠA₃-bu\p ša\dm LUGAL\p ⸢EN⸣-[ia lu DUG₃] | |
| 7 | ki-i\p LUGAL\p be-li₂ ⸢a⸣-[na {kur}x x] | |
| 8 | u₂\m-na\t-miš-u-ni ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂ x x x] | |
| 9 | iq\y-ṭi₂-ri-ib a-na\t-[ku x x x x] | |
| 10 | a-na {kur}E₂—za-ma-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11 | ina UGU {lu₂vy}ERIM—⸢LUGAL⸣-[MEŠ {lu₂vy}ERIM—⸢LUGAL⸣-[MEŠ a-sa-ap-ra] | |
| 12 | nu-uk\dt 01 me {lu₂vy}ERIM-[MEŠ x x x] | |
| 13 | i-ṣal-ka i-ṣal-ka ⸢bi⸣-[la x x x x x] | |
| 14 | le\tt-pu\p-uš [x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x] {lu₂vy}03.⸢U₅⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ma]-a a-ta-a [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ma-a {anšed}KUR.⸢RA⸣-[MEŠ x x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-a a-ta-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | a-na\t {kur}kal-da\d-a.[a x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-a {šep}NUMUN-MEŠ\m ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣-[bi le-ru-šu₂] | |
| 6' | {1}hu-ma-ma-ti\t {1}[x x x] | |
| 7' | {1}hal-di—AD—PAB ⸢PAB⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8' | {1}ka-nun\dm-a.a {⸢lu₂vy⸣}[x x] | |
| 9' | {1}a-hu-tu-un [x x x x] | |
| 10' | PAB 06 {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ\m ša\m [x x x] | |
| 11' | ra\t-qi-u₂ i-[x x x x] | |
| 12' | la\p-a i-ma-[gu-ru] | |
| 13' | NUMUN\p-MEŠ-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [la e-ru-šu a-na LUGAL] | |
| 14' | EN-ia [a-sa-ap-ra LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | ki-i [ša₂ i-la-u-ni le-pu-uš] | |
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