ABL 1195 (P334785)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1195 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334785 |
| 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/saa04 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | (This report) which was co[mmunicated] to Assurbanipal, king of Assyria: "Tammaritu, king of Elam, is mo[bilizing] his troops and making a hos[tile] incursion into Assyrian territory" — |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | is it a reliable rumor? |
| Obverse [4:10] o 55–o 1010 | From this day, the first day of this month, [...] of this year, to the first day of the coming month, [...] of this year, will the troops and army of Tammari[tu], king of Elam, come forth to engage in battle and will they make a hostile incursion into Assyrian territory, or against Nippur? |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | When the Puqudean troops hear of this sortie of the king of Elam, will they rebel? Will they turn hostile to Assurbanipal, king of Assyria? |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Concerning a report of Ku[durru]. |
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 | ⸢ša₂⸣ a-na {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—A MAN KUR—AN.ŠAR₂{ki} ⸢qa⸣-[bu-u-(ni)] | |
| 2 | um-ma {1}tam-mar-i-ti MAN {kur}NIM{ki} ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢i-da⸣-[ak-ki] | |
| 3 | a-na mi₃-ṣir ša₂ KUR—{d}aš-šur{ki} ⸢ZI⸣ ši-ih-ṭu ša ⸢HUL⸣-[tim] | |
| 4 | ep-pu-šu a-mat-u₂ ke-en-⸢tum⸣ ša₂-lim-ti ⸢ši⸣-[i o] | |
| 5 | TA@v ŠA₃-bi UD-mu an-ni-i UD 01-KAM₂\t [ša₂] ITI an-ni-e {⸢iti⸣}[x] | |
| 6 | ša MU.AN.NA an-nit EN ŠA₃ UD 01-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI e-⸢ri⸣-bi {⸢iti⸣}[x] | |
| 7 | ša MU.AN.NA an-nit-ti ERIM-MEŠ A₂.⸢KAL⸣-[ME] ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}tam-mar-⸢i⸣-[ti] | |
| 8 | MAN {kur}NIM.MA{ki} a-na DU₃-eš {giš}TUKUL MURUB₄ u ⸢ME₃⸣ u₂-⸢ṣu⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 9 | ti-bi ši-ih-ṭi ša₂ HUL-tim a-na mi₃-ṣir KUR—aš-⸢šur⸣{[ki]} | |
| 10 | lu-u₂ a-na EN.LIL₂{ki} DU-u₂-MEŠ-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-ma {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}pu-qu-da-a.a | |
| 2 | ša uṣ-ṣi-u₂ an-ni-i | |
| 3 | ša MAN {kur}NIM.MA{ki} il-te-mu-u₂ | |
| 4 | ib-ba-lak-kit-u₂ i-na-kir₃-u₂ | |
| 5 | it-ti {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—A MAN KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 6 | ina UGU ṭe₃-e-me ša₂ {1}ku-[dur₂-ru] | |
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