ABL 1203 (P334791)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1203 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334791 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:6] 2'2'–6'6' | "[......] I shall march against you." [I] told him: "[Th]is [land] is not mine, it belongs to the mighty king; I will not give it to you." |
| Obverse [6:14] 7'7'– | Now, we have clashed together on the king's border; may the gods of the king act best as they can. Let him dispatch me troops [...... |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | [......] released [the ...] of the city of Šibirtu and commanded: "Bring the property of Huhhi and a washbasin set in gold!" These were given to them. |
| Reverse [5:12] r 6'6'–r 12'12' | The soldiers previously on duty plundered [the country of ...]riuni; [(should) I re]turn, by what means [...] the city of Tabal? Accordingly, when [......], I will [...] food [...... |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ al\t-la-ka ina UGU-hi-ka | |
| 3' | [ana-ku] aq-ṭi-ba-aš₂-šu mu-uk | |
| 4' | [KUR an]-ni-u₂ la-a ia-u₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 5' | ⸢mu-uk⸣ ša₂ LUGAL dan-ni šu-u₂ | |
| 6' | mu-uk la ad-da-nak-ka u₂-ma-a | |
| 7' | ina UGU ta-hu-mi ša₂ LUGAL is-sa-he-iš | |
| 8' | mah-ṣa-a-ni ki-i ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ-ni ša LUGAL | |
| 9' | i-la-ʾu-u₂-ni le-pu-šu | |
| 10' | {lu₂}e-muq-qi\m lu-še-bi-la | |
| 11' | [x x x]+x ⸢x x x-ru⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ša {uru}ši-bir-tu₂ ur-tam-⸢me-u₂⸣ | |
| 2' | iq-ṭi-bi-u₂ ma-a E₂ | |
| 3' | {1}hu-uh-hi u₃ nar-ma-ak-tu₂ | |
| 4' | ša₂ KUG.GI ṣab-bu-ta-tu-u₂-ni | |
| 5' | bi-la-ni it-tan-nu-niš-šu-nu | |
| 6' | {[lu₂]}ERIM-MEŠ har-du-u₂-te pa-ni-iu-u-te | |
| 7' | {[uru}x]+⸢x⸣-ri-u₂-ni ih-tab-tu | |
| 8' | [u₂]-⸢sa⸣-har ina ŠA₃ mi-i-ni {uru}tab-URU | |
| 9' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-lak id—da-a-te id—da-a-te ⸢ki-i⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x x x]-⸢u₂⸣-ni a-kul\d-lu-u₂ [o] | |
| 11' | [x x x x]-šu-nu la-⸢aš₂⸣-[x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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