ABL 1257 (P334819)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1257 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334819 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Assurbanipal. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Bel and Nabû bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [5:13] o 66–o 1313 | Concerning Kunaya (and) Kudurru about whom the king, my lord, said: "Send word that Sasî be interrogated, he knows about them" — he has writt[en] a[s] follows: |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | "[PN], a Chaldean, has appealed to the king on account of them. |
| Reverse [4:11] r 5'5'–r 11'11' | "They say that an [Ar]amean woman is putting a cloak on her neck and is staying with the king's servants, saying 'I and Abdi-milki are making peace.' |
| Reverse [11:14] r 12'12'– | "This is ... They should read the letter with the repo[rt]." |
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 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A | |
| 3 | lu DI a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | aš-šur {d}EN {d}PA a-na MAN EN-ia | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | ina UGU {1}ku-na-a.a | |
| 7 | {1}ku-dur₂-ru ša₂ MAN EN iq-bu-u-ni | |
| 8 | ma-a šu-pur liš-u-lu | |
| 9 | a-na {1}sa-si-i | |
| 10 | ma-a šu-tu₂ [ṭe₃]-en-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 11 | u₂-da ⸢ki⸣-[i] an-ni-i | |
| 12 | is-sap-[ra ma-a] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]-te | |
| 2' | ⸢ma⸣-[a {1}x x x x]-a | |
| 3' | {lu₂v}kal₃-⸢da⸣-a.a | |
| 4' | a-mat LUGAL ina UGU-šu₂-nu | |
| 5' | iz-za-kar ma-a iq-ṭi-bi-u | |
| 6' | ma-a {mi₂}[ar₂]-me-ti | |
| 7' | 01-et ma-a {tug₂}hu-la-nu | |
| 8' | ina GU₂-ša₂ ta-kar-ra-ar₂ | |
| 9' | ma-a TA@v ARAD-MEŠ ša MAN | |
| 10' | ta-za-az ma a-na-ku | |
| 11' | TA@v {1}ab-di—mil-ki ni-sa-al-lam | |
| 12' | an-ni-ti tu₂ ša₂ ha ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | ma-a e-gir₂-tu₂ ša₂ ṭe₃-[me] | |
| 14 | le-mu-ru | |
Sources & licences
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