ABL 1273 (P334825)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1273 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334825 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, my lord: your servant [NN]. Good health to the king, [my lord]! |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | The king, my lord, knows that [...], the god of our [...] is ... upon [the Hargaean]s. They are [the king] my lord's (people). |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | [They ......], they perform the labour duty, they [have] submitted [to ...]. Their [...] have been utterly destroyed, their [......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | The king, my lord, [... mu]ch; |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] of Hargu is indebted [...]. |
| Obverse [13:18] o 1414–o 1818 | The deputy of the palace herald has (already) received from him [x mi]nas of silver [in] the middle of Arbela. Now, ag[ai]n, they say: "3,6[00 person]s are dying [...]; he is buying up [a]ll the ho[uses] of the people." |
| Obverse [18:20] o 1919–o 2020 | Th[e]se people [are not] people of [the deputy] of the Palace Herald! |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | [...] fr[om] Kuyakâ |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [...] they are |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | [... he is ki]lling them. |
| Obverse [23:28] o 2424– | The [deputy] of the palace [herald] has come [...] and said: "They are my people!" He is plotting to take over the land of Hargu. |
| Reverse [3:10] r 44–r 1010 | The Hargaean (ruler) has come and had an audience with me, saying: "Be not silent (while) I am being crushed!" [I am] now [sending] the [H]argaean t[o the king, my lord]; let the king, my lord, [ask him what] the [deputy of the palace herald] has ta[ken from] him, and decide his case. |
| Reverse [10:14] r 1111–r 1414 | Why is he destroying [my] country by oppression? Let it be impressed upon him that he may not lay claims to people under [my] jurisdiction. |
| Reverse [17:22] r 1818–r 2222 | The [...s of ... have come] to [me]; I asked them [...], and they said: "[...]; we are to be sold — we know our merchants!" |
| Reverse [22:24] r 2323–r 2424 | I am now sending (them) with a messenger of mine; let the king, my lord, que[st]ion them. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia ARAD-ka {1}[x x x x] | |
| 2 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 3 | LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da ki-i [x x x] | |
| 4 | DINGIR ša [x]+⸢x⸣-ni i-na ⸢UGU⸣ {[kur}har-ga-a].⸢a⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢am⸣-ra-⸢šu⸣-[nu]-⸢ni⸣ šu-nu ⸢ša⸣ [LUGAL] EN-ia | |
| 6 | šu-nu [x x x x x x] EN il-ki | |
| 7 | šu-nu [x x x x] ⸢ih⸣-ta\p-an-šu | |
| 8 | ha-pu-⸢su⸣-[nu x x x] ⸢uh-ta⸣-pi-u₂ | |
| 9 | i-⸢ta⸣-[x x x x]-u-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | ina ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x] ⸢pa⸣ [x] ku [x x] | |
| 11 | [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [ma]-⸢aʾ-da LUGAL be⸣-li₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x] {⸢kur}har-gu 03 a-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 14 | hab-bu-ul [x] ⸢MA⸣.NA KUG.UD {⸢lu₂⸣}02-u₂ | |
| 15 | ša\d {lu₂}600—⸢E₂.GAL⸣ {lu₂}600—⸢E₂.GAL⸣ [ina] qab-⸢si {uru}arba-il₃⸣ | |
| 16 | i-ta-har-šu u₂-ma-a tu-[u]-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 17 | ma-a 03 lim 06 [me ZI]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ma-a UŠ₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x] | |
| 18 | ša\d UN-MEŠ ⸢E₂⸣-[MEŠ] ⸢gab⸣-bi i-la-[qi] | |
| 19 | UN-MEŠ an-[nu]-⸢ti⸣ [la-a] UN-MEŠ\m-šu₂ | |
| 20 | ša {[lu₂v}02-⸢u₂ ša {lu₂}600—KUR {lu₂}600—KUR šu-nu | |
| 21 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] ⸢TA⸣ {1}ku-ia-ka-a | |
| 22 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ šu-nu | |
| 23 | [x x x x i]-⸢du⸣-ak-šu₂-nu | |
| 24 | {[lu₂}02-u₂ ša {lu₂}600—E₂.GAL {lu₂}600—E₂.GAL | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-tal-ka ma-a UN-MEŠ-ia šu-nu | |
| 2 | ina UGU {kur}har-gi pu-a-gi | |
| 3 | i-da\dp-bu-ub\d {kur}har-ga-a.a | |
| 4 | i-tal-ka a-na ⸢pa⸣-ni-ia i-te-et-zi | |
| 5 | ma-a ⸢la⸣-a ⸢qa-la⸣-[ka] u₂-pa-ṣu-ni | |
| 6 | an-nu-rig {[kur]}⸢har⸣-ga-a.a | |
| 7 | i-na ⸢pa⸣-[an LUGAL EN-ia u₂-se-bi-la] | |
| 8 | LUGAL be-li₂ [liš-al-šu₂ mi-nu ša {lu₂}02-u₂] | |
| 9 | {lu₂}600—E₂.GAL {lu₂}600—E₂.GAL TA pa-ni-šu₂ iš]-⸢šu₂-u₂⸣-[ni] | |
| 10 | ⸢di-in⸣-šu₂ [o] li-ip-ru-⸢su\dm⸣ | |
| 11 | a-ta-a i-na tuk-ka-ni ma-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 12 | i-ga-mar bir-ti\t IGI.2-MEŠ-šu₂ [o] | |
| 13 | lu-ma-di-du TA@v\m ša ŠU.2-[ia] | |
| 14 | ⸢lu⸣ la i-da\d-bu-⸢ub⸣ [o] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | {lu₂}⸢EN—x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | ina UGU-hi-[ia i-tal-ku-u₂-ni] | |
| 20 | a-sa-ʾa-al-šu₂-⸢nu ma⸣-[a x x x x] | |
| 21 | a-ni-nu ina kas-pi ⸢ta-da-an-ni⸣ | |
| 22 | ma-a {lu₂}DAM.QAR-ni-ni nu-u₂-da\d | |
| 23 | an-nu-rig ina ŠU.2 {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-ia {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-ia | |
| 24 | ⸢u₂-se-bi-la⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ [o] | |
| 25 | liš-[ʾa]-⸢al⸣-šu₂-nu [o] | |
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