ABL 1287 (P334830)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1287 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334830 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'o 1'–o 2'2' | [To the king, my lord: your servant ...]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [2:11] o 3'3'–o 11'11' | As to these people, [the king's] subjects, about whom the king my lord wrote to me, none of them are their servants. The king, my lord, should question these people who came: not a single man among them is a farmer, they are their litigants and creditors, relatives of the (king) of Carchemish. They will write down their report and communicate it to the Palace. |
| Obverse [11:17] o 12'12'–o 17'17' | Now, people have got afraid at the king their lord's ilku duty [and grumbled]: "Why are they [persecuting] us month after month?" They keep escaping one by [one] and resettle in the district of Arpad, beyond the River (Euphrates), as though the king, my lord, were trying this [country]. |
| Obverse [17:24] o 18'18'–o 24'24' | The servants of the son of Duri-Adad, the son of Adda-abua and the son of Ubru-Libbali, who came to (see) me and are now here — [...] has given [...] to them. [Perha]ps the king, my lord, will say: "W[hat ...] their [......]?" |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | [......] 3 h[orses and ...... I will s]end ...... ho]rses and mules [to ......]; those which are not sound [I will ......] send [to] the Palace. I have [received and] reviewed [.....] horses and 27 mules, (but) I did not receive/see two ... |
| Reverse [6:14] r 77–r 1414 | [As to what the ki]ng, my lord, wrote to me: "What about your gift? You are living like [...]!" — let them lay out my fortune before the king, my lord: [...] no wealth of mine [...]. This property which [...] from [...], that [...] which from [......]: from where do I ... anything? |
| Reverse [14:20] r 1515–r 2020 | The village manager of the (governor) of Til-Barsip said of eight [horses]: "If I have received the h[orses, let me ge]t the mules too!" [...] he has not [rec]eived (them); [the king] my lord [should ask] Aššur-beli-taqq[in]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia ARAD-ka {1}x x x] | |
| 2' | lu-u DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 3' | ina UGU UN-MEŠ an-nu-ti\t {lu₂vy}ARAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša LUGAL] | |
| 4' | ša\ydm LUGAL be-li₂ iš\t-pur-⸢an⸣-[ni] | |
| 5' | 01-en ina ŠA₃-bi {lu₂vdy}ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂-nu la-[šu₂ a-na] | |
| 6' | UN-MEŠ an-nu-ti\t ša\ydm i-⸢li-ku⸣-[ni] | |
| 7' | LUGAL be-li₂ liš\d-al-⸢šu₂-nu LU₂⸣ 01-en [ina] ⸢ŠA₃-bi-šu₂⸣-[nu] | |
| 8' | {lu₂vy}ENGAR la-šu₂ UN-MEŠ EN—ṣa-si-šu₂-nu EN—ṣa-si-šu₂-nu | |
| 9' | u₃ EN—ha-bu\t-li-šu₂-nu EN—ha-bu\t-li-šu₂-nu mam₂-ma-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 10' | ša\dm {uru}gar-ga-mis-a.a šu-nu ṭe₃-šu-[nu] | |
| 11' | i-ša\dm-ṭu-ru\d ina E₂.GAL u₂-ša\d-⸢aš₂⸣-[mu-u] | |
| 12' | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a UN-MEŠ i-lak LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 13' | ip-tal\d-hu [id-du-bu] ma-a a-ta-a | |
| 14' | ITI\m ana ITI\m u₂-[kaš-ša₂-du]-na-ši 01-en a-⸢na⸣ 01-en] | |
| 15' | ih-ta-na-li-[qu] ina na-gi-e [o] | |
| 16' | ša\dm {uru}ar₂-pad-da a-na a-hu-la-a na-a-ri | |
| 17' | u₂-šu-bu TA ma-ṣi LUGAL be-li₂ [ma-a]-tu₂ | |
| 18' | ha-ni-ti\t u₂-ba-u-ni {lu₂vy}ARAD-[MEŠ] | |
| 19' | ⸢ša\dm⸣ DUMU {1}⸢BAD₃\m—{d}IM⸣ ša\ydm DUMU {1}10—AD-u-[a] | |
| 20' | ⸢ša DUMU⸣ {1}⸢SUHUŠ—ŠA₃⸣—URU ša\ydm ina UGU-ia ⸢i⸣-[li]-⸢ku-u₂⸣-ni | |
| 21' | u₂-⸢ma⸣-a ha-⸢na⸣-ka šu-nu-u-ni [o] | |
| 22' | ⸢me-me⸣-ni ⸢i-na\t-x⸣ i-ta-na-šu₂-nu [x x] | |
| 23' | [i—su]-ri\d LUGAL be-li₂ i-qa-bi ma-a ⸢mi⸣-[nu] | |
| 24' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x] 03 {⸢anšed⸣}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x] ⸢KUR⸣-MEŠ {anšed}ku-din ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x lu-še]-bi-la la šal-ma-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x ina] ⸢E₂⸣.GAL lu-še-bi-la | |
| 5 | [x x x x] {⸢anše⸣}KUR-MEŠ 27 {anšed}ku-din | |
| 6 | [x x x] a-taš-ra 02 ⸢ub-ri x la⸣ a-hur | |
| 7 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ iš-pur-a-ni ma-a a-[ke]-⸢e⸣ | |
| 8 | a-na ti\t-di-ti\t-ka a-⸢ki⸣ a-⸢ni⸣-[x x] | |
| 9 | nap-ša₂-ka at-ta du-un-qi-⸢ia-ma⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia liš\d-ku-nu [x x x] | |
| 11 | la de-iq-ti\t me-me-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 12 | an-ni-tu₂ qi-ni-tu₂ ⸢ša\dm TA ŠA₃⸣ [x x x] | |
| 13 | am-mi₃-u₂ ša\ydm ⸢TA@v x⸣+[x x] na ma [x] | |
| 14 | a-na-ku ⸢TA⸣ a-⸢a-ka⸣ me-me-ni i-lak-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 15 | ša\d 08 {anšed}[KUR-MEŠ] {⸢lu₂vy⸣}GAL—URU-MEŠ-ni {⸢lu₂vy⸣}GAL—URU-MEŠ-ni | |
| 16 | ⸢ša\dm⸣ {uru}tar-⸢ba\y⸣-[si]-⸢ba⸣-a.a iq-ṭi₂-bi | |
| 17 | ma-a BE {anše⸣}[KUR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ a-ta-har | |
| 18 | {⸢anše⸣}ku-din-MEŠ\t-⸢im⸣-ma [la]-⸢hu⸣-ru | |
| 19 | ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣-tu₂-ma la [i]-hur | |
| 20 | ⸢a⸣-[na] {1}aš-šur—EN—⸢LAL⸣ [LUGAL] ⸢be-li₂⸣ [liš-al] | |
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