ABL 1288 (P334831)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1288 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334831 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good heal]th t[o the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [As] to the sheep of [... about which the king, my lord], wrote [me]: "Why do [yo]u withhold the sheep fr[om ...]?" — |
| Obverse [4:8] o 5'5'–o 8'8' | it is the king, [my] lo[rd], who has wi[thheld] the [sh]eep for his gods! If he does not add to them, (how) can I hold back their shepherds? |
| Obverse [8:12] o 9'9'–o 12'12' | Nabû-zeru-iddina had an audience with me, saying: "Ša-ili-dubbu has driven away [she]ep; 1,300 ṣu'bu sheep |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] these [......] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [...-ya]da' sa[id to them]: "[Co]me and graze!" |
| Reverse [2:7] r 3'3'–r 7'7' | [Let ... give] them or[ders; i]f it pleases the king, let them graze the sheep and [goats] at their disposal [in the s]teppe, where my sheep [are being g]razed. |
| Reverse [7:12] r 8'8'–r 12'12' | [As to what the king], my [lo]rd, [said] about Nabû-zeru-iddina: "When he [...] before [...] servant[s ...], he said [to them ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [lu-u DI]-mu a-[na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ UDU-MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ [x x ša LUGAL] | |
| 3' | [be-li₂] iš-pur-a-[ni] | |
| 4' | [ma-a] ⸢a⸣-ta-a ⸢UDU⸣-MEŠ TA@v\m ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢ta\tm⸣-ka-la-⸢ši⸣ LUGAL be-[li₂] | |
| 6' | ⸢UDU⸣-MEŠ a-na\t DINGIR-MEŠ-ni-šu ik-[ta-la] | |
| 7' | ⸢šum₂⸣-ma ina UGU-hi la u₂-ra-⸢da\d⸣ | |
| 8' | re-ʾi-šu-nu-u a-kal-la | |
| 9' | {1}{d}PA—NUMUN\d—AŠ ina pa-ni-ia | |
| 10' | ⸢i⸣-ti\t-it-zi ma\d-a {1}ša\m—DINGIR—du-bu | |
| 11' | ⸢UDU⸣-MEŠ uk\tdp-ta-ši-di | |
| 12' | [ma]-a 01 lim 03 me UDU-MEŠ ṣu-ʾu-bat | |
| 13' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ an-nu-ti\t ⸢x x x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]-⸢da\d⸣-aʾ iq-ṭi-[ba-šu₂-nu] | |
| 2' | [ma-a al]-ka-ni ra-ʾi-[a (x)] | |
| 3' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ni ⸢is⸣ ṭe₃-e-[mu] | |
| 4' | [liš-ku-nu]-šu-nu ⸢šum₂⸣-ma ŠA₃ MAN [o] | |
| 5' | [ina {kur]}⸢mu⸣-da\d-bar E₂ UDU-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 6' | [i-ra]-ʾu-u-ni UDU-MEŠ | |
| 7' | [x x]-MEŠ pa-⸢na\t⸣-tu-šu₂-nu li\d-ri-ʾu | |
| 8' | [ša LUGAL be]-li₂ ina UGU {1}{d}PA—NUMUN\d—AŠ | |
| 9' | [iq-bu-ni ma]-⸢a⸣ ki-i ina pa-an ARAD-[MEŠ-x] | |
| 10' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni ma-a i-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ iq-ṭi-ba-[šu₂-nu ma-a] | |
| 12' | [x x x x]-MEŠ ša [x x x x] | |
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