ABL 1292 (P334834)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1292 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334834 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [...... is g]ood fo[r ...... ...... has] returned [here]; as for you, s[tand by]. Kunâ has [...] all their [tr]oops. |
| Obverse [3:14] o 4'4'–o 14'14' | I am writing to Šarru-emuranni right [now]. He is going to mobilize and bring here all the conscripts of Dur-Ladini, Dur-Bilihai and Larak including those of Bit-Awukani. As soon as they have arrived here, Šarru-emuranni too will return here, and you are to set out together with all these king's men [... and ...] to the village [......] your [...], straw [......] including [......] at their disposal [...... |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1'1'–r 7'7' | ......the] men [of ...... should stay in] the village [... They should le]ave a [...] moat [ar]ound the fortress, construct reed huts on this side of the moat and live there; and (this done), they should dig another moat on this side and live between the moats. |
| Reverse [7:16] r 8'8'–r 16'16' | And if this village is not (yet) suffering, make it suffer! Should this not be feasible, set up ... and [pierce] its wall! [....]uri is clo[se by]; you know [that he is an adherant] of this country. Don't miss the opportunity! [......] of th[is] man [...] here [...... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x ṭa]-⸢a⸣-ba a-[na x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ is-su-⸢uh-ra⸣ at-ta ⸢i⸣-[ti-iz x x x] | |
| 3' | {[lu₂v}e-mu]-qi-šu₂-nu gab-bu {1}ku-na-a is-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4' | [u₂-ma-a an]-nu-rig ina UGU {1}LUGAL—IGI.LAL-an-ni a-sap-⸢ra\t⸣ | |
| 5' | ERIM-MEŠ—LUGAL ERIM-MEŠ—LUGAL ša\d {uru}BAD₃—la-di\d-ni ša\d {uru}BAD₃—bi-li-ha-a.a | |
| 6' | ša\d {uru}la-rak a-du {uru}E₂—{1}u₂-ka-a-ni gab-bu | |
| 7' | i-dak-ki-a a-na ha-an-ni-ša₂ ub-ba-la ki-ma | |
| 8' | a-na ha-an-ni-ša₂ iq-⸢ṭar-bu⸣-u-ni {1}LUGAL—IGI.LAL-an-ni | |
| 9' | a-na an-ni-ša₂ i-sa-⸢ah⸣-hu-ra u₃ at-tu-nu | |
| 10' | a-du ERIM-MEŠ—LUGAL ERIM-MEŠ—LUGAL an-[nu]-ti gab-bu TA@v\m a-he-iš | |
| 11' | ⸢tak-ru⸣-ur [tu-nam]-ma-ša₂ a-na {uru}ŠE | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢har⸣-ku-nu {še}IN.NU | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-du | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x ina] pa-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {uru}ŠE | |
| 3' | [x x] šu-nu [x x x x bat-te]-⸢bat⸣-te ša\yd {uru}HAL.ṢU | |
| 4' | hi-ri-ṣu a-[x x lu]-⸢ra⸣-me-u₂ ina bat-ti\t | |
| 5' | an-ni-ti\t ša\d ⸢hi⸣-[ri]-⸢ṣi⸣ hu-uṣ-ṣa-a-ti\t | |
| 6' | li-ih-ṣu-ṣu ina ŠA₃-bi lu-ši-bu u₃ hi-ri-ṣu | |
| 7' | ša\d-ni-u₂ ina bat-ti\t ⸢ha⸣-an-ni-ti\t li-ih-ru-ṣu | |
| 8' | šu-nu ina bir-ti\t hi-ri-ṣa-ni lu-ši-bu u₃ {uru}ŠE | |
| 9' | ha-an-ni-u₂ šum₂-ma la ⸢ša⸣-am-ru-uṣ ša\d-am-ri-su | |
| 10' | ⸢šum₂-ma la⸣ ma-he-re ša\yd ⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣-ni šu-kun ⸢BAD₃⸣-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [x x x {1}x]+⸢x⸣—u₂-ri ⸢qur⸣-[bu] ⸢at⸣-ta tu\d-u₂-da\d | |
| 12' | [ki-i ARAD] ša\yd KUR ha-⸢an⸣-[ni-i] ⸢šu⸣-tu₂-u-ni la ta-ši-aṭ | |
| 13' | [x x x] ⸢ša\d⸣ LU₂ ⸢ha⸣-[x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ ha-an-na-ka | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-us u₃ | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ta-te | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] UD-mu kir-ka-niš-šu₂ [x x x x] | |
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