ABL 1296 (P334837)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1296 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334837 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... Aššur]-belu-taqqin |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... which] he [no]w added |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] I wrote down [as w]ell |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... and ga]ve to him. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] are not suitable [for s]ealing |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] they will clip them |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] I did not seal |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] went |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] his messenger |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... c]omes |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] ... speaks |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | ["the ... o]f the king I shall capture |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [......] I agree |
| Obverse [14:16] o 15'15'– | [... to] my [...] |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 16'b.e. 16'– | [...] gave |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [...] ....... [...]. Perhaps [...] he will come [...]. |
| Reverse [3:13] r 44–r 1313 | [Afte]r this letter [let my messenger return from] the king my lord's presence. When [I have met] him, [should I] return him [to your presence], or [should the ...s keep] him here until [the king, my lord], arrives [...? I am ... waiting f]or the king, my lord. |
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' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x {1}aš-šur]—EN—LAL-⸢in⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x u₂]-⸢ma⸣-a u₂-ra-du-u-ni | |
| 4' | [x x x x is]-⸢se⸣-niš-ma a-sa-ṭar | |
| 5' | [x x x a]-⸢ta⸣-na-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x a-na] ⸢ka⸣-na-ki la tar-ṣu | |
| 7' | [x x x x] u₂-na-ha-tu-šu-nu | |
| 8' | [x x x x] la ak-nu-uk\td | |
| 9' | [x x x x]-a-bu ta-lik-u-ni | |
| 10' | [x x x x {lu₂v]}A—KIN-e-šu₂ {lu₂v]}A—KIN-e-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [x x x x] ⸢il⸣-la-ka | |
| 12' | [x x x x x]-du-du i-da-bu-ub | |
| 13' | [x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL a-ṣa-bat | |
| 14' | [x x x x x] a-pu-aš₂ | |
| 15' | [x x x x x]-ia | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16' | [x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-din-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ti ša\m un {1}ki-na-a | |
| 2 | [x x x x]-ra i—su\t-ri | |
| 3 | [x x x x] il-la-ka | |
| 4 | [x x id—da]-⸢at⸣ id—da]-⸢at⸣ e-gir₂-te an-ni-te | |
| 5 | {[lu₂v}A—KIN-e-a {[lu₂v}A—KIN-e-a TA] IGI LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 6 | [li-is-hu-ra] a—ki-ma a—ki-ma ina GABA-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [at-tal-ka lu]-sa-hi-ra-šu-u | |
| 8 | [ina pa-ni-ka li]-⸢li⸣-ka-a u₂-la-a | |
| 9 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ha-an-na-ka | |
| 10 | [x x x x x]-u₂-šu₂ a-du E₂ | |
| 11 | [LUGAL be-li₂ x x] i-qar-rib-an-ni | |
| 12 | [x x x x ina] IGI LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 13 | [a-dag-gal] | |
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