ABL 1349 (P334858)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | ABL 1349 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334858 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the ki]ng, my lord: [your servant Šamaš-belu-uṣur]. Good health to the king, my lord! [The city of Der and] the fort are well. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | [Concerning the royal ...]s who live in Der, [about whom the king, my lord, wrote to m]e: "Let two of them come [and ent]er [into my presence]" — now then Nabû-ušabši [and NN] have come [befo]re me. [...... in] Calah the king my lord [gave] this very order [to me]: |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | "[......] royal [...]s [t]o me [...]" |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] some 10 men from among them |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [have come before me, saying]: "To the king |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...... g]o [...]." I sa[id]: |
| Reverse [4:13] r 5'5'– | ["When the king was in] Metur[na, why] did you (pl.) not co[me to gr]eet the king? [Now the king] has crossed [the ri]ver. [If] you come [to greet] the king, the king will lift up [your heads] and see you. [The ...]s of this path are many. [The] Babylonians [were running] after me, so I got afraid [and kill]ed them." |
| Right [2:4] r.e. 1313–r.e. 1414 | Now then they are on their way [to the ki]ng, 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 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}UTU—EN—PAB] ⸢lu⸣-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 3 | [DI-mu a-na {uru}de-ri] DI-mu a-na {uru}HAL.ṢU | |
| 4 | [ina UGU {lu₂v}x x x x]-MEŠ\m a-ši-bi URU ša {uru}de-ri | |
| 5 | [ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an]-⸢ni⸣ ma-⸢a⸣ 02 TA\p ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu lil-lik-u-ni | |
| 6 | [ina pa-ni-ia le-ru]-⸢bu⸣ an-nu-rig {1}{d}PA—GAL₂-ši | |
| 7 | [x x x x x ina pa-ni]-ia it-tal-ku-u-ni an-ni-i ⸢šu-u⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x ina] {uru}kal-ha LUGAL be-li₂ ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 9 | [is-sak-na-ni ma-a x x]+⸢x⸣—LUGAL-a-te [x x ina] UGU-hi-ia | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]-⸢bi⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x ERIM]-MEŠ 10 TA\p ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 2' | [ina pa-ni-ia it-tal-ku-u-ni ma-a] ⸢a-na LUGAL⸣ o | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x] an ⸢x⸣ [x x]-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢lak\y⸣ mu-[uk] | |
| 5' | [ki-i x x x x ina] {⸢uru⸣}A-MEŠ—dur-[na-ni] | |
| 6' | [mu-uk a-ta-a a-na DI]-mu LUGAL la tal-[li-ka] | |
| 7' | [mu-uk u₂-ma-a LUGAL] ⸢ID₂⸣ e-te-bir mu-uk\td | |
| 8' | [šum-ma a-na DI-mu] LUGAL tal-la-ka mu-uk\td LUGAL | |
| 9' | [SAG-ku-nu] im-at-tah\d e-mar-ku-nu | |
| 10' | [ma-a x]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ni kib-su\t an-ni-i ma-aʾ-du | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | [x x DUMU]—KA₂.DINGIR-MEŠ DUMU]—KA₂.DINGIR-MEŠ i—da-tu-u₂\m-a i—da-tu-u₂\m-a | |
| 12 | [i-du-lu] TA\p pa-an ap-ta\p-lah₃ | |
| 13 | [ad-du]-⸢ka⸣-šu-nu u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig | |
| 14 | [ina IGI] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia it-tal-ku-u-ni | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.