ABL 1360 (P334864)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1360 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334864 |
| 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 [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | We set out [......], and thanks to the gods [who are well disposed towards the king] and have accepted your gift with pleasure, we passed the Maliasû river like a quiet river bed. |
| Obverse [5:13] o 6'6'– | I arrived at the Inner City on the 18th. The inhabitants of the Inner City acted in the same way (as before): offering tables were set up and sacrifices were being made. They anchored the boats on the river before the Gate of Aššur. My canopy was set up aboard, and I am staying on the river and keeping watch until the day I depart. The king, my lord, can be pleased indeed. |
| Bottom [3:5] b.e. 13'13'– | As long as the bed is aboard, regular sheep offerings are being made in front of it. |
| Reverse [0:9] r 1r 1–r 99 | Perhaps the king, my lord, [will say]: "[When are you] going to depart from the Inner City [......]?" I am waiting [... for the] troops; right now [...... the governor] of Arrapha [...... |
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]-⸢ta⸣-ar-⸢da⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [nu]-ut-ta-am-me-ša₂ ⸢DINGIR-MEŠ⸣ [ša TA@v LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 3' | ⸢sa⸣-al-mu-ni na-mur-ta-ka ina IGI-šu₂-nu mah-⸢ra-tu₂-ni⸣ | |
| 4' | e-tap-šu₂ {id₂}ma-li-a-su-u₂ ne₂-ta-at-qa\d | |
| 5' | ki-i ša\d ŠA₃-bi ID₂ ne₂-e-hi | |
| 6' | UD 18-KAM ina {uru}ŠA₃—URU aq-ṭi₂-rib ki-i an-ni-ma | |
| 7' | {uru}ŠA₃—URU-a.a e-tap-šu₂ {giš}BANŠUR-MEŠ rak-sa | |
| 8' | {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ it-ta-as-hu ina ID₂ ina IGI KA₂—aš-šur KA₂—aš-šur | |
| 9' | {giš}MA₂-MEŠ iṣ-ṣab-tu {tug₂}maš-ki-ni ina ŠA₃-bi ma-hi-ṣi | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | ina UGU ID₂ kam-mu-sa-ku EN.NUN\m a-na-ṣar | |
| 11' | a-di\d ŠA₃ UD-me ša u₂-nam-maš-u-ni | |
| 12' | ŠA₃-bu\p ša\y LUGAL EN-ia a—dan-niš lu DUG₃.GA-šu₂ | |
| 13' | UD-MEŠ ša\yd {giš}NA₂ ina ŠA₃-bi-ni {udu}da-⸢ri⸣-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina IGI ⸢i-na⸣-su-hu i—su-ri LUGAL be-[li₂] | |
| 2 | [i-qab-bi ma]-⸢a UD-mu⸣ [ša] TA@v\m {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x tu]-nam-ma-ša₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x ina IGI {lu₂v]}ERIM-MEŠ a-da\d-gal an-nu-rig | |
| 5 | [x x x x x {lu₂v}EN.NAM] ⸢ša\y⸣ {uru}arrap-ha | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x ina ši]-⸢a⸣-ri šu₂-u | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ na | |
Sources & licences
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