ABL 1371 (P334869)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1371 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334869 |
| Museum no. | BM 098979 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | The scribe [...] left [his post and did not do] the king's work, saying: "Why [...] my father?" |
| Obverse [3:9] o 4'4'–o 9'9' | They ap[pointed] me in his stead, (and) I stood by and [served] your father. I [...ed] in Naṣibina, [GN] (and) Hamedê; I [did] work for the king (and) [gave] booty to the king. |
| Obverse [9:14] o 10'10'–o 14'14' | Last year in Tebet (X), [when I was] in the presence of the king, my lord, [...] report of the Palace [...]. I exacted silver from the me[rchants] and [gave] it to the king. |
| Obverse [14:23] o 15'15'– | The [...] of the king, [my] lord, [...] had no[t] yet [...], [...] to Barhalza, (when) the scribe returned to my service [...]. He had st[ood] in the middle of kings, [but] did not inqui[re about] the king's health and did not tell it to me. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 55–r 99 | Now the [scribe] has entered the king's presence. [They have] dism[issed ...] without the king's permission, heedlessly [...ed] the king's house, and [mistreated] a girl servant of mine and my people. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | Is it a country of the king? May [...]! |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Why do the merchants [...] me here [...]? |
| Reverse [12:15] r 1313–r 1515 | May the king, lord of the kings, my lord, enquire about what I [spoke] in the presence of the king, my lord. Without [...], without [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [......] in [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | {lu₂}A.BA [x x x] a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | ur-ta-am-me dul-li LUGAL [la e-pu-uš] | |
| 3' | ma-a a-ta-a AD-u-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | ia-a-ši ku-um-mu-šu ip-[taq-du-ni] | |
| 5' | a-ti-it-zi AD-ka ⸢as⸣-[x x x] | |
| 6' | ina {uru}na-ṣi-bi-na ina {⸢uru⸣}[x x x] | |
| 7' | ina {uru}ha-me-de-e ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 8' | dul-lu a-na LUGAL e-[ta-pa-aš₂] | |
| 9' | {lu₂}hu-ub-tu₂ a-na LUGAL [a-ti-din] | |
| 10' | MU.IM.MA ina {iti}AB [ki-i] | |
| 11' | ina pa-an LUGAL EN-ia [a-na-ku-ni] | |
| 12' | ṭe₃-mu ša E₂.GAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 13' | KUG.UD TA@v IGI {lu₂}⸢DAM⸣.[QAR-MEŠ] | |
| 14' | a-ta-as-ha a-na LUGAL [a-ti-din x x] | |
| 15' | ša LUGAL EN-[ia x x] | |
| 16' | u₂-di-na ⸢la⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17' | a-na {kur}bar-hal-za [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂}A.BA ina pa-na-tu-u-a [x x] | |
| 2 | i-su-hu-ra i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3 | bir-ti LUGAL-MEŠ i-ti-[ti-zi] | |
| 4 | DI-mu ša LUGAL la iš-⸢al⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5 | la iq-bi-ia u₂-ma-a {lu₂}[x x x] | |
| 6 | ina pa-an LUGAL e-ta-rab i-[x x] | |
| 7 | ba-la-at LUGAL up-ta-[ti-iu-u] | |
| 8 | la im-mal-ku E₂ LUGAL [x x x] | |
| 9 | {mi₂}TUR-a UN-MEŠ-a i-⸢ta⸣-[x x] | |
| 10 | šu-tu₂-u₂ KUR ša LUGAL li-[x x x x] | |
| 11 | ia-a-ši {lu₂}DAM.QAR-MEŠ-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 12 | ina UGU mi₃-i-ni a-ka-ni i-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 13 | ina UGU ša ina pa-an LUGAL EN-ia a-[x x] | |
| 14 | LUGAL EN LUGAL-MEŠ-ni be-li₂ liš-⸢al⸣ | |
| 15 | ša la ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ ina ba-la-at [LUGAL x] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x] ina du-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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