ABL 1374 + (P334871)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1374 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334871 |
| Museum no. | BM 098993 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... N]N, so[n of ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] his mouth and hands [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | They should hand (him) over. His mouth [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] their wrists ...[...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | They should ..., and they should raise the ...[...] in their hands. |
| Obverse [7:20] o 8'8'–o 20'20' | If he in fact did not attack [me] and they are not handing (me) over, then he should say so before the king! The threat to my person about which I testified against them in the king's presence is the fact that they daily take an oath against me, saying: "Let's kill him!" But because they couldn't kill me they are speaking to the king's magnates, their allies, and they are filing complaints against me before the king. |
| Obverse [20:34] o 21'21'– | It was only when they said to me "Swear to us" about an earlier letter which I in fact had not sent to the king, that I sent my letter to the palace. I said nothing to them, but they still beat me! The king has seen this face of mine which they beat, but not one report or one oath against them enters the palace. They've turned the whole palace against me! |
| Reverse [8:15] r 99–r 1515 | May Marduk and Zarpanitu bless the king of the universe, my lord! The king must not deliver me into their hands! I am alone. I have no one. They beat me, and with each blow [...] I die. I have no one. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | What the king ...[...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [Let] the king [...] before the palace supervisor. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | If before someone el[se ...] |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | [...] let [them] appoint [...] |
| Reverse [19:21] r 2020–r 2121 | [...] I am dying! I [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Let the king give me [...] that I may do [...]. Let the king see my work [...]. |
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 x] | |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢x x x⸣—AŠ ⸢DUMU⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ pi-i-šu₂ u ŠU.2-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢li⸣-im-nu-u₂ pi-i-šu₂ [x x x] | |
| 5' | [x] ri-it-ti-šu₂-nu gi-[x x x] | |
| 6' | li-in-zu-u₂ u {giš}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7' | ina ŠU.2-šu₂-nu li-iš-šu₂-[u₂ x x] | |
| 8' | min₃-de-e-ma ul it-ba-[a x x] | |
| 9' | ul i-man-nu-⸢u₂ o li-iq-ba-ma⸣ | |
| 10' | ina pa-an LUGAL lu-mu-un | |
| 11' | a-na UGU UZU ša₂ ina pa-an LUGAL | |
| 12' | u₂-ki-in-nu-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 13' | UD-mu-us-su it-te-nim-mu-u₂-ni | |
| 14' | um-ma ni-da-ak-šu₂ | |
| 15' | ki-i šu₂-nu la id-du-ku-in-ni | |
| 16' | a-na {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 17' | {lu₂}EN-MEŠ—MUN-HI.A-šu₂-nu {lu₂}EN-MEŠ—MUN-HI.A-šu₂-nu | |
| 18' | i-qa-ab-bu-u₂-ma | |
| 19' | di-ib-bi-ia ina pa-an LUGAL | |
| 20' | u₂-ba-ʾa-a-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 21' | a-na UGU ši-pir-ti | |
| 22' | mah-ri-ti ša₂ a-na LUGAL | |
| 23' | la aš₂-pu-ra | |
| 24' | ki-i iq-bu-u₂-ni | |
| 25' | um-ma ti-ma-an-na-a-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-i ši-pir-ti a-na E₂.GAL | |
| 2 | aš₂-pu-ru ul at-ma-aš₂-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 3 | iṭ-ṭi-ru-in-ni pa-ni-ia | |
| 4 | ša₂ iṭ-ru-in-ni LUGAL i-ta-mar | |
| 5 | 01.en ṭe₃-en-šu₂-nu u 01.en ri-ki-is-su-nu | |
| 6 | la—pa-ni-šu₂-nu a-na ŠA₃-bi E₂.GAL | |
| 7 | ul er-ru-ub E₂.GAL gab-bi | |
| 8 | a-na UGU-hi-ia ul-te-ed-bi-bu | |
| 9 | {d}AMAR.UTU u {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | |
| 10 | a-na LUGAL ŠU₂ be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 11 | LUGAL ina ŠU.2-šu₂-nu la u₂-maš-ša₂-ra-an-ni | |
| 12 | e-du a-na-ku ma-am-ma-nu-u₂-a | |
| 13 | ⸢ia⸣-aʾ-nu i-ṭe-er-ru-in-ni-ma | |
| 14 | ina ŠA₃-bi 01-en mi-ih-ṣi [x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 15 | a-ma-ti-ma ma-am-[ma-nu-u₂-a] | |
| 16 | ia-aʾ-nu ša₂ LUGAL u₂-ša₂-[x x x x] | |
| 17 | LUGAL ina pa-an {lu₂}ša₂—IGI—E₂.[GAL x x x] | |
| 18 | ki-i ina pa-an mam-ma ša₂-[nam-ma x x] | |
| 19 | ⸢x x⸣ li-ip-qi₂-[du x x x] | |
| 20 | [x x x]+⸢x a⸣-ma-ta a-[x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | LUGAL lid-di-nam-ma lu-pu-uš-ma [x x x x] | |
| 2 | du-ul-la-a LUGAL li-mur [x x x x] | |
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