ABL 1397 (P334883)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | ABL 1397 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334883 |
| Museum no. | BM 099159 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [The moon] was eclip[sed ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [fa]ll of oxen [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | o[f] horses [...] |
| Obverse [4:12] o 5'5'–o 12'12' | But attention should be paid to ransoming the king's [...]! "When it (or he) emerges during it, the king will be well." I have now brought up this matter and spoken to the king, (for) it concerns us. Have we now ...ed our case [li]ttle or much? And what harm (would it do)? |
| Obverse [12:18] o 13'13'– | [The king should indeed pay] attention to this matter. [Why], up to now, [the king] has not given [...]? [......]... |
| Reverse [3:8] r 44–r 88 | A reed [...] should be constructed, and (the ritual) "Giving a person's substitute to the Ereškigal" should be performed. You should stay in your palace, let them perform (the rituals) in another place. |
| Reverse [8:12] r 99–r 1212 | Why is nothing done month after mo[nth]? [It is] a fault! Something [will cer]tainly [ensue] from it! [......] Assyr[ia ...] |
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] mu ša₂ ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | {[d}30 AN.MI is-⸢sa⸣-[kan x x x x] | |
| 3' | [mi₃]-⸢qit⸣-ti ša GUD-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢ša⸣ ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ a-[x x] | |
| 5' | u₃ a-na pu-ud-de-e ša ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 6' | LUGAL uz-nu lu-u ša₂-kin ma-a ki-ma ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 7' | it-tu-ṣi ma-a a-na LUGAL DI-mu | |
| 8' | u₂-ma-a a-bu-tu an-ni-tu₂ | |
| 9' | us-se-ṣi-a a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ aq-ṭi-bi | |
| 10' | in-nu-u u₂-ma-a ⸢e⸣-ṣe-e | |
| 11' | mu-ud-de-e ni-iṭ-⸢ṭu⸣-nu | |
| 12' | u₃ mi-i-nu hi-[ṭu] | |
| 13' | [LUGAL] a-na a-be₂-te an-ni-te | |
| 14' | [i-ba-aš₂-ši u₂]-zu-un-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [liš-kun a-ta-a] ⸢a⸣-di a-kan-ni | |
| 2 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ la i-din-ma | |
| 3 | [x x x x x]-ni ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 4 | [x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ GI-MEŠ lu e-piš | |
| 5 | u₃ ⸢pu-u-hi LU₂⸣ ana {d}EREŠ.KI.GAL | |
| 6 | na-da-a-nu lu-u e-piš-ma | |
| 7 | at-ta ina ŠA₃ E₂.GAL-ka lu-u at-ta | |
| 8 | šu-nu ina ba-at-ti ša₂-ni-tim-ma | |
| 9 | le-e-pu-šu a-ta-a ša ITI a-⸢na ITI⸣ | |
| 10 | la in-ne₂-pa-aš₂-ma hi-ṭu [šu-u-tu₂] | |
| 11 | ⸢me⸣-me-e-⸢ni⸣ [i]-⸢ba-aš₂⸣-ši ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KUR—{d}aš-[šur x x] | |
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.