ABL 1453 + (P334916)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1453 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334916 |
| 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 king, my lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:12] o 44–o 1212 | Nabû-iqiša sent me the following report on Elam: "Two messengers of the son of Yakin went to meet the king's brother-in-law, saying: 'Go to the city of HAR.' The king's brother-in-law did not agree to return but said: 'I have reached the border, how can I return unopposed from a used-up territory without the king's permission?' |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | "He (then) sent one of his two messengers to the king of Elam, the other one [......] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | "The ki[ng]'s brother-in-law w[r]ote [to ...]: 'Bring us [the ...]s, so we shall give you [yo]ur men.'" |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'–r 8'8' | This report is not how the source of the scribe of the palace has it. If the king my lord (so) commands, he should send another one. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | It rained heavily on the 18th day. It (also) rained on the 23rd day. |
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 ⸢EN⸣-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—EN—GIN\d | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | ṭe₃-e-mu ša\m {kur}NIM {1}{d}AG\t—BA-ša₂ | |
| 5 | i-sap-ra ma-a 02 {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ {lu₂v}A—KIN-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ša\m DUMU—{1}ia-GIN\d ina ⸢ir⸣-ti\t | |
| 7 | {lu₂v}ha-tan LUGAL it-tal-ku-u-ni | |
| 8 | ma-a ina {uru}HAR a-lik ma-a {lu₂v}ha-tan LUGAL | |
| 9 | la i-ma-gur la i-sa-hur ma-a ina ta\m-hu-me | |
| 10 | ak-tal-da\d ma-a a-ke-e TA@v ŠA₃-bi | |
| 11 | kaq-qi-ri ga-am-ri ⸢la⸣ ma-har | |
| 12 | ma-a ša\m la pi-i LUGAL a-sa-hur | |
| 13 | ma-a 01-en {lu₂v}A—KIN {lu₂v}A—KIN TA@v {lu₂v}A—KIN-e-šu₂ {lu₂v}A—KIN-e-šu₂ | |
| 14 | ina IGI LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA i-sa-par | |
| 15 | ma-a 01-⸢en⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ ma | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {lu₂v}ha-tan ⸢LUGAL i-sap⸣-ra [ma-a x]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ni | |
| 4' | bi-la-na-⸢a⸣-ši {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ-[ku]-nu | |
| 5' | ⸢ni⸣-da-an-ak-ku-nu ṭe₃-mu an-ni-u | |
| 6' | la a-ke-e ša pi-i {lu₂v}A.BA—E₂\d.GAL {lu₂v}A.BA—E₂\d.GAL | |
| 7' | šu-tu-u-ni šum-ma LUGAL [be]-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 8' | lu-ša₂-ni-ʾa liš-pur | |
| 9' | UD 18-KAM₂\t zi-nu ma-aʾ-da it-ta-lak | |
| 10' | UD 23-KAM₂\t i-⸢zu-nun⸣ | |
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
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