ABL 0561 (P393846)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0561 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393846 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] 50 m[en] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] you did not [...]. |
| Obverse [3:11] o 4'4'–o 11'11' | They proceeded against them, and you saw nothing. Issaran-mušallim could go out, run about, and re-enter (Babylon) as he wished, and again you saw nothing. Should the same thing happen once more, would he not escape and get away just like that? |
| Obverse [11:20] o 12'12'– | Ever since those times you have kept watch and made yourself a good name in my presence; and you are enjoying your 'salt' for this in my presence. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | I know that from the very beginning those people have not loved you, and that you do not love them either, but love the house of your lords. |
| Reverse [5:17] r 66–r 1717 | No doubt you are thinking like this: "The job is do[ne]." But certainly the guard is doubly essential today, as life has begun to get narrow for them! Now, just as you have from the beginning stood by, kept watch and made yourself a good name in my presence, stand by even now and [...] your house [......] |
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] ni ⸢da⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x]-⸢me⸣-50 {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢la⸣ tu-uṣ-[x x] | |
| 4' | ina UGU-hi-šu-nu e-ta-at-qu | |
| 5' | la ta-mu-ra {1}{d}KA.DI—mu-šal-lim | |
| 6' | ki-i ŠA₃-bi-šu it-tu-ṣi | |
| 7' | id-du-lu is-su-hur | |
| 8' | e-ta-rab la ta-mur-a-ma | |
| 9' | lu šu-u₂ šu-u₂ ih-liq | |
| 10' | la ki-i an-nim-ma-a | |
| 11' | u₂-še-zib il-lik TA@v\dm ŠA₃ | |
| 12' | UD-MEŠ am-ma-a-te ma-ṣar-tu₂ | |
| 13' | ta-at-ta-aṣ-ra | |
| 14' | šu-un-ku-nu ina IGI-ia | |
| 15' | tu-dam-mi₃-iq-qa | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16' | ṭa-ab-ta-ku-nu | |
| 17' | ina ŠA₃-bi ina IGI-ia | |
| 18' | nak-[x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na-ku ud-da TA@v\dm [re]-še | |
| 2 | UN-MEŠ am-mu-u₂-te | |
| 3 | la ra-i-mu-te-ku-nu | |
| 4 | u₃ at-tu-nu la ta-ra-a-ma-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | ra-i-mu-te ša₂ E₂—EN-MEŠ-ku-nu E₂—EN-MEŠ-ku-nu | |
| 6 | at-tu-nu la ki-i an-ni-e | |
| 7 | ta-qab-bi-a ma-a dul-lu | |
| 8 | [gam]-mur la u₂-ma-a šu-u₂ | |
| 9 | ma-aṣ-ṣar-tu ne₂-me-il | |
| 10 | i-si-qa-aš₂-ša₂-nu-u₂-ni | |
| 11 | u₂-ma-a ki-i ša₂ TA@v\dm re-še | |
| 12 | ta-zi-za-a-ni ma-ṣar-tu | |
| 13 | ta-ṣur-a-ni šu-un-ku-nu | |
| 14 | ina IGI-ia tu-dam-mi₃-qa-a-ni | |
| 15 | u₂-ma-a i-ti-is-sa | |
| 16 | [x x] E₂-ku-nu | |
| 17 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ ud ⸢x⸣ ši | |
Sources & licences
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