ABL 0960 (P393916)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0960 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393916 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1'1'–o 10'10' | [Of the ...s o]f Nab[û-...], no one remained in E[l]am, they have returned to Babyl[on]. They tell me the news of Marduk-šarru-uṣur: “We have seen (it); [he] went for dinner to Tammaritu in our presence.” [I] have sent other men, too, telling them to go and speak with him, return, and give me a sign from him. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | I sent (this) report to the king, my lord, as soon as I heard it; the king, my lord, should know (it). |
| Obverse [12:24] o 13'13'– | Earlier I told the king, my lord, that Šamaš-šumu-ukin will become hostile. When they heard of it, [hoping] to kill me, they ordered me to [... yo]ur gods with my hands, and (when) for that reason I grasped the king, my lord’s feet, [the king, my lord] sent to remove [... t]he Chaldeans [...] (and) the temple servants from Dur-Šarrukku. |
| Reverse [3:9] r 44–r 99 | The king, my lord, should not send them here. If it pleases the king, my lord, let the king, my lord, command that they should be shown a house in Nineveh and live there, and [let me] send my domestics of foreign origin, who were settled in Nippur, to live with them, and may the(ir) [ex]ile come to an end. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | [My bl]ood is in Assyria, among the blood of the land of Akkad. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [But t]he Chaldeans from Assyria |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...] in [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x]-a [x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ina {⸢kur}NIM⸣.MA{ki} 01+en | |
| 3' | ul im-mir-ka a-na TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki]} | |
| 4' | it-te-eh-su-ni ṭe₃-e-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 5' | ša₂ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—LUGAL—PAB i-qab-bu-u₂-ni | |
| 6' | ⸢um⸣-ma ni-ta-mar ina pa-ni-ni | |
| 7' | [a]-na NINDA-HI.A a-⸢na⸣ {1}tam-mar-i-te | |
| 8' | [i]-⸢te⸣-ru-⸢ub⸣ [u₃] {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ ša₂-nu-ti-ma | |
| 9' | [al]-⸢ta⸣-par um-ma al-ka-ma it-ti-šu₂ | |
| 10' | ⸢du⸣-ub-ba ih-sa-nim-ma i-da-as-su | |
| 11' | qi₂-⸢ba⸣-a-ni ṭe₃-e-mu ki-i ša₂ aš₂-mu-u₂ | |
| 12' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia al-ta-par LUGAL EN-a | |
| 13' | lu-u₂ i-di re-es-su a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 14' | aq-ta-bi um-ma {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA | |
| 15' | i-⸢nam-kir⸣ ki-i iš-mu-u da-ka-a | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ DINGIR-⸢MEŠ-ka⸣ ina ŠU.2-ia | |
| 17' | [x] ⸢x a iq⸣-bu-in-ni u a-na ŠA₃-bi | |
| 18' | [še-pi-ti ša₂] LUGAL EN-ia₂ aṣ-ba-tu₂ | |
| 19' | [x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}kal-da-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]-sa-ni {lu₂}la-mu-ta-nu | |
| 2 | ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢iš⸣-pur-am-ma ul-tu | |
| 3 | {uru}BAD₃—⸢LUGAL⸣-uk-ki i-bu-ku | |
| 4 | LUGAL EN-a a-na a-kan-na la i-šap-par-aš₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | ki-i IGI LUGAL EN-ia₂ mah-ru LUGAL EN-a | |
| 6 | liq-bi-ma E₂ ina NINA{ki} lu-kal-li-mu-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃-bi lu-ši-bu u {lu₂}UN-MEŠ E₂-ia₂ | |
| 8 | ri-hi-it {lu₂}KUR₂ ša₂ ina EN.LIL₂{ki} u₂-še-ši-bu | |
| 9 | [lu]-⸢uš⸣-pur-am-ma it-ti-šu₂-nu lu-ši-bu | |
| 10 | ⸢ga⸣-lu-u₂ liq-qi₂-ta-a ina KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 11 | [da]-⸢mi⸣-ia a-na ŠA₃-bi da-mi ša₂ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 12 | [x] {lu₂}kal-da-ni la KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 13 | [x] ⸢x⸣ i-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
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