ABL 1284 (P395150)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1284 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395150 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | a[s ...... |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [not] ye[t ...... |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | work [...... |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | with you [...... ... |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | in heaven [...... ... |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | the Elam[ites ...... |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | like servants [...... |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | to the land of Ak[kad ..... |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | does not agr[ee ...... |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | As soon as one [...... |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | from the town [...... |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | the town Alu[...... ... |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | the town Sam[...... |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | ... and Bit-P[N ...... |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | of the town Kišadu [...... |
| Obverse [16:18] o 17'17'–o 18'18' | Susa plus the town [...... |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Regarding his servant Nabû-bel-[šumati ...... |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | we [...] a canvas in [...... |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | “Catch the servant and [send him] to [my presence!” ...... |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | We caught him; we hear[d ...... |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | the messenger of the king of Assyria [...... |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | we mobilized [...]. Nabû-bel-š[umati]’s [body ...... |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | In order to make his heart beat [...... |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [“Wrap] the corpse in salt and c[ress ... and] take (pl.) it away! |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | The son of N[abû-bel-šumati ...... ... |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | I took them to [...... |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | They went out to [...... ... |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | in the neck [...... ... |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | Let [them ...] the corpse [...... |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | let them gather [...... |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | they wrote [...... |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | [they] g[o ...... |
| Reverse [17:20] r 18'18'–r 20'20' | sen[t ...... |
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' | ⸢ki⸣-[i x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-di-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ši-ip-ri [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | it-ti-ka ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina AN-e ⸢i⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | {lu₂}{kur}NIM.[MA{ki}MEŠ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ki-i ARAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | a-na KUR—⸢URI⸣{[ki} x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ul i-man-[gur x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | aš₂-ša₂ 1.⸢en⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ul-tu₂ {uru}⸢hi⸣-[da-lu x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | {uru}a-lu-⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | {uru}sa-am-⸢u₂⸣-[na x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | a-nu u {uru}E₂—{1}⸢ki⸣-[si-ia x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | ša₂ {uru}ki-ša₂-di-hu-bu [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | {⸢uru⸣}šu-ša₂-⸢an⸣ a-⸢di {uru⸣}[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢a⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ina UGU ARAD-šu₂ {1}{d}PA—EN—[MU-MEŠ x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-ni-ni ša₂-ah-hu ina [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ARAD ṣab-ta-nim-ma a-na [pa-ni-ia šu-bi-la x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ni-iṣ-ṣab-ta-šu₂ ni-il-te-⸢mu⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN ša₂ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | nid-ka-a ša₂ {1}{d}PA—EN—⸢MU⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | aš₂-šu₂ šu-ku-ud ŠA₃-bi ⸢ŠU⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ša₂-lam-du ina MUN ku-[dim-me x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ab-ka-a DUMU {1}{d}[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | a-tab-ka-aš₂-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | it-ta-ṣa-a a-na [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | ina ti-ik-ki [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ša₂-lam-du li-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | lip-hu-ru [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | is-sap-ru [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | il-⸢la⸣-[ku x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | il-tap-⸢ra⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19' | lu-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 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)
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