ABL 1022 (P395715)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1022 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395715 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [A tablet of Assurbani]pal, king [of Assyria], t[o Tamma]ritu, king of Elam. I am well; may [you] be well. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Concerning these forces which were dis[solved], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | they were not dis[solved] gratuitously — [...]. |
| Obverse [5:11] o 66–o 1111 | As to th[ese] Rašians who caused hi[ndrances] ]in your back (and) w[rote] about subjugation of that country, they have now been ousted from Assyria and have gone as far as the lan[d of GN]. And there they will offset to me [their] mi[sdeeds], or [s]tay [...]. |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212–o 1414 | Fear not! N[ow ... th]at [I have done you] ma[ny] favors, [y]ou in your turn [......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | Nabû-bel-šumati [......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...] perhaps [......] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] you [......] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [...] Elamite [......] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [... th]at you have been s[afe.....] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | my [...] you [......] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [...] your feet [......] |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | a writing-board [......] |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | a king who before [......] |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | with 30 or 40 sons [......] |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | 1,650 persons [......] |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2727–o 2727 | has stationed [......] |
| Obverse [27:28] o 2828–o 2828 | who in my presence [......] |
| Obverse [28:29] o 2929–o 2929 | is establised [......] |
| Obverse [29:31] o 3030– | and to my men [......] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 31b.e. 31–b.e. 31b.e. 31 | whether the dinner which I [......] |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 3232–b.e. 3232 | by my order [......] |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 3333–b.e. 3333 | I shall remove by my order [......] |
| Bottom [3:5] b.e. 3434– | [I shall] give to you. Wi[ne ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [......] send [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [which] I have [...] done to [you] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...... in]stead [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [... Umma]naldasi [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [... will ap]pear [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [......] stay. Is your sign |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] Humb[an ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [.....] you [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [.....] before [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [......] Aššur [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [......] in your presence [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [......] cohort [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [...... of]ficial[s ...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | have not [...] your [...] |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | have n[ot li]ned up [to] guard you [......]. |
| Reverse [18:25] r 1919–r 2525 | I have [done] and given to you this favor which not (even) a father has done for a son. As for you, remember [this], unremittingly strive to pay me back these [many] favors, and [guard] and remember [the treaty] which I made you swear before [all] the gods of heaven and ea[rth]! |
| Reverse [25:26] r 2626–r 2626 | [Month of] Elul (VI), 16th day, [eponym year of NN]. |
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 | [IM {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A] LUGAL [KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 2 | a-[na {1}tam]-⸢mar⸣-ID₂ MAN {kur}NIM.MA{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 3 | DI-mu ia-a-ši lu-u DI-mu a-[na ka-a-ša₂] | |
| 4 | ina UGU e-mu-qi₂ an-nu-ti ša ⸢ip⸣-[ṭu-ru-ni] | |
| 5 | la im—ma-ga-a-ni im—ma-ga-a-ni ip-paṭ-⸢ru⸣ [x x] | |
| 6 | ina UGU {lu₂}{kur}ra-ša₂-a.a an-[nu-ti] | |
| 7 | ša ina ku-tal-li-ku-nu ip-⸢rik⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 8 | ina UGU kab-bu-si ša KUR šu-u ⸢iš⸣-[pur-u-ni] | |
| 9 | u₂-ma-a TA@v\dm KUR—aš-šur{ki} u-ru a-di {⸢kur⸣}[x x x] | |
| 10 | it-tal-ku u₃ am-ma-ka sam-[ka-a-ti-šu₂-nu] | |
| 11 | ⸢u₂⸣-šam-hur-u₂-ni u₂-la-a ⸢na⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 12 | [i]-za-zu la ta-pal-lah₃ u₂-[ma-a x x] | |
| 13 | ⸢ki⸣-i ṭa-ba-a-te ma-aʾ-da-[a-te e-pu-šak-ka-ni] | |
| 14 | [at]-ta tu-ra ⸢TA@v\dm⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | {1}{d]}PA—EN—MU-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x] ⸢x⸣ is—su-ri [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x]-e-te at-ta [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x] ⸢iṣ⸣-ṣi-nu u₂-⸢se⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x] {kur}NIM.MA-a.a [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | [x] ⸢x⸣ ta-ad-⸢din⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x] ⸢x⸣-ia ta-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 22 | [ina] GIR₃.2-MEŠ-ka [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 23 | {giš}U₅.LI.⸢UM⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 24 | LUGAL ša ina pa-⸢an⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 25 | TA@v\dm 30 40 DUMU-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 26 | 01-lim 06-me 50 ZI-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 27 | us-sa-zi-ii-zi [x x x x x x x] | |
| 28 | ša ina IGI-ia e-⸢rab⸣-[u-ni x x x x x x] | |
| 29 | ku-un-na-at ba-la-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 30 | u₃ a-na ERIM-MEŠ-ka up-[x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 31 | ⸢u₃⸣ nap-tu-nu ša ana-ku [x x x x] | |
| 32 | ina pi-ia ṭa-⸢bu⸣-[x x] | |
| 33 | ina pi-ia a-na-aš₂-šar ⸢a⸣-[na x (x)] | |
| 34 | [ad]-⸢dan-na⸣-ak-ka u du-[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] ni tik ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x u₂]-še-bal-⸢ak⸣-[ka] | |
| 3 | [MUN-MEŠ ša tu]-ra e-pu-⸢šak⸣-[ka-ni] | |
| 4 | [at-ta-ma hu-us-sa ina] ku-u₂-me [e-pu-uš] | |
| 5 | [šal-lim-an-ni {1}um]-⸢man⸣-al-da-[si 0 | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢na⸣ mar ⸢a⸣ [x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x]-za-za it-ta-⸢na⸣-a | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x u₂]-⸢ma⸣-a an-⸢nu⸣-[rig] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ u₂-[x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢at⸣-ta [x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ina ⸢IGI⸣ [x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ im [x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x] ša₂ aš-šur ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ-ia] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x] ina IGI-⸢ka⸣ [x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x TA@v\dm pa-an du]-⸢a⸣-ki us-[se-zib] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢še⸣-me ⸢u₂⸣-[qi₂] | |
| 17 | ⸢ma-a x⸣+[x x x x]-me-ka la [x x x x x] | |
| 18 | EN.NUN-⸢ka⸣ i-⸢na⸣-[aṣ]-ṣu-ru an-nit ⸢MUN⸣ 0 | |
| 19 | ša₂ AD a-na DUMU la ep-pa-aš₂-u-ni ana-ku [e-ta-pa-aš₂] | |
| 20 | at-ta-an-na-ak-ka at-ta-[ma] | |
| 21 | hu-us-sa ṭa-ba-a-te an-na-a-[ti ina ku-u₂-me] | |
| 22 | e-pu-uš di-lip šal-lim-an-ni u₃ [a-de-e] | |
| 23 | ša₂ ina IGI DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ AN-e u₃ KI.[TIM 0 | |
| 24 | u₂-tam-mu-ka-a-[ni] ⸢u₂⸣-[ṣur 0 | |
| 25 | ⸢lu⸣-u-tir₂-⸢ak-ka⸣ 0 | |
| 26 | {[iti]}KIN UD 16-⸢KAM₂\t⸣ [lim-mu {1}x x x] | |
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