ABL 1128 (P237266)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1128 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237266 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [To the king of the lands], my [l]ord: [your servant, Nabû-šu]mu-lišir. [May Nabû and Marduk g]ive the king of the lands, [my lord], long [d]ays, [ev]erlasting [years, a jus]t [sceptre], and an [everlasting] throne. |
| Obverse [6:16] o 77– | A messenger [of the son of] Ya[t]a'-ilu, from [Šap]azzu, has come [to] Birati, the city of the king, my lord. Having prepared him for the journey, I am herewith sending him to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | And now I am keeping the watch of the king, my lord. |
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 KUR.KUR] ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG]—⸢MU⸣—SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | {[d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU] ⸢UD⸣-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 4 | [MU.AN.NA-MEŠ] ⸢da⸣-ra-a-ti | |
| 5 | {[giš}NIG₂.PA i-šar]-⸢tu⸣ {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 6 | [da-ru-u₂ a-na] LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 7 | [be-li₂-ia lid]-di-nu {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN | |
| 8 | [ša₂ DUMU {1}ia-⸢ta⸣—i-lu | |
| 9 | {[lu₂}ša₂]-⸢pa⸣-zu-u₂-a | |
| 10 | [a-na] {⸢uru⸣}bi-ra-a-ti | |
| 11 | URU ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 12 | ki-i il-li-ka | |
| 13 | KASKAL.2 a-na GIR₃.2-šu₂ | |
| 14 | ⸢ki⸣-i aš₂-ku-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 2 | al-tap-raš-šu₂ u ⸢a⸣-du-u₂ | |
| 3 | a-na-ku ma-⸢aṣ-ṣar⸣-ti | |
| 4 | ⸢ša₂⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ a-⸢na-aṣ-ṣar⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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