ABL 0808 (P237687)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0808 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237687 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | T[o the kin]g of the lands, my lord: your servant, Marduk. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king of the lands, my lord. May Bel and Nabû let the lord of kings, my lord, attain whatever the lord of kings aspires to. |
| Obverse [9:20] o 1010– | [Nabû]-zera-iddin, [a citizen of Bo]r[s]ippa, [allied himself with] Ṣillaya and they [ma]de [Na]bû-ušezib, the [P]uqudean, into an enemy. Also, he was [a]ctive in the palace of Sippar, saying: "I am a haruspex." |
| Reverse [6:17] r 77– | Ever since the lord of kings installed me in Borsippa, I have been looking for him but have not found him. N[o] one who sins against the lord of kings [e]scapes. Now, under the aegis of the lord of kings, he has fallen into my hands and I am herewith sen[ding him] to the lord of kin[gs, 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 EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}mar-duk | |
| 3 | {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na | |
| 4 | LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu {d}EN u {d}AG | |
| 6 | mim-ma ma-la a-šar pa-ni | |
| 7 | ša₂ EN LUGAL-MEŠ šak-nu-uš | |
| 8 | ⸢ŠU.2 ša₂ EN LUGAL-MEŠ EN-ia | |
| 9 | ⸢lu-šak⸣-ši-du | |
| 10 | {1}{d}AG]—NUMUN—SUM-na | |
| 11 | [DUMU] ⸢BAR₂.SIPA⸣{ki} | |
| 12 | [x x x] {1}ṣil-la-a | |
| 13 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}{d]}⸢AG⸣—u₂-še-zib | |
| 2 | {[lu₂]}⸢pu⸣-qu-da-a.a | |
| 3 | [u₂]-šak-ki-ru | |
| 4 | ⸢u₃⸣ ina E₂.GAL ša₂ sip-par{ki} | |
| 5 | ⸢MURUB₄⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ ra-ak-su | |
| 6 | um-ma {lu₂}HAL a-na-ku | |
| 7 | ul-tu UGU ša₂ EN LUGAL-ME | |
| 8 | a-na bar-sip{ki} u₂-še-rib-an-ni | |
| 9 | ki-i u₂-ba-ʾu-u₂-šu₂ | |
| 10 | ul a-mur-šu₂ mam-ma ša₂ a-na | |
| 11 | EN LUGAL-MEŠ i-haṭ-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 12 | ⸢ul ip⸣-par-šid en-na | |
| 13 | ina GIŠ.MI ša₂ EN LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | a-na ŠU.2-ia ki-i | |
| 15 | in-qu-tu a-na | |
| 16 | ⸢pa⸣-ni EN ⸢LUGAL⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 17 | [EN-ia] ⸢al⸣-tap-⸢raš⸣-[šu₂] | |
Sources & licences
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