ABL 1261 (P237694)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1261 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237694 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the crown prince, my lord: your servant Naṣiru. May Nabû and Marduk bless the crown prince, my lord! I pray daily to Nabû, Šamaš and Marduk for the sake of the life of the crown prince, my lord! |
| Obverse [7:17] o 88– | Why am I dying for lack of means and of cold? Five days ago the king said, "Give Naṣiru a house," but nobody has given a house to me. |
| Bottom [1:9] b.e. 1717– | Let me remind the crown prince my lord about it, and let them give me the house which the king promised so that I may not die of cold. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | May Šamaš and Marduk bless the crown prince, my lord! |
| Reverse [8:16] r 99– | May the crown prince my lord remind them about it, and let them give me the house so that I may recover in it, and let me (then) come up and stand in the presence of the king and the crown prince [...]. |
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 DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}na-ṣi-ru | |
| 3 | {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | UD-mu-us-su {d}PA {d}UTU | |
| 6 | u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na bu-luṭ ZI-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ša₂ DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL be-li₂-ia u₂-ṣal-li | |
| 8 | am—me-ni am—me-ni ina la pa-ši-ri | |
| 9 | ina ku-ṣu a-ma-a-ti | |
| 10 | 05 UD-MEŠ a-ga-a | |
| 11 | LUGAL iq-ta-bi | |
| 12 | um-ma E₂ a-na | |
| 13 | {1}na-ṣi-ru | |
| 14 | in-na-a | |
| 15 | mam-ma E₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | ul id-di-na | |
| 17 | a-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 18 | be-li₂-a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na UGU-hi | |
| 2 | lu-ša₂-ah-si-is-ma | |
| 3 | E₂ ša₂ LUGAL iq-bu-u₂ | |
| 4 | lid-di-nu-ni | |
| 5 | ina ku-ṣu la a-ma-a-ti | |
| 6 | {d}UTU u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 7 | a-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 8 | lik-ru-bu | |
| 9 | DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL be-li₂-a | |
| 10 | a-na UGU lu-ša₂-ah-si-is-ma | |
| 11 | E₂ lid-di-nu-nim-ma | |
| 12 | ina ŠA₃-bi lu-ub-luṭ-ma | |
| 13 | lu-lam-ma | |
| 14 | ina pa-[an o] LUGAL | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | u DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣-e | |
| 16 | ⸢lu-uz-zi⸣-iz | |
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