ABL 0276 (P237791)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0276 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237791 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant Kudurru. May Aššur, Šamaš and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:11] o 55–o 1111 | After the king, my lord, had gone to Egypt and the eclipse took place in Tammuz (IV), there were no men of mine for the life of Assyria among them, (so) he sent (messengers) to every direction. Now then, let the king ask the messengers of their life. |
| Obverse [11:22] o 1212– | When I acquired the plant of life of the eclipse of Tammuz (IV), it disappeared in the king's presence. [I dispat]ched it [to the king], my lord, in th[e han]ds of Šumaya son of [Kabt]iya, in Nisan (I) last year, (yet) [up t]o now [the king] has given no order to me. |
| Reverse [1:11] r 22–r 1111 | I have sent many sorceresses to the king, my lord; the king may check. Nabû-zera-lišir the nephew of Zakir is an exorcist; he has performed the Bīt rimki, Egalkura and "Undoing-the-Curse" rituals for the commandant Bel-eṭir. |
| Reverse [11:16] r 1212–r 1616 | Did the king, my lord, not order me to visit him twice a year? |
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}ku-dur₂-ru | |
| 3 | {d}aš-šur {d}UTU u₃ {d}ŠU₂ | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu-ub ul-tu LUGAL EN | |
| 6 | a-na {kur}mi-ṣir il-lil-lik | |
| 7 | ina {iti}ŠU AN.MI iš-kun-nu | |
| 8 | ERIM-MEŠ-ia₂ a-na ba-la-ṭu ša₂ KUR—aš-šur | |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu ia-a-nu ana 15 u 150 | |
| 10 | il-tap-par a-du-u₂ | |
| 11 | {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-a-ta {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-a-ta TI-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | LUGAL li-iš-al šam-me TI | |
| 13 | ša₂ AN.MI ša₂ {iti}ŠU ki-i aš₂-ša₂-a | |
| 14 | a-na pa-ni LUGAL ih-te-liq | |
| 15 | šad-da-qad ina {iti}BARAG | |
| 16 | ina ⸢ŠU.2 {1}šu-ma-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 17 | {1}kab]-⸢ti⸣-ia | |
| 18 | [pa-an LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia | |
| 19 | [ul-te]-⸢bi⸣-li | |
| 20 | [LUGAL a-di] ⸢UGU⸣ en-na | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ṭe₃⸣-e-mu ul iš-kun-an-ni | |
| 2 | {1}{mi₂}kaš-šap-pa-a-ta | |
| 3 | ma-da-a-ta | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | al-tap-par LUGAL lu-ba-a | |
| 6 | {1}{d}PA—MU—SI.SA₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}za-kir-ru {lu₂}MAŠ šu-u₂ | |
| 8 | E₂—ri-me-ki E₂.GAL.KUR.RA | |
| 9 | u₃ ma-mi₃-i-ti u pa-ša₂-a-ri | |
| 10 | a-na {1}{d}EN—ŠUR {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ | |
| 11 | i-pu-up-uš | |
| 12 | ul-lu LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 13 | ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 14 | iš-kun-an-ni | |
| 15 | am-ma ina MU.AN.NA | |
| 16 | 02-šu₂ a-na pa-ni-ia | |
| 17 | al-ka | |
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