ABL 0496 (P237815)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0496 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237815 |
| 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/saa13 · 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 king, my lord: your [servant], Rašil. [Goo]d health to the king, my lord. May Marduk and Zarpanitu grant you long days, everlasting years, happiness, and physical well-being. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88–o 1111 | The 3rd of Elul (VI) is the clothing (ceremony) of Bel; the 4th day is the grand opening of the gate. The king, my lord, knows (this). |
| Obverse [11:24] o 1212– | Iddin-ahi and Ina-qibi-[Bel], the two clergymen about whom [they issue]d an or[de]r [to me], saying: "Send them" — they have gone to the king, my lord. Now let the king, my lord, send them back here so that they can serve with me at this clothing (ceremony). |
| Reverse [7:13] r 88– | The king knows that I myself am taking care of the clothing (ceremony) according to orders and that there is no one else with me. The king should do as he deems best. |
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 EN-ia₂ | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-ka {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR | |
| 3 | [lu]-u₂ šu-lum a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {d}AMAR.UTU u {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | |
| 5 | UD-mu GID₂.DA-MEŠ MU.AN.NA-MEŠ da-rat | |
| 6 | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi u ṭu-ub UZU | |
| 7 | li-qi₂-šu-nik-ka | |
| 8 | UD 03-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}KIN | |
| 9 | {tug₂}lu-bu-uš-ti ša₂ {d}EN | |
| 10 | UD 04-KAM₂ pi-it—KA₂ pi-it—KA₂ GAL-u₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 11 | LUGAL EN-a i-di | |
| 12 | {1}SUM-na—ŠEŠ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | u₃ {1}ina—qi₂-bi—{d}[EN PAB-šu₂] | |
| 14 | {lu₂}⸢TU⸣—E₂ {lu₂}⸢TU⸣—E₂ ki-lal-⸢le⸣-[e] | |
| 15 | ša₂ ⸢ṭe₃⸣-[e]-mu ⸢iš⸣-[kun-u-ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | um-ma šu-pur-aš₂-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 2 | a-na pa-an LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 3 | it-tal-ku-ni en-na | |
| 4 | a-na UGU lu-bul-ti | |
| 5 | a-ga-a LUGAL EN-a | |
| 6 | liš-pur-aš₂-šu₂-nu-tim-ma | |
| 7 | it-ti-ia₂ li-iz-zi-zu | |
| 8 | LUGAL i-di a-na ṭe₃-mi-i | |
| 9 | a-na-ku mam-ma ša₂-nam-ma | |
| 10 | ⸢it⸣-ti-ia₂ ia-aʾ-nu | |
| 11 | [a-pa]-qi₂-id lu-bu-uš-ti | |
| 12 | a-ki-i ša₂ LUGAL i-le-u₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | li-pu-uš | |
Sources & licences
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