ABL 0054 (P237816)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0054 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237816 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | To the king's daughter, my lady: your servant, Nabû-nadin-šumi. I pray every day to Bel, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Nanaya, and Tašmetu for the life of the king of the universe, my lord, and for the life of the king's daugh[ter], my lady. |
| Obverse [8:22] o 99– | Zarpan[it]u, the a[u]gust lady, has made you happy. Just as I pray to Bel and Nabû for the happiness of the king of the universe, my lord, and of the king's daughter, my lady, (so) may Bel and Nabû turn the happy faces of the king, my lord, and the king's daughter, my lady, towards me. |
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.MI₂—LUGAL DUMU.MI₂—LUGAL | |
| 2 | GAŠAN-ia ARAD-ki | |
| 3 | {1}{d}AG—na-din—MU | |
| 4 | UD-mu-us-su {d}EN | |
| 5 | {d}⸢zar⸣-pa-ni-tum {d}AG | |
| 6 | {d}na-na-a u {d}taš-me-tum | |
| 7 | ana TIN ZI-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL ŠU₂ be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 8 | u DUMU.⸢MI₂⸣—LUGAL DUMU.⸢MI₂⸣—LUGAL GAŠAN-ia u₂-ṣal-li | |
| 9 | {⸢d}zar⸣-pa-⸢ni-tum⸣ GAŠAN ⸢ṣir⸣-ti | |
| 10 | ŠA₃-ba-ki tu-ṭi-ib-ki | |
| 11 | a-⸢ki⸣ ša₂ {d}EN ⸢u {d}AG⸣ | |
| 12 | a-na ṭu-ub ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 13 | ša₂ LUGAL ŠU₂ be-li₂-ia | |
| 14 | u DUMU.MI₂—LUGAL DUMU.MI₂—LUGAL GAŠAN-ia₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | u₂-ṣal-lu-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {d}EN u {d}AG pa-an | |
| 2 | ⸢ha⸣-du-ti ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 3 | u₃ ša₂ DUMU.MI₂—LUGAL DUMU.MI₂—LUGAL DUMU.MI₂—LUGAL GAŠAN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | a-na UGU-hi-ia₂ | |
| 5 | liš-ku-nu | |
Sources & licences
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