ABL 0498 (P237841)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0498 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237841 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant, Rašil. Good health to the king, my lord. May Marduk and Zarpanitu bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | Your temples are well. I have made the statues which the king, my lord, ordered. I have made the crown of Anu which the king, my lord, ordered. (Both) the sun disks about which I spoke to the king and the ...-emblems have been made. |
| Obverse [8:26] o 99– | About what I said to the king, my lord: "The 12 minas of gold which came in to me as gifts for Bel I have made into rosettes and ...-ornaments for Zarpanitu." I will now fashion the seals which the king, my lord, gave me. The gems going on the crown of Anu, and those gems of yours going on the sun disks are stored in the treasury of the temple of Aššur. No one can open (it) without the authority of the priest and Nabû-eṭir-napšati. I have now written to the king, my lord, that the king send me anyone whom the king, my lord, pleases to open (the treasury), so that I can finish (the work) and give it to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [0:11] r 1r 1–r 1111 | I am the who blesses the king, my lord. I trust in the king, my lord. I pray to Marduk and Zarpanitu for the life, happiness, health, and longevity of the king, my lord. I must not become estranged from the king, my lord. Marduk-zeru-ibni is slandering me because he trusted Urdu-Nabû and Nadinu. I, (on the other hand,) trust in the king, my lord. May the eyes of the king be upon me. |
| Reverse [11:15] r 1212–r 1515 | Marduk-zeru-ibni has opened the chests (under) the seals of Šuma-iddin and removed gems from them. The king should know (this). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia ARAD-ka {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR | |
| 2 | lu-u₂ šul-mu a-na MAN be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 3 | {d}AMAR.UTU u₃ {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | šul-mu a-na E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ-ka E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ-ka | |
| 6 | ALAM-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL U-a iq-ba-a e-te-pu-uš | |
| 7 | AGA {d}a-nim ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a iq-ba-a DU₃-uš | |
| 8 | AŠ.ME-MEŠ ša₂ a-na LUGAL aq-bu-u₂ | |
| 9 | u a-ša₂-an-na-nu ep-šu₂ ša₂ ana LUGAL U-ia | |
| 10 | aq-bu-u₂ um-ma 12 MA.NA KUG.GI | |
| 11 | ša₂ a-na šul-ma-na-a-ti a-na {d}EN | |
| 12 | i-ru-ba ina pa-ni-ia a-na a.a-ru | |
| 13 | u₃ te-en-šu₂-u₂ ša₂ {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | |
| 14 | e-te-pu-uš {na₄}KIŠIB-ME ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-a | |
| 15 | id-di-na a-du-u₂ ep-pu-uš | |
| 16 | ana ŠA₃ AGA {d}a-nim di-ga-lu | |
| 17 | il-la-ku u₃ a-na ŠA₃ AŠ.ME-MEŠ | |
| 18 | di-ga-li-ka il-la-ku | |
| 19 | ina E₂—nak-kam-du E₂—nak-kam-du ša₂ E₂—AN.ŠAR₂ ša₂-kin | |
| 20 | ša₂ la {lu₂}SANGA u {1}{d}AG—KAR—ZI-MEŠ | |
| 21 | mam-ma ul i-bat-ti | |
| 22 | en-na a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia al-tap-ra | |
| 23 | mam-ma ša₂ pa-ni MAN U-ia mah-ru | |
| 24 | LUGAL liš-pu-ram-ma lip-te-e-ma | |
| 25 | lu-qat-ti-ma ana LUGAL U-ia lud-din | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ka-ri-bu ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ana-ku | |
| 2 | a-na UGU LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ra-ah-ṣa-ku | |
| 3 | {d}AMAR.UTU u {d}zar-pa-ni-tum ana TIN ZI-MEŠ | |
| 4 | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU u la-bar UD-me | |
| 5 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia u₂-ṣal-li | |
| 6 | la ŠA₃ LUGAL U-ia la el-li | |
| 7 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—NUMUN—ib-ni a-na UGU {1}ARAD—{d}AG | |
| 8 | u {1}na-di-nu ki-i it-tak-lu dib-bi-ia₂ | |
| 9 | bi-iʾ-šu₂-tu i-dab-bu-ub u a-na-ku | |
| 10 | a-na UGU LUGAL be-li₂-ia tak-lak | |
| 11 | IGI.2 ša₂ LUGAL lu-u₂ ana UGU-hi-ia | |
| 12 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—NUMUN—ib-ni {giš}šad-da-a-nu | |
| 13 | {na₄}KIŠIB ša₂ {1}MU—SUM-na | |
| 14 | ip-ti-ti NA₄-MEŠ | |
| 15 | ul-tu ŠA₃-bi it-ta-ša₂-a | |
| 16 | LUGAL lu-u₂ i-du | |
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