ABL 0263 (P237903)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0263 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237903 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the mother of the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šuma-lišir. May Šamaš and Marduk show concern for the health of the mother of the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:14] o 66– | The slave girl in the house of Šamâ who was entrusted to my care — once the ritual of the eclipse becomes timely, it will be performed on her. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | The queen mother said: "They should give rams." If it is acceptable to the queen mother, let them appoint that the rams are given to the chief of accounts of the palace. |
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 AMA—LUGAL AMA—LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—MU—SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | {d}UTU u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 4 | šul-mu ša₂ AMA—LUGAL AMA—LUGAL | |
| 5 | EN-ia₂ liš-ʾa-a-lu | |
| 6 | {mi₂}qal-la-ti | |
| 7 | ša₂ ina E₂ {1}ša₂-ma-aʾ | |
| 8 | ša₂ ina pa-ni-ia₂ paq-da-tu | |
| 9 | ⸢ul⸣-tu dul-la | |
| 10 | ša₂ AN.MI i-ba-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | ina UGU-hi-šu₂ | |
| 12 | in-ne₂-ep-pu-uš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | AMA—LUGAL AMA—LUGAL um-ma | |
| 2 | UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ lid-di-nu | |
| 3 | ki-i pa-ni AMA—LUGAL AMA—LUGAL | |
| 4 | mah-ru a-na {lu₂}GAL—NIG₂.ŠID {lu₂}GAL—NIG₂.ŠID | |
| 5 | ša₂ E₂.GAL | |
| 6 | lip-qi₂-du-ma | |
| 7 | UDU.NITA₂-ME lid-di-nu | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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