ABL 0954 (P237926)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0954 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237926 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [May] Nabû and Marduk [ble]ss the king, [my lord]! |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Your servant [NN]. |
| Obverse [3:12] o 44–o 1212 | [As] the king last year summoned [his scholars, he did not] summon me with [them], (so) I wrote to the palace: "The apprentices whom the king appointed in my charge have learned Enūma Anu Enlil; what is my fault that the king has not summoned me with his scholars?" |
| Obverse [12:18] o 1313– | The king said: "Have no fear, I will summon you." But when I departed from there, up to now the king has not summoned me. |
| Reverse [0:11] r 1r 1–r 1111 | Now the king has summoned scribes great and small, but the king has not sum[moned] me, not with the [...] nor with [the ...]. |
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 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 2 | a-na LUGAL [be-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru]-bu | |
| 3 | ARAD-ka {1}x x x x x] | |
| 4 | šad-da-qad₃ [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | LUGAL SAG {lu₂}[um-ma-ni-šu₂] ⸢iš⸣-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 6 | LUGAL it-ti-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu SAG-a ul] ⸢iš⸣-ši | |
| 7 | a-na E₂.GAL ⸢al⸣-tap-ra | |
| 8 | um-ma {lu₂}ŠAMAN₂.MAL₂.LA₂-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ša₂ LUGAL ina pa-ni-ia₂ ip-qi₂-du | |
| 10 | 1 UD—AN—{d}EN.LIL₂ il-ta-an-du | |
| 11 | um-ma mi-nu-u₂ hi-ṭu-u₂-a | |
| 12 | LUGAL it-ti {lu₂}um-ma-ni-šu₂ | |
| 13 | SAG-a ul iš-ši LUGAL iq-ta-bi | |
| 14 | um-ma la ta-pal-lah₃ um-ma ⸢SAG⸣-ka | |
| 15 | a-na-aš₂-ši u la ŠA₃-bi | |
| 16 | ki-i e-lu-u₂ a-di UGU en-na | |
| 17 | LUGAL SAG-a ul iš-ši | |
| r | ||
| 1 | en-na LUGAL SAG {lu₂}DUB.SAR-MEŠ | |
| 2 | ra-bu-u₂ u ṣe-eh-ru LUGAL | |
| 3 | ki-i iš-šu-u₂ a-na-ku | |
| 4 | ul it-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x]-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ul-la it-⸢ti⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti | |
| 6 | LUGAL SAG-a [x x x]-ti | |
| 7 | pi-[i x x x ip]-⸢qi₂⸣-du | |
| 8 | LUGAL [x x x x x]-ni | |
| 9 | u ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]-a | |
| 10 | a-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]-ia₂ | |
| 14 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]-nu | |
| 15 | a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x]-di | |
| 16 | lu-u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | LUGAL ⸢EN⸣ [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 18 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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