ABL 0844 (P237960)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0844 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237960 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] 11–66 | Your servant Belšunu: I would gladly die for the vizier, my lord! May Marduk and Zarpanitu bless my lord! Say to my lord: |
| Obverse [6:12] 77–1212 | Certain Babylonians, members of the nobility, friends who are loyal to the king and the vizier, my lord, have written to me from Babylon. Send us [go]od news, whatever is appropriate! |
| Obverse [12:19] 1313–1919 | Whenever Nabû-ahhe-eriba goes out to the bridges at their command, [the so]n of Nabû-[ahhe-er]iba [op]posite to ...[...] |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | He (= Bel) has ordained that the son of Yakin be ousted [from] Babylon, and he has also spoken about the king's entry to Babylon. |
| Reverse [4:15] r 5'5'–r 15'15' | Perhaps Bel will act so the king can perform a ritual and hear him. Let my lord do everything possible so the army can come here and the king will attain his objective. I am one who blesses my lord. I pray daily to Marduk and Zarpanitu for the good health of my lord. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}EN-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | a-na di-na-an {lu₂}SUKKAL | |
| 3 | be-li₂-ia lul-lik | |
| 4 | {d}AMAR.UTU u {d}zar-pa-ni-tum a-na be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu um-ma-a | |
| 6 | a-na be-li₂-ia-a-ma | |
| 7 | {lu₂}TIN.TIR{ki}MEŠ šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | DUMU—ba-ni-i DUMU—ba-ni-i EN-MEŠ—MUN EN-MEŠ—MUN | |
| 9 | ša₂ a-na UGU LUGAL u {lu₂}SUKKAL | |
| 10 | be-li₂-ia₂ am-ru ul-tu TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 11 | il-tap-ru-u₂-ni ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 12 | [ṭa]-⸢ba⸣ šu-pur mu-u₂-mu | |
| 13 | ⸢as⸣-ma-at-ti im—ma-ti im—ma-ti | |
| 14 | {1}{d}AG]—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—eri-ba | |
| 15 | [i-na] pi-šu₂-nu a-na giš-re-e-ti | |
| 16 | ⸢u₂⸣-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 17 | ⸢DUMU⸣ {1}{d}AG—[ŠEŠ-MEŠ]—⸢eri⸣-ba | |
| 18 | [i-na] ⸢UGU⸣-hi ni-[x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x ša₂] DUMU—{1}ia-ki-na | |
| 2' | [ul-tu] TIN.TIR{ki} iq-ta-bi | |
| 3' | [a-na] ⸢UGU⸣ e-re-bi ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4' | a-na TIN.TIR{ki} iq-ta-bi | |
| 5' | min₃-de-e-ma {d}EN ip-pu-uš-ma | |
| 6' | LUGAL dul-lu ip-pu-uš-ma | |
| 7' | i-šem-meš ma-la-a | |
| 8' | be-li₂ lik-pid₂-ma e-mu-qu | |
| 9' | lil-li-ku-nim-ma | |
| 10' | LUGAL ṣi-bu-us-su | |
| 11' | lik-šu-ud ka-ri-bi | |
| 12' | ša₂ be-li₂-ia₂ a-na-ku | |
| 13' | UD-mu-us-su {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 14' | u {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | |
| 15' | a-na TIN ZI-MEŠ ša₂ be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 16' | u₂-ṣal-li | |
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