ABL 0994 (P238056)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0994 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238056 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | Your servant Šullumu: I would gladly die for the king of the lands, my lord! May Uraš and Ninegal bless the king! [S]ay to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [5:16] o 66– | [The food] of the temple is excellent [and the b]eer of the temple is good. The temple of [the ki]ng is well. I pray [da]ily [to Ur]aš and Belet Eanna [for the good he]alth of the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | May [the king], my lord, appoint 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 | ARAD-ka {1}šul-lu-mu | |
| 2 | a-na di-na-an LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 3 | be-li₂-ia lul-lik | |
| 4 | {d}IB u₃ {d}NIN-E₂.GAL | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | ⸢um⸣-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-ma | |
| 7 | [NINDA]-HI.A-MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ ba-a-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 8 | [u₃] ⸢KAŠ⸣.SAG-MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ⸢ṭa⸣-a-bi šul-mu | |
| 10 | [a]-na E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 11 | [ša₂] LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 12 | [UD]-⸢mu⸣-us-su | |
| 13 | {[d]}⸢IB⸣ u {d}GAŠAN E₂.⸢AN.NA⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-na TIN] ZI-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 2 | [be-li₂-ia] u₂-ṣal-la | |
| 3 | [LUGAL] be-li₂-a | |
| 4 | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x] lip-qid-an-ni | |
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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