ABL 0805 (P240255)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0805 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240255 |
| 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 Mard[uk]: I would gladly die for [the vizier, my lord]! May Nabû and [Marduk] bless my lord! Say to the vizier, [my] lord: |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | [No one] is able to intercede [for me] as my lord. By Bel and Nabû, the gods [of the king, ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | of a slave and a manserv[ant ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | to pull [......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | And the vizier [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | and with you [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] to his presence [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [Now] then [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | my lord [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | in [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | he [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Now [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | there is [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | as a gift [...] and [...] |
| Reverse [7:10] r 8'8'–r 10'10' | May they appoint me! May I know that I a[m] the king's messenger! Otherwise my heart will not be all right. |
| Reverse [10:14] r 11'11'–r 14'14' | If he has paid them as a gift to Ezid[a], let me hear about it as soon as possible; let me know that he handles it in accordance to the command of my lord. |
| Reverse [14:19] r 15'15'– | I have se[nt] to my lord a very good sash [...] (and) a very good [...], without [...]; a sash of the gods [......]. |
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}mar-⸢duk⸣ [o] | |
| 2 | a-na di-na-an {lu₂}[SUKKAL be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 3 | lul-lik {d}AG u₃ {[d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 4 | a-na be-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru-bu [um-ma-a] | |
| 5 | a-na {lu₂}SUKKAL be-li₂-[ia₂-a-ma] | |
| 6 | ma-la-a ṣa-bat a-bu-ut-[ti-ia mam-ma] | |
| 7 | ki-i be-li₂ la ma-[ṣi] | |
| 8 | d.EN u₃ {d}AG DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša₂ LUGAL] | |
| 9 | lu-u₂ i-du-u₂ ki-i [x x x x] | |
| 10 | ša₂ {lu₂}qal-la u₃ {lu₂}⸢TUR⸣ [x x] | |
| 11 | ša₂-da-du-um-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12 | u₃ {lu₂}SUKKAL ul-[x x x x] | |
| 13 | ⸢u₃⸣ it-ti-ka [x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x] a-na pa-ni-šu₂ [x x x x] | |
| 15 | [en-na] a-du-u₂ a-[na x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | a-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | be-li₂-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | i-na [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | iš-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | en-na [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | i-ba-⸢aš₂⸣-[ši x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ki-i šul-ma-nu [x x x] ⸢u₃⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | lip₂-qid-du-u₂-nu lu-u₂ i-⸢di⸣ | |
| 9' | ki-i {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri ša₂ LUGAL a-na-[ku] | |
| 10' | ia-a-nu-u₂ ŠA₃-bi-a ul i-ša₂-[ar] | |
| 11' | ki-i šul-ma-nu a-na E₂.ZI.⸢DA⸣ | |
| 12' | i-pul-šu-nu ha-an-ṭiš ṭe₃-e-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 13' | lu-u₂-uš-me-e-ma lu-u₂ i-⸢di⸣ | |
| 14' | ki-i ša₂ pi-i be-li₂-ia₂ ip-⸢pu⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 15' | 01-en {tug₂}UR₂ bab-ba-nu-u₂ ta-[x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | bab-ba-ni-ti ša₂ la ta-[x x] | |
| 17 | a-na be-li₂-ia₂ ul-te-[bi-la] | |
| 18 | {tug₂}UR₂ ša₂ [x] DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 19 | ⸢ki⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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