ABL 1047 (P240261)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1047 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240261 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Your servant Ina-tešî-eṭir [...: I would gladly die] for the king of the lands, [my lord]! May Nabû and [Mar]duk bless the king of the lands, my lord! Esaggil and Babylon, the temples of the king of the lands, my lord, are well. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | The news of Babylon is excellent. [I pray] daily for the health, joy, and life of the king, my lord, and for the attainme[nt of his] trium[ph]. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 11–r 66 | The 1st day [... is the ... of] Nergal, the mighty lord [...], the able, perfect one, who [...]. I [utter] prayers of benediction [to him] daily, bless the king of the lands, my lord, and shall kiss [the feet] of the king of the lands in Babylon. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | I stay in the service of the governor and the master of the palace, guarding the night('s rest) of the ki[ng of the lands, 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ARAD-ka {1}ina—SUH₃—KAR [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | a-na di-⸢na-an⸣ LUGAL KUR.KUR [be-li₂-ia lul-lik] | |
| 3 | d.AG u {d}[AMAR].UTU a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 4 | šu-lum a-na E₂.SAG.IL₂ u₃ TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 5 | E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia₂ ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 6 | ša₂ TIN.TIR{ki} ma-aʾ-diš ba-ni UD-mu-us-su | |
| 7 | a-na ṭu-ub UZU hu-ud ŠA₃-bi ba-⸢laṭ ZI-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 8 | u₃ ka-šad ir₃-ni-it-[ti-šu₂ u₂-ṣal-li] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | UD 01-⸢KAM₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {d}U.GUR EN gaš-ri ⸢EN⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | le-u₂ git-ma-li ša₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | a-na-ku UD-mu-us-su ik-⸢ri⸣-[bu-šu₂ a-qab-bi] | |
| 5 | LUGAL KUR.KUR be-la-a a-kar-rab ⸢x x⸣ [x GIR₃.2 | |
| 6 | ša₂ LUGAL KUR.KUR ina TIN.TIR{ki} a-na-aš₂-ši-iq | |
| 7 | u ina pa-an {lu₂}EN.NAM u {lu₂}GAL—E₂.GAL {lu₂}GAL—E₂.GAL | |
| 8 | u₂-šu-uz-za-ak u mu-ša₂ ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia] | |
| 9 | a-na-aṣ-ṣar | |
Sources & licences
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