ABL 0006 (P333958)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333958 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | [To the king], my lord: your servant Adad-šumu-uṣur. [Good h]ealth to the king, my lord! [May Aššur], Sin, Šamaš, Adad, Marduk, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Tašmetu, Ištar of Nineveh, Ištar of Arbela, Ninurta, Gula, Nergal and Laṣ, the great gods of heaven and earth, very greatly [bless] the king, my lord, the truthful one, the benefactor and the lover of (his) people! |
| Obverse [8:13] o 99–o 1313 | Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote [to me]: "May Aššur, Šamaš and my gods hear all these words you wrote [to me]" — they have surely heard them, and all the great gods of heaven and earth that are c[alled by name] have heard with them. |
| Obverse [13:21] o 1414–o 2121 | As to what the king, [my lord], wrote to me: "I heard from the mouth of my father that you are a loyal family, but now I know it from my own experience" — the father of the king, my lord, was the very image of Bel, and the king, my lord, is likewise the very image of Bel. This (honour) has fallen to my share from the mouth of my two lords. Who can ever repeat it, who can vie with it? |
| Obverse [21:37] o 2222– | Because the king, my lord, has gathered us and allowed us to stay in his entourage, may all the great gods of heaven and earth do in the same way to the king, my lord, including his seed, name and offspring, and introduce them into their families! As long as the moon and the sun stay firmly in the sky, may they, 'with the black-headed people,' rule over the country forever! And we, including our family, shall beseech the name of the great gods of heaven and earth for the life and vigour of the king, my lord. May the king, my lord, see our grandchildren grow old! |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | Concerning the matter about which the king, my lord, said: "Ask Nabû-nadin-šumi, he will tell you", he has gone to Calah, I have not been able to ask him. |
| Reverse [9:15] r 1010–r 1515 | Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "I have made Marduk-šakin-šumi available, he will assist you. Behold my favour, (for) this is it." I know it is a favour! [May] god and man together with me ever[y day r[eward the favour o]f the king, my lord, a thousandfold! |
| Reverse [15:20] r 1616–r 2020 | On this very day I am n[o longer] inadequate; after this favour [...] of the king, my lord, [...] even the hearts of our dead ancestors and dead [... have become happy]. |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL] be-li₂-ia ARAD-ka {1}{d}IM—MU—PAB | |
| 2 | [lu] ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 3 | [aš-šur] {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IM {d}AMAR.UTU {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | |
| 4 | {[d]}AG {d}taš-me-tum {d}15 ša {uru}NINA{ki} | |
| 5 | {d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃ {d}NIN.URTA {d}gu-la | |
| 6 | {d}U.GUR {d}la-aṣ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ša₂ AN-e KI.TIM | |
| 7 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia ke-e-ni ṭa-ab-⸢ta⸣-ni | |
| 8 | ra-ʾi-mu ša UN-MEŠ a—dan-niš a—dan-[niš lik-ru-bu] | |
| 9 | ina UGU ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-[an-ni] | |
| 10 | ma-a da-ba-bu an-ni-u am—mar taš-[pur-an-ni] | |
| 11 | aš-šur {d}UTU u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ-ia liš-mi-[u₂] | |
| 12 | i-sa-u₂ a—dan-niš u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 13 | ša₂ AN-e KI.TIM ma-la šu-mu ⸢na⸣-[bu-u] | |
| 14 | is-se-šu₂-nu is-sa-u₂ ša LUGAL [be-li₂] | |
| 15 | iš-pur-an-ni ma-a ina pi-i ša₂ AD-ia₂ as-se-⸢me⸣ | |
| 16 | ki-i qin-nu ke-en-tu at-tu-nu-u-ni | |
| 17 | u₃ a-na-ku u₂-ma-a u₂-da a-ta-mar | |
| 18 | AD-šu₂ ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia ṣa-lam {d}EN šu-u | |
| 19 | u₃ LUGAL be-li₂ ṣa-lam {d}EN-ma šu-u₂ | |
| 20 | ina pi-i ša 02 EN-MEŠ-⸢ni-ia₂ i-tuq⸣-ta | |
| 21 | man-nu u₂-har u₂-ša₂-an-na man-nu i-ša₂-na-an | |
| 22 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-pa-hir-a-na-ši-ni | |
| 23 | ina IGI-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-ša₂-zi-iz-a-na-ši-ni | |
| 24 | DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ DU₃-šu₂-nu ša₂ AN-e KI.TIM | |
| 25 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ a-du NUMUN-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 26 | MU-šu₂ NUNUZ-šu₂ lu-šam-hi-ru | |
| 27 | ina qin-ni-šu₂-nu lu-še-ri-bu | |
| 28 | EN {d}30 u {d}UTU ina AN-e | |
| 29 | da-[ru-u]-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | it-ti ṣal-mat—⸢SAG.DU⸣ ṣal-mat—⸢SAG.DU⸣ a-na du-ur ⸢da-ar⸣ | |
| 2 | li-pi-lu ma-a-⸢tu⸣ u₃ a-ni-nu | |
| 3 | EN qin-ni-ni MU ⸢ša⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 4 | ša₂ AN-e KI.TIM a-na TI.LA ZI-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia nu-ṣa-al-la | |
| 6 | LUGAL be-li₂ a-na DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-ni DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-ni | |
| 7 | lu-par-ši-im ina UGU a-bi-te ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 8 | iq-bu-u-ni ma-a a-na {1}{d}PA—SUM—MU ša₂-al-šu₂ | |
| 9 | liq-ba-ak-ka a-na {uru}kal-ha i-ta-lak | |
| 10 | la aš₂-al-šu₂ ina UGU ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 11 | iš-pur-an-ni ma-a {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—GAR—MU us-sa-⸢riq⸣ | |
| 12 | is-se-ka i-za-az ma-a ṭa-ab-ti a-mur | |
| 13 | an-ni-tu ma-a ši-i ṭa-ab-tu a-ta-mar | |
| 14 | [MUN] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ia a-du 01-lim-šu₂ | |
| 15 | [u₂-mi]-⸢šam⸣ DINGIR u a-me-lu-tu is-si-ia | |
| 16 | [lu-ṣi]-⸢ip⸣ UD-mu-ma an-ni-i a-na-ku | |
| 17 | [u₂-di-ni] ⸢la⸣ e-ṣa ša MUN an-ni-tu | |
| 18 | [x x x x x] ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 19 | [x x x x x] ⸢u₃⸣ AD-MEŠ-ni me₂-tu-te | |
| 20 | [x x x x x]-⸢ti⸣ me₂-tu-ti ŠA₃-šu₂-nu | |
| 21 | [ib-tal-ṭa] | |
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