ABL 0007 (P333959)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333959 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-šumu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | The charge of the 'Lady of Cults' is doing very well; the king, my lord, can be very happy indeed. |
| Obverse [6:24] o 77– | May Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Adad, Nu[sku], Jupiter, Venus, Marduk, [Zarpanitu], Nabû, Tašmetu, Sa[turn], Mercury, Lady [of Nineveh], Lady of Kidmuri, [Lady] of Arbela, Ninurta, [Gula], Nergal and Laṣ, the great gods of heaven and earth, the gods dwelling in Assyria, [the gods] dwelling in Akkad, and all the gods of the world [very greatly bless the ki]ng, [my lord], and may they give [the king], my [lord, long days of life, numerous years, happiness, physical well-being, health and vigour]! |
| Reverse [4:17] r 55–r 1717 | As firmly as the moon [and the s]un are established in the sky, so firmly may the kingship of the king, my lord, and his descendants, be established in the whole world! May [they (= the gods) let] the king, my lord, see Assyria, Akkad and all the countries prosper. May they grant the king, my lord, happiness, [physical] well-being, joyful mind, extended old age, very long reign, increase of descendants and a still larger number of offspring. |
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 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}IM—MU—u₂-ṣur | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | a-na pi-qit-ti ša {d}GAŠAN—GARZA | |
| 5 | DI-mu a—dan-niš ŠA₃-bu ša₂ LUGAL EN-[ia] | |
| 6 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lu-u ṭa-a-ba | |
| 7 | {d}aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IM {d}⸢PA⸣.[TUG₂] | |
| 8 | {d}SAG.ME.GAR {d}dil-bat {d}AMAR.UTU {⸢d⸣}[zar-pa-ni-tum] | |
| 9 | {d}AG {d}taš-me-tum {d}UDU.[IDIM.SAG.UŠ] | |
| 10 | {d}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD {d}šar-⸢rat⸣—{[uru}NINA{ki]} | |
| 11 | {d}šar-rat—kid-mu-ri {d}[šar-rat] | |
| 12 | {uru}arba-il₃ {d}NIN.URTA {⸢d⸣}[gu-la] | |
| 13 | {d}U.GUR {d}la-aṣ DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 14 | ša AN-e u KI.TIM DINGIR-[MEŠ] | |
| 15 | a-ši-bu-ti KUR—{d}aš-šur{[ki} DINGIR-MEŠ] | |
| 16 | a-ši-bu-ti KUR—ak-ka-[di-i] | |
| 17 | DINGIR-MEŠ KUR.KUR-MEŠ ka-li-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 18 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 19 | [a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [UD-MEŠ GID₂-MEŠ MU.AN.NA-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | [ma-aʾ-da-a-te ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi] | |
| 3 | ⸢ṭu⸣-[ub UZU DI-mu ba-la-ṭu] | |
| 4 | a-na [LUGAL be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ li-di-nu | |
| 5 | ki-i ša₂ {d}30 [u {d]}⸢UTU⸣ ina AN-e | |
| 6 | kun-nu-u-ni LUGAL-u₂-[tu₂] | |
| 7 | ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia ša NUMUN ⸢NUMUN⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 8 | ina DU₃ KUR.KUR lu kun-na-[at] | |
| 9 | ne₂-me-el KUR—{d}aš-šur{[ki]} | |
| 10 | ne₂-me-el KUR—ak-ka-⸢di⸣-[i] | |
| 11 | ne₂-me-el KUR.KUR-MEŠ DU₃-ši-[na] | |
| 12 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lu-⸢kal⸣-[li-mu] | |
| 13 | DUG₃.GA ŠA₃-bi DUG₃.GA [UZU] | |
| 14 | nu-um-mur ka-bat-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 15 | la-bar UD-MEŠ ru-qu-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 16 | šul-bur pa-le-e ru-up-[pu-uš] | |
| 17 | NUMUN šum-u₂-du lil-li-[di] | |
| 18 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ li-qi₂-[šu] | |
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