ABL 0017 (P333969)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333969 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To the ki]ng, my lord: [your servant] Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me, I am heeding it and am currently making the preparations. |
| Obverse [7:15] o 88– | As a matter of fact, there is little room for manoeuvering. If it is acceptable to the king, my lord, those others should perform (their rite only) after these have done with their performance. Or [should we choose anot]her place? |
| Reverse [1:15] r 22–r 1515 | [Nabû-g]a[mil has come] to Nineveh [and said that] Remutu, the [exorcist] who is in the service of the crown prince, is ill. Nabû-tartiba-uṣur, Šumaya son of Nabû-zeru-[lešir], Urad-Gula, Nabû-le'uti, [Be]l-naṣir: anyone of [the]se bearded courtiers [whom] the king, my lord, might choose can (fill his post and) serve the crown prince. |
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}AMAR.UTU—GAR—MU | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu ina UGU ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 6 | iš-pur-an-ni as-sa-nam-me | |
| 7 | an-nu-ri u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bat | |
| 8 | ket-tu kaq-qu-ru a-na sa-⸢da-ri⸣ | |
| 9 | e-ṣe šum-mu ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 10 | ma-hir ki-ma an-nu-ti [o] | |
| 11 | e-tap-šu₂ e-ta-at-⸢qu⸣ | |
| 12 | am-mu-ti le-⸢pu⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 13 | u₂-la-a kaq-⸢qu⸣-[ru o] | |
| 14 | [ša₂-ni]-⸢um-ma⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {1}{⸢d⸣}[PA]—⸢ga⸣-[mil] | |
| 3 | ina ⸢NINA{ki⸣} [it-tal-ka ma-a] | |
| 4 | {1}re-mu-tu₂ {⸢lu₂⸣}[MAŠ.MAŠ] | |
| 5 | ša ina IGI DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN ma-⸢ri⸣-[iṣ] | |
| 6 | {1}{d}PA—⸢SU⸣—PAB | |
| 7 | {1}šu-ma-a DUMU {1}{d}PA—NUMUN—[GIŠ] | |
| 8 | {1}ARAD—{d}gu-la | |
| 9 | {1}{d}PA—ZU-u₂-ti | |
| 10 | {1}{[d]}⸢EN⸣—PAB-ir | |
| 11 | [o ina] IGI DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN | |
| 12 | [TA@v ŠA₃] {⸢lu₂⸣}ziq-na-nu | |
| 13 | [o an]-⸢nu⸣-ti man-nu | |
| 14 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ | |
| 15 | [i]-qab-bu-u-ni | |
| 16 | li-iz-ziz | |
Sources & licences
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