ABL 0026 (P333978)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333978 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk]-šakin-šumi. The best of h[ealth] to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! [May they s]ate the king, my lord, with old age and fullness of life! |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010– | [...] and the night [of the 2]0th day [...... before Si]rius |
| Bottom [0:5] b.e. 13b.e. 13– | (b.e. 13) (Break) |
| Reverse [2:9] r 33–r 99 | If it is convenient, let the king, my lord, put on white clothes on the 20th, and ask for food at a polished table. |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1010– | (As) the king, my lord, knows, it is a house of mourning. |
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]—dan-niš | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL | |
| 6 | EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | ši-bu-tu₂ lit-tu-tu | |
| 8 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 9 | [lu]-⸢šab⸣-bi-u₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x] mu-šu₂ | |
| 11 | [ša UD] 20-KAM₂\t | |
| 12 | [ina IGI {mul}GAG].SI.SA₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 14 | [x x x x] ki | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x] ⸢ṣu⸣-mu-ri | |
| 2 | [x x]-ti | |
| 3 | šum-mu ta-ri-iṣ | |
| 4 | UD 20-KAM₂\t ku-zip-pi | |
| 5 | BABBAR-[MEŠ] LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 6 | li-in-tu-uh | |
| 7 | ina UGU {giš}BANŠUR | |
| 8 | ṣu-up-pi NINDA-HI.A | |
| 9 | ⸢le⸣-ri-ši | |
| 10 | LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da | |
| 11 | E₂ ta-dir-ti | |
| 12 | ⸢šu⸣-u₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 13 | [ša {1}{d}AMAR].⸢UTU⸣—GAR—MU | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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