ABL 0036 (P333988)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333988 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-šumu-ereš. Good health to the king, [my lord]! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:16] o 66–o 1616 | Concerning the royal statues in the city of Harran, about which the king, my lord, wrote [to me]: "Write out for me the favourable month and day on which they should enter (the city), and also the place where they should stand" — [the month ...] is auspicious for the transportation and the [set]ting up (of the statues). [The relevant] interpretation is [as follo]ws: |
| Reverse [1:16] r 2'2'–r 16'16' | If it [is acceptable] to the king, my lord, the large royal statues should be erected on the right and the left side of the [Moon] god. The statuettes of the king's sons should be s[et up behind] and in front of the Moon god. The Moon, lord of the cr[own], will (then) every month without fa[il], in rising and [setting], unceasingly send h[appy] signs of long-lasting days, steady reign and increase in power to the king, my lord. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a]-na LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}15—MU—KAM-[eš] | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu a-na LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | ina UGU ṣa-lam LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ša ina {uru}⸢har⸣-ra-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 8 | ša LUGAL be-li iš-pur-[an-ni] | |
| 9 | ma-a ITI ⸢DUG₃.GA⸣ UD-mu [DUG₃.GA] | |
| 10 | ša ina ŠA₃-bi er-rab-[u-ni] | |
| 11 | u₃ [a].a-ka E₂ i-za-⸢zu⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 12 | šu-up-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 13 | {[iti}x a]-⸢na⸣ še-ru-[bi] | |
| 14 | [ša₂-zu]-⸢zi⸣ ṭa-a-[ba] | |
| 15 | [ki-i an-ni]-i pi-⸢šir₃⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 16 | [x x x x]-⸢na x⸣+[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [šum]-ma ina IGI ⸢LUGAL EN-ia⸣ [ma-hi-ir] | |
| 3' | ⸢ṣa⸣-lam LUGAL-MEŠ KALAG-[MEŠ] | |
| 4' | ZAG u KAB ⸢ša {d⸣}30 | |
| 5' | lu-ša₂-zi-⸢zu⸣ | |
| 6' | ṣa-lam-MEŠ ša DUMU-[MEŠ] | |
| 7' | ša LUGAL EN-ia ina [EGIR {d}30 | |
| 8' | ina IGI {d}30 lu-⸢ša₂⸣-[zi-zu] | |
| 9' | {d}30 EN a-[ge-e] | |
| 10' | ⸢ar⸣-hi-ša₂-am la na-[par-ka-a] | |
| 11' | ina ni-ip-hi u₃ [ri-i-bi] | |
| 12' | i-da-at ⸢du⸣-[un-qi] | |
| 13' | ⸢ša⸣ UD-MEŠ ⸢GID₂⸣.[DA-MEŠ] | |
| 14' | ⸢kun⸣ [o] ⸢BALA⸣-[e] | |
| 15' | na-da-⸢an⸣ kiš-šu₂-[ti] | |
| 16' | a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 17' | [la] ⸢i⸣-pa-ra-ka-⸢a⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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