ABL 0045 (P333997)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333997 |
| 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 | T[o] the king, my lord: your ser[vant] Akkullanu. [G]ood health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:21] o 66– | It is my duty to praise them; I do it for the sake of the life of the king, my lord. Perhaps the king, my lord, will say, "What is (this) praise?" — it is the spindle (symbol); I carry it three days for Venus. The king, my lord, should know and hear (this, lest) the king, my lord, might say: "Why have I not learned and heard that you have to do (this)?" Now the king should know that I am doing (this). |
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 EN-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}ak-kul-la-nu | |
| 3 | lu-u šul-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | di-lil-šu-nu ina UGU-hi-ia₂ | |
| 7 | a-na bu-luṭ ZI-MEŠ-ti | |
| 8 | ša LUGAL EN-ia₂ a-da-lal | |
| 9 | is—su-ri LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 10 | ma-a mi-i-nu di-lil | |
| 11 | {giš}pi-laq-qu šu-u-tu₂ | |
| 12 | a-na {d}dil-bat a-na-aš₂-ši | |
| 13 | 03 UD-MEŠ-ti | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL be-li₂ lu u₂-di | |
| 2 | liš-me | |
| 3 | LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 4 | ma-a a-ta-a | |
| 5 | ki-i a-na e-pa-ši-ka-ni | |
| 6 | la-a u₂-di la-a aš₂-me | |
| 7 | u₂-ma-a LUGAL lu u₂-di | |
| 8 | ki-i e-pa-aš₂-u-ni | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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