ABL 0050 (P334002)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334002 |
| 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 lo]rd: your servant Akkul[lanu]. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May I hear (about) the king, my lord's health and well-being in the answer to my letter. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | Concerning the observation of the moon and the sun, [her]e is the relevant interpretation: |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212–o 1414 | If on the 14th of Tebet (X) [the moon] is not seen [with the s]un: [there will be deaths], and the god will eat. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [If on the 15th day the moon and the sun are seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the country, and the enemy] will demolish [the city gates]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [If] (the opposition) is observed [on the 15th day]: bad for Akkad, [g]ood for the Eastland and the Westland. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | If a fog rolls in Tebet (X): eclipse of all countries." |
| Reverse [5:12] r 6'6'–r 12'12' | Concerning the king's sacrifices which are performed in the kanūnu festival, shall I go and supervise the sacrifices? Or shall I stay here? What is it that the king says? (If I didn't ask), the king, my lord, would say: "Why did you not remind me?" |
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 | šul-mu ša LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 7 | u₃ ṭu-ub UZU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 8 | ina ŠA₃ gab-ri e-gir₂-ti-ia₂ | |
| 9 | la-aš₂-me | |
| 10 | ina UGU ta-mar-ti 30 u 20 | |
| 11 | [an-ni]-u pi-še-er-šu₂ | |
| 12 | 1 ina] {⸢iti⸣}AB UD 14-KAM₂ | |
| 13 | {[d}30 KI {d]}⸢UTU⸣ NU IGI-ir | |
| 14 | [UŠ₂-MEŠ GAR-MEŠ] ⸢DINGIR KU₂⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [KA₂.GAL-MEŠ {lu₂}KUR₂] ⸢i⸣-na-⸢qar⸣ | |
| 2' | [UD 15-KAM₂] IGI.LAL-ma HUL KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 3' | ⸢SIG₅ {kur⸣}NIM u {kur}MAR | |
| 4' | 1 ina {iti}AB IM.DUGUD iq-tur | |
| 5' | AN.MI KUR.KUR | |
| 6' | ina UGU {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ ša LUGAL | |
| 7' | ša ina ka-nu-ni in-ne₂-pa-aš₂-a-ni | |
| 8' | al-la-ka a-za-za ina IGI {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ | |
| 9' | u₂-la-a an-na-ka ana-ku | |
| 10' | mi-i-nu ša LUGAL i-qab-bu-ni | |
| 11' | LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bi u | |
| 12' | ma-a a-ta-a | |
| 13' | la tu-šah-si-sa-a-ni | |
Sources & licences
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