ABL 0056 (P334007)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334007 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To [the king], my l[ord]: your servant Nabû-nadin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk greatly bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:13] o 77– | At night the king will perform Maqlû, in the early morning the king will perform the balance of the ritual. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | Furthermore: the (periodic) rites of the month Ab (V) [which] will be performed on [the 28t]h day involve the presence of a figurine of Gilgameš. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | Should I perform (these rites) for the queen mother? What is it that the king says? |
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]}PA—SUM—MU | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 6 | a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | ša nu-bat-te ma-aq-lu-u | |
| 8 | LUGAL e-pa-aš₂ | |
| 9 | ina ṣip-pir-ra-a-te | |
| 10 | re-eh-te | |
| 11 | [dul]-⸢li⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ e-pa-aš₂ | |
| 2 | ⸢u₃⸣ ne₂-pe-⸢e⸣-[še ša] | |
| 3 | {iti}NE ša UD 28-⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| 4 | in-ne₂-pa-šu-⸢u-ni⸣ | |
| 5 | NU {d}GIŠ.GIN₂.MAŠ ⸢ib⸣-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃-bi il-lak | |
| 7 | a-na {mi₂}AMA—LUGAL {mi₂}AMA—LUGAL | |
| 8 | le-e-pu-u-šu | |
| 9 | mi-i-nu ša LUGAL | |
| 10 | i-qab-bu-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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