ABL 0057 (P334008)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334008 |
| 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 lord: your servant Nabû-nadin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk greatly bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:19] o 77– | [The king], my [lord] sent me (saying): "Go and perform a ritual for Šadditu!" — I did so, (but) I could not perform the rest of the ritual (because) I had to leave for the treaty. Why on earth did Šumaya hurry up from Calah and say to Šadditu: "I shall prepare and perform this [...] ritual for you!" |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | He should [...] have asked me! |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [......] ritual |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | I would have performed [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] performed [...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | I would have seen [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] Calah |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...] But he |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [... ca]me up |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | He [is not able to] perform (the ritual) "Excluding evil [from a person's home]," (but instead) [has exp]osed her. |
| Reverse [12:18] r 1313– | The king sent me; why did he hasten to per[fo]rm (the ritual)? He is not able (at all)! I will per[for]m it — or should I have learned from his example? |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| 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 | [LUGAL be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ iš-sap-ra-a-ni | |
| 8 | ⸢ma⸣-a a-lik dul-lu a-na | |
| 9 | {mi₂}KUR-i-ti e-pu-uš | |
| 10 | e-tap-aš₂ re-eh-te dul-li | |
| 11 | i-ba-aš₂-ši la e-pu-uš | |
| 12 | ina a-de-e at-ta-la-ka | |
| 13 | ina UGU-hi mi-i-ni {1}šu-ma-a | |
| 14 | ir-di-pa TA@v {uru}kal-lah₃ | |
| 15 | il-li-ka a-na {mi₂}KUR-i-ti | |
| 16 | iq-bi ma-a dul-lu šu-u₂ | |
| 17 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-ʾu-um-ma | |
| 18 | u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bat e-pu-sa-ak-ki | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ši lu-u iš-al-a-ni | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] a dul-lu | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ si | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣-u e-pu-uš | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x] ⸢e⸣-pu-uš | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] lu-u a-mur | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x]-ni | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] {uru}kal-lah₃ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] ⸢u₃⸣ šu-u₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x x e]-⸢ta⸣-li-ia | |
| 11 | [x x x x TAR]-⸢as GIR₃ HUL⸣-tim | |
| 12 | [x x x x] e-pa-aš₂ | |
| 13 | [u₂-se]-ṣi-a-ši LUGAL | |
| 14 | iš-sap-ra-a-ni | |
| 15 | a-ta-a šu-u₂ u₂-du-lih₃ | |
| 16 | ⸢e⸣-[ta]-⸢pa⸣-[aš₂] la-a le-ʾe-e | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | ⸢le⸣-[pu]-⸢uš⸣ u₂-la-a | |
| 18 | ina ŠU.2-šu₂ lu-u a-mur | |
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