ABL 0065 (P334016)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0065 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334016 |
| 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/saa13 · 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 crown prince, my lord: your servant, Nabû-šumu-iddina. Good and abundant health to the crown prince, my lord. May Nabû and Marduk bless the crown prince, my lord. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | On the 3rd day of Iyyar (II), in Calah, the bed of Nabû will be set up and Nabû will enter the bed chamber. The 4th is the wedding night of Nabû. |
| Obverse [10:19] o 1111–o 1919 | The crown prince, my lord, knows that I am the 'inspector' of the temple of Nabû, your god. I should therefore go to Calah. The god will set out from the threshing floor of the palace. From the threshing floor of the palace he will come to the garden. There a sacrifice will be performed. |
| Obverse [19:27] o 2020– | The chariot-driver of the gods will go (with) the team of horses of the gods. He will bring the god out and back in again. He himself will then move on. |
| Reverse [5:13] r 66–r 1313 | Of the apprentice priests, whoever has a sacrifice to make will do so, and whoever brings even one seah of food may eat it in the temple of Nabû. For the sake of the life of the crown prince, my lord, they should perform the rites of their gods to perfection. |
| Reverse [13:20] r 1414–r 2020 | What are the written instructions of the crown prince, my lord? May Bel and Nabû, who are betrothed in the month of Shebat (XI), protect the life of the crown prince, my lord. May they extend your kingship to the end of time. |
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 DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—MU—SUM-na | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU a-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 6 | be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | UD 03-KAM₂ ša {iti}GUD {uru}kal-hi | |
| 8 | {giš}NA₂ ša {d}AG tak-kar-ra-ar | |
| 9 | {d}AG ina E₂—{giš}NA₂ E₂—{giš}NA₂ er-rab | |
| 10 | UD 04-KAM₂ qur-šu₂ ša {d}AG | |
| 11 | DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da | |
| 12 | {lu₂}ha-za-nu ša E₂—{d}AG | |
| 13 | DINGIR-ka a-na-ku | |
| 14 | la-al-lik [ina] {⸢uru⸣}kal-hi | |
| 15 | DINGIR ina ŠA₃ ad-ri E₂.GAL | |
| 16 | uṣ-ṣa TA@v ŠA₃ ad-ri E₂.GAL | |
| 17 | a-na {giš}SAR il-la-ka | |
| 18 | {udu}SISKUR ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 19 | [in]-ne₂-ep-aš₂ | |
| 20 | {[anše]}u₂-ru-u ša DINGIR-MEŠ-ni | |
| 21 | {⸢lu₂⸣}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ {⸢lu₂⸣}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša DINGIR-MEŠ-ni-ma il-lak | |
| 2 | DINGIR u₂-še-ṣa-a | |
| 3 | u₃ u₂-sa-ah-har | |
| 4 | u₂-še-rab šu-u₂ | |
| 5 | e-te-qa il-la-ka | |
| 6 | {lu₂}ŠAMAN₂.⸢LA₂⸣-MEŠ ša {udu}SISKUR-šu₂ | |
| 7 | i-ba-aš₂-šu₂-u-ni ep-pa-aš₂ | |
| 8 | ša 01 qa ak-li-šu₂ u₂-še-el-la-a | |
| 9 | ina E₂—{d}AG e-kal | |
| 10 | pa-ar-ṣi ša DINGIR-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 11 | a-na bu-luṭ nap-ša₂-a-te | |
| 12 | ša DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 13 | lu-šal-li-mu le-pu-šu₂ | |
| 14 | mi-i-nu ša DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 15 | be-li₂ i-šap-par-an-ni | |
| 16 | {d}EN {d}AG ša ina {iti}ZIZ₂ | |
| 17 | ha-šad-da-ša₂-nu-u-ni | |
| 18 | nap-ša₂-a-te ša DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 19 | be-li₂-ia li-iṣ-ṣu-ru | |
| 20 | šar-ru-ut-ka | |
| 21 | a-na ṣa-at UD-me lu-ša₂-li-ku | |
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