ABL 0109 (P334058)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0109 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334058 |
| 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 Urad-Nanaya: The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Ninurta and Gula give happiness and physical well-being to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | Aššur-mukin-palu'a is doing very well. The king should not be afraid of this fever which has two or three times seized him; his pulse is normal and sound; he is well. |
| Obverse [12:17] o 1313– | The baby, the crown prince and [all] the children [of the king, my lord] are (likewise) doing well. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | Concerning the cure of the teeth about which the king wrote to me, I will (now) begin with it; there are a great number of remedies for (aching) teeth. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Is it (true that) you have been concerned about yourself?" — |
| Reverse [8:15] r 99– | when am I ever free? I take care of Aššur-mukin-paleya; and as soon as I saw him healthy (again), I came for the health of the king. |
| Right [0:4] r.e. 15r.e. 15– | Now, O king, my lord, I should be released for a full month! I must do something — otherwise I shall die. |
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-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}ARAD—{d}na-na-a | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu ad—dan-niš ad—dan-niš | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5 | {d}MAŠ u {d}gu-la DUG₃-ub lib-bi | |
| 6 | DUG₃-ub UZU-MEŠ a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 7 | lid-di-nu šul-mu ad—dan-niš | |
| 8 | a-na {1}aš-šur—mu-kin—BALA-u-a | |
| 9 | hu-un-ṭu an-⸢ni⸣-u ša 02-šu₂ 03-šu₂ | |
| 10 | ⸢iṣ⸣-bat-u₂-šu₂-ni LUGAL | |
| 11 | la i-pa-lah₃ sa-[kik]-ku-šu₂ | |
| 12 | DI ⸢ta⸣-ri-⸢iṣ⸣ šul-mu šu-u₂ | |
| 13 | šul-mu a-na la-ku-u₂ | |
| 14 | a-⸢na DUMU—MAN⸣ DUMU—MAN⸣ a-na DUMU-MEŠ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | [LUGAL EN-ia gab-bu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina UGU bu-ul-[ṭi] | |
| 2 | ša šin-ni ša LUGAL | |
| 3 | iš-pur-an-ni re-e-šu₂ | |
| 4 | a-na-aš₂-ši ma-aʾ-du | |
| 5 | bu-ul-ṭi ša šin-ni | |
| 6 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 7 | ma-a i-ba-aš₂-ši-i | |
| 8 | TA@v ra-me-ni-ka | |
| 9 | ta-di-li-bi im—ma-te im—ma-te | |
| 10 | a-ri-qa pa-an | |
| 11 | {1}aš-šur—mu-kin—BALA-MEŠ-ia | |
| 12 | a-na-ku a-du šu-la-an-šu₂ | |
| 13 | a-mur-u-ni a-na šul-me | |
| 14 | ša LUGAL at-tal-ka | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | u₂-ma-a LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 16 | ITI UD-me lu-ra-mu-ni | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | dul-lu me-me-ni le-pu-uš u₂-la-a | |
| 2 | a-mu-at | |
Sources & licences
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