ABL 0113 (P334061)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0113 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334061 |
| 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 [0:14] o 1o 1–o 1414 | To the king, my lord: your servant, Urdu-Nabû. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Marduk, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Tašmetu, Ištar of Nineveh, and Ištar of Arbela — these great gods who love your kingship — allow the king, my lord, to live 100 years. May they grant the king, my lord, the satisfaction of old age, extreme old age. May they appoint a guardian of health and vigor (to be) with the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [14:23] o 1515– | The 4th day of Iyyar (II), Nabû and Tašmetu will enter the bed chamber. At the beginning of your reign, [I performed] the sacrificial offerings before Nab[û and Tašmetu] which have given [life] to the king, my lord. Now then I a[m writing to the king], my lord: |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | I have given orders [regarding the matte]r which the king, my lord [...e]d and (regarding) the offerings. |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | I have given instructions about the offerings for Assurbanipal, the gre[at crow]n prince, for Šamaš-šumu-ukin, the crown prince of Babylon, for Šeru'a-eṭerat, for Aššur-mukin-paleya, and for Ašš[ur-et]el-šame-erṣeti-muballissu. |
| Reverse [10:16] r 1111–r 1616 | I [will brin]g their offerings before Nabû and Tašmetu, and will perform them in the [bed]room. May they allow them to live 100 years. Their children and grandchildren will grow old, and the king, my lord, will see it. |
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}PA | |
| 3 | lu-u šul-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | {d}zar-pa-ni-tum {d}PA {d}taš-me-tum | |
| 6 | {d}15 ša {uru}NINA {d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 7 | DINGIR-MEŠ an-nu-u-te GAL-MEŠ | |
| 8 | ra-i-mu-te šar-ru-ti-ka | |
| 9 | 01 me MU.AN.NA-MEŠ a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 10 | lu-bal-li-ṭu | |
| 11 | [ši-bu]-tu₂ lit-tu-tu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 12 | lu-šab-bi-u₂ | |
| 13 | ma-⸢ṣar⸣ šul-mi ba-la-ṭi | |
| 14 | TA@v LUGAL EN-ia₂ lip-qi-du | |
| 15 | UD 04-KAM₂ ša {iti}GUD {d}PA | |
| 16 | {d}taš-me-tum ina E₂—{giš}NA₂ E₂—{giš}NA₂ | |
| 17 | e-ru-bu | |
| 18 | ina re-eš šar-⸢ru⸣-[ti-ka] | |
| 19 | {udu}SISKUR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₂-bal-[li-ṭu-u-ni] | |
| 2 | ina pa-an {d}PA {[d}taš-me-tum e-ta-pa-aš₂] | |
| 3 | u₂-ma-a an-[nu-rig a-na LUGAL] | |
| 4 | EN-ia ⸢as⸣-[sap-ra ina UGU a-bi]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 5 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢x x x⸣ [x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 6 | {udu}SISKUR-[MEŠ] ša {1}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ [DUMU]—⸢MAN [DUMU]—⸢MAN GAL⸣-u | |
| 7 | ša {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN KA₂.DINGIR | |
| 8 | ša {mi₂}{d}še-ru-u-a—KAR-at | |
| 9 | ša {1}aš-šur—mu-kin—BALA-MEŠ-ia | |
| 10 | ša {1}aš-⸢šur—LUGAL⸣—AN—KI—TI.BI | |
| 11 | ṭe₃-e-mu as-sa-kan {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | u₂-[bal ina] pa-an {d}PA {d}taš-me-[tum] | |
| 13 | ina E₂—{giš}[NA₂] E₂—{giš}[NA₂] e-pa-⸢aš₂⸣ | |
| 14 | 01 me MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ⸢lu⸣-bal-li-ṭu-šu₂-nu | |
| 15 | DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 16 | up-ta-tar-šu-mu | |
| 17 | LUGAL be-li₂ e-mar | |
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