ABL 0119 (P334067)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334067 |
| 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 [0:11] o 1o 1–o 1111 | To the king, my lord: your servant, Urdu-ahhešu. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur and Ešarra bless the king, my lord. May Marduk, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Tašmetu, Nanaya, and all the gods who dwell in Esaggil lengthen the days of the king, my lord. May they firmly establish the throne of the king, my lord. May they grant happiness and physical well-being to the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [11:28] o 1212– | Esaggil, (including) the upper courtyard in the temple in which Bel and Beltia reside, together with its sanctuaries, and the cella of Tašmetu, the lower courtyard, together with its san[ctuaries] — every bit of this has been c[ompletely] rebuilt. The plaster, the [...], the front and bac[k of ...], the daises of [Bel] and Nabû [...], the burnt brick[s for...] we have made and we have [...]. All the drainage pipes [are finished]. We have placed battlements of bitu[men and] burnt brick on all the temples. We are awaiting the rites. The king, my lord, should know (this). |
| Reverse [7:15] r 88–r 1515 | The king of Babylon has told us: "You should rebuild the continuous enclosure wall of Esaggil. You should also rebuild the temple of Belet-Babili. Let the oth[er] masons glaze the kiln-fired bricks for the enclosures of Esagg[il]." The king, my lord, should know (this too). |
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-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}ARAD-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {d}aš-šur E₂.ŠAR₂.RA a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu {d}AMAR.UTU {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | |
| 6 | {d}AG {d}taš-me-tum {d}na-na-a | |
| 7 | u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ am—mar ina E₂.SAG.IL₂ | |
| 8 | kam-mu-su-ni UD-me ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 9 | lu-ur-ri-ku {giš}GU.ZA ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 10 | lu-ki-in-nu ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi | |
| 11 | ṭu-ub UZU a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lid-di-nu | |
| 12 | E₂.SAG.IL₂ ki-sal-lu e-le-nu-u | |
| 13 | ina E₂ {d}EN {d}GAŠAN-ia uš-ša-bu-ni | |
| 14 | a-di E₂.KUR-MEŠ-šu₂ {e₂}pa-pah {d}taš-me-tum | |
| 15 | ki-sal-lu šap-li-u₂ a-di E₂.[KUR-MEŠ]-šu₂ | |
| 16 | PAB an-ni-u₂ gab-bu e-piš ⸢ga⸣-[mir] | |
| 17 | si-i-ru su-pi-⸢i⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 18 | pa-ni u₃ ku-⸢tal⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | KI.TUŠ-MEŠ ša {[d}EN] | |
| 20 | u₃ {d}AG [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {sig₄}AL.UR₃.⸢RA⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | ne₂-ta-pa-aš₂ nu-⸢še-x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | bi-ba-a-ni gab-bu [ga-am-ru] | |
| 4 | ki-li-lu ša ESIR.[E₃.A u₃] | |
| 5 | {sig₄}AL.UR₃.RA E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ] E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 6 | gab-bu ni-is-sa-kan ina IGI ⸢GARZA⸣-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ni-dag-gal LUGAL be-li₂ lu u₂-di | |
| 8 | LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} iq-ṭi-ba-na-ši | |
| 9 | ma-a ⸢BAD₃⸣ la-bi-u₂ ka-a-a-ma-nu | |
| 10 | ša E₂.SAG.IL₂ ⸢te⸣-ep-pa-ša₂ | |
| 11 | ma-a E₂-{d}be-lit-⸢KA₂⸣.DINGIR.[RA{ki]} | |
| 12 | te-ep-pa-ša₂ ma-a re-⸢eh⸣-[ti] | |
| 13 | {lu₂}u₂-ra-si e-bir-[tu₂] | |
| 14 | ša TUR₃-MEŠ ša E₂.SAG.[IL₂] | |
| 15 | li-iš-hu-ṭu LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 16 | lu u₂-di | |
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