ABL 0130 (P334078)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0130 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334078 |
| 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/saa01 · 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-pašir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! The land of the king my lord is well. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | The following are the measurements of the beams (for) the doo[rs]: |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | One beam: length 26 royal cubits (13 m), width one cubit (0,5 m), thickness one bone (32 cm); |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | One beam: length [2]1 royal cubits [...... |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | [Four] beams: length [x] cubits, width [one] cubit, thickness [one] cubit; |
| Reverse [5:8] r 6'6'–r 8'8' | [two] beams: length [x] cubits, width [one] cubit, thickness one cubit; |
| Reverse [8:12] r 9'9'–r 12'12' | [x] beams: length [x] cubits, width [one bo]ne, thickness [one bo]ne; |
| Reverse [12:16] r 13'13'– | [12] beams: length [x cubits], width [one cubit], thickness one cubit; |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 16r.e. 16–r.e. 1818 | [15] beams: length [x] cubits, width [x] cubit, thickness four inches. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na] LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-ka {1}{d}AG—pa-šir | |
| 3 | lu DI\d-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | DI\d-mu a-na KUR ša\p LUGAL EN-[ia] | |
| 7 | an-na-a-ti\t na-ma-⸢da⸣-[a-ti] | |
| 8 | ša {giš}ŠU₂.A-MEŠ {giš}⸢IG⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 9 | 01 {giš}ŠU₂.⸢A⸣ | |
| 10 | 26 ina 01 KUŠ₃—LUGAL KUŠ₃—LUGAL GID₂.[DA] | |
| 11 | 01 ina 01 KUŠ₃ ⸢DAGAL⸣ | |
| 12 | am—mar GIR₃.PAD.DU mu-bu-u₂ | |
| 13 | 01 {giš}ŠU₂.A GID₂.[DA] | |
| 14 | 21 ina 01 KUŠ₃\m—LUGAL KUŠ₃\m—LUGAL GID₂.[DA] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | 04 {⸢giš}ŠU₂⸣.A-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3' | [x] ina 01 KUŠ₃ GID₂.DA | |
| 4' | 01 KUŠ₃ DAGAL | |
| 5' | 01 KUŠ₃ mu-bu-u | |
| 6' | 02 {giš}ŠU₂.A-MEŠ\p | |
| 7' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ina 01 KUŠ₃ GID₂.⸢DA⸣ | |
| 8' | 01 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ DAGAL 01 KUŠ₃ mu-bu-u | |
| 9' | [x] {giš}ŠU₂.A-MEŠ | |
| 10' | [x ina] 01 KUŠ₃ GID₂.DA | |
| 11' | 01 ⸢GIR₃⸣.PAD.DU DAGAL | |
| 12' | 01 ⸢GIR₃⸣.PAD.DU mu-bu-u | |
| 13' | 12 {giš]}ŠU₂.A-MEŠ\p | |
| 14' | 01 ina 01 KUŠ₃] ⸢GID₂⸣.DA | |
| 15' | 01 KUŠ₃ DAGAL] 01 KUŠ₃ mu-bu-u | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | 15 {giš}ŠU₂.A-MEŠ | |
| 17 | [x] ina 01 KUŠ₃ GID₂.DA | |
| 18 | [x] KUŠ₃ DAGAL 04 ŠU.SI mu-bu-u | |
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