ABL 0203 (P334147)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0203 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334147 |
| 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 king, my lord: your servant, Nergal-šarrani. Good health to the king, my lord. May Nabû and Marduk greatly bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [6:13] o 77– | Today it is a month since I have been ill and since this acute pain has been piercing me. They have pierced my... and jaw. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | I am being told: "You are afflicted with the 'hand of Venus,' due to intercourse with women." I am afraid. There is (nothing) I can do without the king's permission. |
| Reverse [6:11] r 77–r 1111 | Now, therefore, I am writing to the king, my lord. Let the word come forth from the king that he should act and get me through this [sick]ness of mine. |
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}{d}U.GUR—MAN-an-ni | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 4 | EN-ia {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 6 | a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | ITI ina UD-me an-ni-i | |
| 8 | TA@v be₂-et mar-ṣa-ku-u-ni | |
| 9 | si-ih-lu šu-u₂ | |
| 10 | TA@v be₂-et i-sa-hal-an-ni-ni | |
| 11 | ⸢PAB⸣.GAR.GAR i-su | |
| 12 | is-sa-ah-lu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-a ŠU.2 {d}dil-bat | |
| 2 | mar-ṣa-a-ka | |
| 3 | ma-a ina UGU si-ih-ir | |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣ i-sa-a-te | |
| 5 | pa-al-ha-ak | |
| 6 | ša₂ la LUGAL la e-pa-aš₂ | |
| 7 | u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig | |
| 8 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ as-sap-ra | |
| 9 | ina pi-i ša LUGAL | |
| 10 | li-in-qu-ta | |
| 11 | le-e-pu-uš | |
| 12 | TA@v [mur]-⸢ṣi⸣-ia₂ lu-u-še-ti-iq | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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