ABL 0216 (P334158)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0216 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334158 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Sin and Nergal bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | (This is from) your servant Hunnî, an adorer of the king his lord. |
| Obverse [6:13] o 77–o 1313 | All the temples and palaces of Assyria are well; the crown prince Sennacherib is well; all the princes [who are in] Assyria are well; [the king], my lo[rd, can be very gl]ad [indeed]. |
| Reverse [0:9] r 1'1'–r 9'9' | May he see the workmanship of the temples of his gods and kiss their beautiful feet; may those (gods) whose temples you have made shine like sunrise, bless the king my lord, and may we, the royal servants, kiss the feet of the king, our lord. |
| Reverse [9:14] r 10'10'– | (This is from) your servant Hunnî, an adorer of the king his lord, who every morning and evening continually blesses the king, his lord. |
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 a—dan-niš | |
| 2 | a—dan-niš lu-u šul-mu | |
| 3 | aš-šur {d}UTU d.EN {d}PA {d}30 {d}U.GUR | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | ARAD-ka {1}hu-un-ni-i | |
| 6 | ka-ri-ib LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ | |
| 7 | šul-mu a-na E₂.KUR-ra-a-te | |
| 8 | a-na E₂.GAL-MEŠ ša KUR—aš-šur gab-bu | |
| 9 | šul-mu a-na {1}{d}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU\t | |
| 10 | DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL GAL-e ⸢šul⸣-mu a-na DUMU-MEŠ MAN | |
| 11 | ⸢gab⸣-[bu am—mar ina] KUR—aš-šur šu-nu-ni | |
| 12 | [ŠA₃-bu ša LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣-ia₂ | |
| 13 | [a—dan-niš lu-u ṭa-a]-⸢ba\t⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ši-[pir E₂].⸢KUR⸣-ra-a-[te] | |
| 2' | ša DINGIR-MEŠ-ni-šu₂ le-e-⸢mu-ru⸣ | |
| 3' | GIR₃.2-MEŠ-⸢šu₂-nu SIG₅⸣-MEŠ\d lu-u-na-⸢aš₂⸣-šiq | |
| 4' | ša\p E₂.KUR-[ra]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂-nu GIM ni-ip-hi | |
| 5' | {d}ša₂-maš ⸢tu⸣-nam-me-ru-ni | |
| 6' | a-na LUGAL\d be-li₂-ia₂ [lik-ru]-bu | |
| 7' | ne₂-e-nu {lu₂vy}ARAD-⸢MEŠ LUGAL⸣ | |
| 8' | GIR₃.2-MEŠ ša\p LUGAL be-⸢li₂-ni⸣ | |
| 9' | nu-u₂-na-aš₂-⸢šiq⸣ | |
| 10' | ARAD-ka {1}hu-un-ni-i | |
| 11' | ka-ri-ib LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | ša\ydm še-a-ri nu-bat-te | |
| 13 | ka-a.<a>-ma-nu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 14 | [a]-⸢kar⸣-ra\p-bu-u-ni | |
Sources & licences
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