ABL 0257 (P334188)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0257 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334188 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods bestow long days, well-being and joy [upon the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | Concerning [... about which I] former[ly wrote to the king, my lord] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [The king, my lord, should act] as he consid[ers best]. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | I have now written on the pedestal of the goddess Tašmetu the inscription wh[ich] the king, my lord, communica[ted in the p]revious [letter]. I placed the statues of the king, my lord, upon the pedestals right and left. The king, my lord, should know (this). |
| Reverse [6:10] r 7'7'– | They say: (Concerning) the watch for the moon, he (= the moon) will make (the eclipse) pass by in the second Elul (VI/2); it is expected to take place in Tishri (VII)." |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1010–r.e. 1010 | The 3rd of Elul. |
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-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}DUMU—{d}15 | |
| 2 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ {d}PA u {d}ŠU₂ | |
| 3 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu UD-me ar₂-ku-te | |
| 4 | ṭu-ub UZU u hu-ud ŠA₃-bi DINGIR-ME ⸢GAL-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 5 | [a-na MAN EN-ia₂] ⸢liš⸣-ru-ku ina UGU [x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x ša ina] pa-ni-ti [a-na MAN] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [MAN be-li₂] ⸢ki-i ša i-la-ʾu⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 2' | [le-pu-uš] ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a ma-al-ṭu-ru ⸢ša⸣ [ina ŠA₃] | |
| 3' | [e-gir₂-ti] ⸢pa⸣-ni-ti MAN be-li₂ u₂-ša₂-aš₂-⸢mu⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 4' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ ki-gal-li ša {d}taš-me-tum a-sa-⸢ṭar⸣ | |
| 5' | ṣa-lam-a-ni ša MAN EN-ia₂ ina UGU ki-gal-li | |
| 6' | i-mit-tu₂ šu-me-le u₂-sa-za-a.a-zi | |
| 7' | MAN be-li₂ lu-u u₂-di i-qab-bi-i-u | |
| 8' | ma-a EN.NUN ša 30 {iti}KIN ur-ki-i | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | u₂-še-taq ina {iti}DU₆ pa-an ša₂-ka-ni | |
| 10 | ša₂-ki-in UD 03-KAM₂\t ša {iti}KIN | |
Sources & licences
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