ABL 0337 (P334217)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0337 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334217 |
| 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 [4:10] o 55–o 1010 | Concerning the lunar eclipse about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, it was observed in the cities of Akkad, Borsippa, and Nippur. What we saw in Akkad corresponded to the other (observation)s. A bronze ket[tledrum] was set up; the darkness [......] |
| Reverse [2:10] r 3'3'–r 10'10' | I have extracted the [relevant] interpretation written on the tablet and s[ent] it, together with this letter, to the king, my lord. Moreover, I shall keep the watch for the solar eclipse, as the king, my lord, wrote to me. Whether it occurs or not, I shall write to the king, my lord, whatever it may be. |
| Reverse [10:18] r 11'11'–r 18'18' | This lunar eclipse which took place, afflicted all countries, but all its evil is heaped upon the Westland. "Westland" means the Hittite country (Syria) or, according to another interpretation, Chaldea. With the king, my lord, all is well. However, the guard should not be neglected, and the relevant apotropaic ritual should be performed for the king, my 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 EN-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}DUMU—{d}15 | |
| 2 | lu-u DI-mu a-na MAN EN-ia₂ {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 3 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu UD-me ar-ku-te | |
| 4 | ṭu-ub UZU u₃ hu-ud ŠA₃-bi DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 5 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ liš-ru-ku ina UGU AN.MI {d}30 | |
| 6 | ša MAN be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni ina {uru}ak-kad | |
| 7 | BAR₂.SIPA{ki} u₃ EN.LIL₂{ki} ma-ṣar-tu₂ | |
| 8 | it-ta-aṣ-ru ki-i ša ina ŠA₃ {uru}ak-kad | |
| 9 | ne₂-mur-u-ni a-he-iš e-tap-la ⸢LI⸣.[LI.IZ₃] URUDU | |
| 10 | is-sa-ak-nu ⸢ta-dir-ti x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] AN.MI ⸢ki⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [ša iš-kun]-u-ni pi-⸢šir₃⸣-[šu₂ x x x] | |
| 4' | ša ina ṭup-pi sa-ṭir-[u-ni x x x] | |
| 5' | at-ta-as-ha TA@v e-gir₂-[ti] | |
| 6' | an-ni-ti a-na MAN EN-ia₂ u₂-⸢se⸣-[bi-la] | |
| 7' | u₃ ki-i ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 8' | ma-ṣar-tu₂ ša AN.MI {d}UTU a-na-ṣar | |
| 9' | šum₂-ma is-sa-kan šum₂-ma la iš-kun | |
| 10' | mi-i-nu ša ši-ti-i-ni a-na MAN EN-ia₂ | |
| 11' | a-šap-pa-ra AN.MI {d}30 an-ni-i | |
| 12' | ša iš-kun-u-ni KUR.KUR ul-tap-pi-it | |
| 13' | lu-um-an-šu₂ gab-bu ina UGU {kur}MAR.TU{ki} | |
| 14' | ik-te-mir {kur}a-mur-ru-u | |
| 15' | {kur}ha-at-tu-u ša₂-ni-iš {kur}kal-du | |
| 16' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ DI-mu u₃ a-na | |
| 17' | ma-ṣar-ti lu-u la i-ši-ṭu | |
| 18' | NAM.BUR₂.BI-e-šu₂ a-na MAN EN-ia₂ | |
| 19' | le-pu-šu | |
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