ABL 0348 (P334226)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0348 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334226 |
| 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 kin[g, my lor]d: your servant Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | As to what the king, my lord, said: "My arms and legs are without strength!" and "I cannot open my eyes; I am scratched and lie prostrate"— |
| Obverse [9:17] o 1010– | (all) that is because this fever has lingered inside the very bones. It is not serious — Aššur, Šamaš, Bel and Nabû will provide health. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | (r 3) (Break) |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | His illness will depart — he will be just fine. True, they should wait and eat (only) what is appropriate. |
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-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—⸢GAR⸣—MU | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 6 | iq-bu-ni ma-a a-hi-ia | |
| 7 | še-pi-ia la-mu-qa-a-a la-mu-qa-a-a | |
| 8 | u₃ ma-a IGI.2-ia la a-pat-ti | |
| 9 | ma-a mar-ṭak kar-rak | |
| 10 | ina ŠA₃ ša hu-un-ṭu | |
| 11 | šu-u₂ ina ŠA₃ eṣ-ma-a-ti | |
| 12 | u₂-kil-lu-u-ni | |
| 13 | ina ŠA₃-bi šu-u₂ | |
| 14 | la-aš₂-šu₂ hi-ṭu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | aš-šur {d}UTU {d}EN {d}PA | |
| 2 | DI-mu i-šak-ku-nu | |
| 3 | e ⸢x x x ta⸣-bi-ik | |
| 4 | la ⸢x⸣ a ⸢x x x⸣ u₂ | |
| 5 | ⸢UGU⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x]-ma | |
| 6 | mu-ru-us-su u₂-ṣa | |
| 7 | de-ʾi-iq a—dan-niš | |
| 8 | ket-tu li-ik-te-ru | |
| 9 | mi₃-i-nu ša ṭa-bu-u-ni | |
| 10 | le-ku-lu | |
Sources & licences
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