ABL 0354 (P334230)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0354 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334230 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To] the king, [my lord]: your servant Ba[lasî]. Good health to [the king], my lord! [May] Nabû [and Marduk bless] the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | Concerning the crown prince [about whom the king, my lord], wrote to me: "[I have been told that he should not go out]doors on the 1st day" — this [applies] (rather) to the 2nd day. |
| Obverse [9:18] o 1010– | Concerning the 1st and the [4th] days about which the king, my lord, w[rote to me]: "Which one is fa[vourable]?" — both are fav[ourable]. We call the 4th day a 'new day.' A new day has the same qualities as the beginning of a month; it is favourable. |
| Bottom [0:9] b.e. 18b.e. 18– | As to what was said to the king: "On the 1st day he may not go outdoors", does the crown prince now go out of the outer gate? Said the king: "The crown prince should enter into my presence." What has entering to do with going out? |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | Concerning Aššur-mukin-pale[ya] about whom the king, my lord, spoke — the 4th day is good, let him come. |
| Reverse [8:12] r 99–r 1212 | The planet Mercury (signifies) the crown prince, and it is bright, clothed with brilliance. (So) in view of what sh[ould he] not [come]? |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | The moon comp[leted] the day in [this] month. |
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}ba-[la-si-i] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL] | |
| 4 | EN-ia {d}PA {[d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ [lik-ru-bu] | |
| 6 | ina UGU DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL [ša LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 7 | ⸢iš-pur⸣-an-ni [ma-a iq-ṭi-bu-ni] | |
| 8 | ma-a UD 01-KAM₂\t ⸢KA₂⸣ [NU E₃] | |
| 9 | UD 02-KAM₂\t šu-u₂ [ina ŠA₃-bi qa-bi] | |
| 10 | ina UGU UD 01-KAM₂\t ⸢UD⸣ 04-KAM₂\t] | |
| 11 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢iš⸣-[pur-an-ni] | |
| 12 | ma-a a-i-u₂ ⸢iš⸣-[lim] | |
| 13 | ki-i-lal-le-e ⸢ša₂-al⸣-[mu-ti] | |
| 14 | šu-nu UD 04-KAM₂\t UD-mu ⸢GIBIL⸣ | |
| 15 | ni-qab-ba-aš₂-šu <$iš-še-⸢iš$> | |
| 16 | UD-mu eš-šu ki-i SAG.DU ITI | |
| 17 | e-pe-eš ṭa-a-ba | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | ša iq-bu-u-ni | |
| 19 | a-na LUGAL ma-a | |
| 20 | UD 01-KAM₂\t KA₂ NU E₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL u₂-ma-a ina KA₂-e | |
| 2 | ša₂ qa-an-ni u₂-ṣa LUGAL | |
| 3 | ma-a DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL ina pa-ni-ia | |
| 4 | le-ru-ba e-ra-bu | |
| 5 | ina ŠA₃ u₂-ṣe-e mi₃-i-nu | |
| 6 | qur-bu ina UGU {1}aš-šur—mu-kin—BALA-[ia] | |
| 7 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iq-bu-u-ni | |
| 8 | UD 04-KAM₂\t ṭa-a-ba lil-li-[ka] | |
| 9 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 10 | šu-u₂ ba-ʾi-⸢il⸣ | |
| 11 | ša₂-ru-[ri] na-a-[ši] | |
| 12 | TA@v IGI mi₃-⸢i⸣-ni la ⸢il⸣-[la-ka] | |
| 13 | {d}30 ina ITI [an-ni-i-e] | |
| 14 | UD-mu us-⸢sa⸣-[lim] | |
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