ABL 0355 (P334231)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0355 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334231 |
| 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 Balasî. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:12] o 66–o 1212 | Concerning the interpretation of the omen about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "(It is said that) the king will be vilified amongst his magnates — what losses will ensue?" — |
| Obverse [12:21] o 1313– | interpretations of monthly omens are like this: one is never similar to another, their interpretations go separately. |
| Reverse [1:12] r 22–r 1212 | Now this one: if he will be slighted, its explanation can only be the earthquake. It has quaked: that is bad. They should perform the ritual against the earthquake, your gods will (then) make (the evil) pass by. "Ea has done, Ea has undone." He who caused the earthquake has also created the apotropaic ritual against it. |
| Reverse [12:23] r 1313– | Was there no earthquake in the times of the king's fathers and grandfathers? Did I not see earthquakes when I was small? The god has (only) wanted to open the king's ears: "He should pray (literally 'open his fists') to the god, perform the apotropaic ritual and be on his guard." |
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 | |
| 6 | lik-ru-bu ina UGU pi-iš-ri | |
| 7 | ša šu-me ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 8 | iš-pur-an-ni ma-a LUGAL | |
| 9 | it-ti kab-tu-ti-šu₂ | |
| 10 | i-qal-lil mi₃-i-nu | |
| 11 | ma-a mu-ṭe-e | |
| 12 | iš-šak-ku-nu | |
| 13 | pi-iš-ra-a-te | |
| 14 | ša₂ šu-me ša ITI-MEŠ | |
| 15 | ki-i ha-an-ni-i-e | |
| 16 | 01-en a-na ša₂-ni-e | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | la mu-šu-ul | |
| 18 | ina bat-ta-ta-a.a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | pi-iš-ra-te-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | il-<lu>-ku u₂-ma-a šu-u | |
| 3 | šum-ma i-qal-lil | |
| 4 | pi-še-er-šu₂ ri-i-bu šu-u | |
| 5 | u₂-de-šu₂ ir-tu-ab | |
| 6 | lum-nu šu-u dul-lu | |
| 7 | ša₂ ri-i-bi le-pu-šu₂ | |
| 8 | DINGIR-MEŠ-ka u₂-še-tu-qu | |
| 9 | e-pu-uš {d}E₂.A ip-šur | |
| 10 | {d}E₂.A ša ri-i-bu | |
| 11 | i-pu-šu-u-ni šu-tu-ma | |
| 12 | NAM.BUR₂.BI e-ta-pa-aš₂ | |
| 13 | ina ŠA₃ AD-MEŠ-šu AD—AD-MEŠ-šu AD—AD-MEŠ-šu | |
| 14 | ša₂ LUGAL ri-i-bu-u | |
| 15 | la-aš₂-šu₂ a-na-ku | |
| 16 | ki-i qa-al-la-ku-ni | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | ri-i-ba-ne₂-e | |
| 18 | la a-mur DINGIR šu-u | |
| 19 | uz-ni ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 20 | up-ta-at-ti | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ma-a up-ni-šu₂ a-na DINGIR lip-ti ma-a | |
| 2 | NAM.BUR₂.BI le-pu-uš ma-a lu e-ti-ik | |
Sources & licences
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