ABL 0370 (P334246)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0370 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334246 |
| 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 Nabû-nadin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk greatly bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Write me what the treatment is", |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | it is said in the relevant apotropaic ritual text (as follows): |
| Obverse [9:16] o 1010– | "He (the king) sits 7 days in a reed hut, and purification rites are performed upon him; he is treated like a sick person. |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | During the 7 days 'hand-lifting' prayers before the nighttime deities and the apotropaic ritual against evil of any kind are performed as well, and the seven days he sits in the reed hut, he recites benedictions for his god and his goddess." Thus (is it). |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Perhaps the king will say, "Perform it today" — the 8th day is suitable for performing it. |
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}PA—na-din—MU | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 5 | a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | ina UGU ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 7 | iš-pur-an-ni ma-a mi-i-nu | |
| 8 | ša dul-lu-un-ni šup-ra | |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃ NAM.BUR₂.BI-šu₂ | |
| 10 | qa-bi ma-a UD 07-KAM₂ | |
| 11 | ina ŠA₃-bi {gi}URI₃.GAL | |
| 12 | u₂-šab tak-pi-ra-a-te | |
| 13 | in-ne₂-pa-ša₂-ne₂-eš-šu₂ | |
| 14 | dul-lu-šu₂ ki-i ša {lu₂}GIG | |
| 15 | in-ne₂-pa-aš₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina 07 UD-me ŠU.IL₂.KAM₂-ni | |
| 2 | ša ina IGI DINGIR-MEŠ mu-ši-ti | |
| 3 | u₃ NAM.BUR₂.BI HUL DU₃.A.BI | |
| 4 | is-se-niš in-ne₂-pa-aš₂ | |
| 5 | 07 UD-me ša ina ŠA₃ {gi}URI₃.GAL | |
| 6 | kam-mu-su-u-ni da-li-li-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | a-na DINGIR-šu₂ {d}iš-tar-šu₂ | |
| 8 | i-dal-lal a-ki-i | |
| 9 | is—su-ri LUGAL iq-qab-bi | |
| 10 | ma-a u₂-ma-a ep-ša₂ | |
| 11 | UD 08-KAM₂ DUG₃.GA a-na e-pa-ši | |
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