ABL 0371 (P334247)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0371 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334247 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May Bel, Nabû, and Nergal guard the life of the king, my lord! May they preserve the [rul]e of the king, [my lord], for all [eternit]y! |
| Obverse [12:18] o 1313–o 1818 | You are a just [king]. [May] they [main]tain ... kingship for your posterity and progeny until the end of time! |
| Obverse [18:21] o 1919– | [x] cavalry [mounts from Ra]ṣappa; |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [x] cavalry [mounts fr]om Dur-Šarruken: |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | a to[tal of x] hors[es] have come in today. They will handle (them) tonight. |
| Reverse [6:14] r 77–r 1414 | I arrayed the horses yesterday. Why must I constantly harass the king's horses? But if the king, my lord, commands it, I will array the horses (again). What are the written instructions of the king, my lord? |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | 23rd day. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—MU—AŠ | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 6 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | {d}EN {d}AG {d}U.GUR | |
| 8 | nu-up-[ša₂]-⸢te⸣ ša LUGAL | |
| 9 | be-li₂-[ia] li-iṣ-ṣu-ru | |
| 10 | [LUGAL]-u₂-tu ša LUGAL | |
| 11 | [be-li₂-ia] a-na MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 12 | [da-ra-a]-⸢te⸣ lu-ki-in-nu | |
| 13 | [LUGAL] ke-e-ni at-ta | |
| 14 | ⸢x⸣-an-nu šar-ru-u₂-tu | |
| 15 | a-na li-pi-i-ka | |
| 16 | a-na ze-ri-ka | |
| 17 | a-na ṣa-at UD-me | |
| 18 | [lu-ki-in]-nu | |
| 19 | [x KUR-MEŠ] ⸢ša⸣ BAD-HAL-li | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ša {uru]}⸢ra⸣-ṣap-pa | |
| 2 | [x KUR-MEŠ ša] BAD-HAL-li | |
| 3 | ⸢ša⸣ {[uru]}⸢BAD₃⸣—MAN—GIN | |
| 4 | ⸢PAB⸣ [x] ⸢KUR⸣-[MEŠ] UD-mu an-ni-u | |
| 5 | e-tar-bu-u₂-ni | |
| 6 | mu-šu₂ an-ni-[u ep]-pu-šu₂ | |
| 7 | ša ti-[ma]-a-li | |
| 8 | KUR-MEŠ as-si-dir | |
| 9 | a-na mi-i-ni ka-a-a-ma-ni-u | |
| 10 | KUR-MEŠ ša LUGAL u₂-ša₂-ad-la-ap | |
| 11 | šum₂-ma LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 12 | KUR-MEŠ la-as-dir | |
| 13 | mi-i-nu ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 14 | i-šap-par-an-ni | |
| 15 | UD 23 | |
Sources & licences
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