ABL 0378 (P334254)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0378 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334254 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šakin-šumi. The best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May Ištar of Arbela give happiness and health to the king, my lord! May she sate the king, my lord, with old age and fullness of life! May she present the king, my lord, with long-lasting days! |
| Obverse [10:15] o 1111–o 1515 | At present I am continuously performing the ritual; and I have the (items for the) king's funeral burning collected in a storehouse [in the Inner] City. |
| Obverse [15:29] o 1616– | Concerning those women about whom the king, my lord, sp[oke], the house where they are lodged is not suitable for eating, dri[nking] and anointing the head, they being very many and staying there together. (So) if it suits the king, they should be (re)settled in the original place. |
| Reverse [5:12] r 66–r 1212 | Alternatively, if we can perform the ritual by the 14th day, they may also go out to the river. Let the king, my lord, write to his servant how it is appropriate for us to perform the ritual, and for them to go where (they are) to go, and we shall do accordingly. |
| Reverse [12:17] r 1313–r 1717 | Also, what are the king, my lord's instructions concerning that female servant who is with them? Should the ritual be performed for her together with them? |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818– | Or n[o ...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 19r.e. 19–r.e. 19r.e. 19 | until the king [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 2020–r.e. 2020 | if [......] |
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—dan-niš a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu {d}15 ša₂ {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 6 | DUG₃-ub ŠA₃-bi DUG₃-ub UZU | |
| 7 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lu ta-ad-din | |
| 8 | ši-bu-tu₂ lit-tu-tu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 9 | lu tu-šab-bi UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 10 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lu ta-qiš | |
| 11 | an-nu-rig ka-a.a-⸢ma-nu⸣ | |
| 12 | dul-lu ep-pa-aš₂ [x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 13 | u₃ šu-ru-up-⸢tu₂⸣ [ša₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 14 | ina ŠA₃ 01-en E₂—ŠU.2 E₂—ŠU.2 [ša₂ {uru}ŠA₃]—URU | |
| 15 | pa-ah-hu-ra-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 16 | MI₂-MEŠ am-ma-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 17 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iq-[bu-u-ni] | |
| 18 | ina E₂ kam-mu-sa-[a-ni] | |
| 19 | a-na KU₂ ⸢NAG⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20 | u ta-ba-a-ki [o] | |
| 21 | ša SAG.DU ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 22 | NU DUG₃.GA | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ne₂-me-el₂ ma-aʾ-da-a-ti | |
| 2 | ši-na-a-ni is-sa-he-ʾi-iš | |
| 3 | ina ŠA₃-bi kam-mu-sa-a-ni | |
| 4 | šum-mu ina IGI LUGAL ma-hir | |
| 5 | ina bat-ti 01-et lu-še-ši-bu-ši-na | |
| 6 | u₂-la-a ki-ma EN ŠA₃ UD 14-KAM₂\t | |
| 7 | ne₂-ta-pa-aš₂ ina UGU ID₂-ma | |
| 8 | lu-ṣi-a ki-i ša₂ dul-lu ne₂-pa-aš₂-u-ni | |
| 9 | ki-i ša ši-na ina E₂ a-lak-un-ni | |
| 10 | il-lak-a-ni ki-i ša₂ LAL-iṣ-u-ni | |
| 11 | LUGAL be-li₂ a-na ARAD-šu₂ liš-pu-ra | |
| 12 | ina pu-u₂-te ne₂-pu-uš | |
| 13 | u₃ ina UGU GEME₂ am-mi₃-ti | |
| 14 | ša is-se-ši-na mi-i-nu | |
| 15 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bu-ni | |
| 16 | is-se-ši-na-a-ma-a dul-lu | |
| 17 | ina UGU-hi-ša₂ li-in-ne₂-piš | |
| 18 | u₂-la-a ⸢la⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | a-di LUGAL [x x x x] | |
| 20 | šum-⸢mu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
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