ABL 0379 (P334255)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0379 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334255 |
| 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 Marduk-šakin-šumi. The best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:16] o 66– | Concerning the white clothes about which my lord wrote to me: "How many days should I wear them?" — the king should wear them on the 20th and the 21st; two days are enough. On the 22nd he can gird himself (again). |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | The king, my lord should (then) resume his normal activities. |
| Reverse [3:14] r 44–r 1414 | Concerning the writing of the king, my lord, Kenî will die of envy when he sees it; Bel and Nabû have given a fine hand to the king, my lord. Yesterday I made an excuse for (its) not being seen; now I have made a quick commentary to 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 EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—GAR—MU | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a—dan-niš | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5 | {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 6 | lik-ru-bu ina UGU ku-zip-pi | |
| 7 | BABBAR-MEŠ ša be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 8 | ma-a ki-i ma-ṣi UD-MEŠ | |
| 9 | lu-ke-ʾi-il | |
| 10 | UD 20-KAM₂\t UD 21-KAM₂\t | |
| 11 | 02 UD-MEŠ ma-ʾa-ad | |
| 12 | LUGAL lu-ke-ʾi-il | |
| 13 | UD 22-KAM₂\t | |
| 14 | qa-ab-li | |
| 15 | ir-rak-ka-sa | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 2 | ki-i ša₂ ka-a.a-ma-nu | |
| 3 | ina pit-ti le-pu-uš | |
| 4 | ina UGU ša₂-ṭa-a-ri | |
| 5 | ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 6 | {1}GIN-i ki-ma e-ta-mar | |
| 7 | ina mar-te i-mu-at | |
| 8 | {d}EN u {d}PA ŠU.2 | |
| 9 | SIG₅ a-na LUGAL is-sak-nu | |
| 10 | ina ti-ma-li te-gir₂-tu₂ | |
| 11 | ina UGU la da-ga-li | |
| 12 | as-sa-kan | |
| 13 | u₂-ma-a | |
| 14 | ad-da-lah₃ | |
| 15 | ad-di-ris | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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