ABL 0391 (P334266)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0391 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334266 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, my lord: your servant Urad-Nanaya. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Ninurta and Gula give happiness and physical well-being to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:20] o 77– | The king, my lord, keeps on saying to me: "Why do you not diagnose the nature of this illness of mine and bring about its cure?" — formerly I spoke to the king at the audience and could not clarify his symptoms. Now I am sealing and sending a letter; it should be read to the king, to inform the king, my lord. If it suits the king, my lord, let the haruspices perform an extispicy on account of this. |
| Bottom [2:12] b.e. 2020– | Let the king apply this lotion (sent with the letter), and perhaps this fever will leave the king, my lord. I have prepared this lotion of oil for the king, my lord, (already) 2 or 3 times — the king knows it. If the king prefers, he may apply it tom[orrow]. It will remove the illness. |
| Reverse [8:14] r 99–r 1414 | When they bring the ṣilbānu-medication to the king, let them draw the curtain as they have done once and twice (before); I will enter and give instructions. Perhaps the king will sweat. |
| Reverse [14:18] r 1515– | In a bag, I am sending certain phylacteries to the king, my lord. The king should put them around his neck. |
| Right [0:3] r.e. 18r.e. 18–r.e. 2020 | I am also sending a salve. The king should anoint himself on the day of [his] (acute) period (of illness). |
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}ARAD—{d}na-na-a | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu ad—dan-niš ad—dan-niš | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia {d}MAŠ u {d}gu-la | |
| 5 | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU | |
| 6 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lid-di-nu | |
| 7 | ka-a.a-ma-nu LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 8 | i-qab-bi-ia ma-a a-ta-a | |
| 9 | ši-ki-in GIG-ia an-ni-iu-u | |
| 10 | la ta-mar bul-ṭe-e-šu₂ la te-pa-aš₂ | |
| 11 | ina pa-ni-ti ina pa-an LUGAL aq-ṭi-bi | |
| 12 | sa-kik-ke-e-šu₂ la u₂-ša₂-ah-ki-me | |
| 13 | u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig e-gir₂-tu₂ | |
| 14 | ak-ta-nak us-se-bi-la | |
| 15 | ina pa-an LUGAL li-si-iu-u₂ | |
| 16 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lu-sah-ki-mu | |
| 17 | šum-ma ina pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | ma-hi-ir {lu₂}HAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 19 | dul-lu ina UGU-hi le-pu-[šu₂] | |
| 20 | mar-hu-ṣu an-ni-⸢iu⸣-[u] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL le-pu-šu₂ i—su-ur-ri | |
| 2 | hu-un-ṭu an-ni-iu-u TA pa-an | |
| 3 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia ip-pa-ṭar | |
| 4 | mar-hu-ṣu šu-u₂ ša I₃.GIŠ-MEŠ | |
| 5 | 02-šu₂ 03-šu₂ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 6 | e-ta-pa-aš₂ LUGAL u₂-da-šu₂ | |
| 7 | šum-ma LUGAL i-qab-bi ina ši-⸢ia⸣-[a-ri] | |
| 8 | le-pu-uš šu-u₂ mur-ṣu-um-ma | |
| 9 | i-na-šar ki-ma ṣi-il-ba-ni | |
| 10 | ina pa-an LUGAL u₂-še-rab-u-ni | |
| 11 | ki-i ša ma-a-la 02-šu₂ e-pu-šu-u-ni | |
| 12 | pa-ri-ik-tu₂ lip-ri-ku | |
| 13 | le-ru-ba lu-ša₂-ah-ki-im | |
| 14 | i—su-ur-ri zu-u₂-tu₂ LUGAL | |
| 15 | i-kar-ra-ra ina lub-bi | |
| 16 | me-e-li šu-nu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 17 | us-se-bi-la LUGAL ina {uzu}GU₂-šu₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 18 | lik-ru-ur nap-šal-tu₂ | |
| 19 | ⸢i-se⸣-niš us-se-bi-⸢la⸣ | |
| 20 | ⸢UD⸣-mu ša e-da-ni-[šu₂] | |
| 21 | LUGAL li-pi-ši-iš | |
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