ABL 0392 (P334267)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0392 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334267 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | 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 [7:15] o 88– | The baby is much better. I fastened an absorptive dressing on this abscess behind his ear, it rested loosely against its tip. |
| Bottom [1:11] b.e. 1515– | Yesterday evening I opened the lint by which it was attached and removed the dressing on it. There was pus as much as the tip of (one's) little finger on the dressing. |
| Reverse [8:17] r 99– | By your gods, nobody had laid hands upon it — he gave his word (for it). He is very well; the king, my lord, can be glad. He will be cured in 7 or 8 days. |
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}ARAD—{d}na-na-a | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu ad—dan-niš ad—dan-niš | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5 | {d}MAŠ u {d}gu-la | |
| 6 | DUG₃-ub lib-bi DUG₃-ub UZU-MEŠ | |
| 7 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lid-di-nu | |
| 8 | šul-mu ad—dan-niš | |
| 9 | a-na la-ku-u₂ | |
| 10 | si-ik-ru ha-ni-u | |
| 11 | ša ku-tal PI.2-šu₂ | |
| 12 | ta-al-i-tu₂ ina UGU | |
| 13 | ur-ta-ki-is ina ap-pi-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | ir-tu-mu | |
| 15 | ina ti-ma-li | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-i ba-di | |
| 2 | ši-ir-ṭu ša ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 3 | ṣa-bit-u-ni ap-ta-ṭar | |
| 4 | ta-al-i-tu₂ ša₂ ina UGU | |
| 5 | u₂-tu-li šar-ku | |
| 6 | ina UGU ta-al-i-te | |
| 7 | i-ba-aš₂-ši am—mar SAG.DU | |
| 8 | ŠU.SI ṣe-hi-ir-te | |
| 9 | DINGIR-MEŠ-ka šum₂-ma me-me-ni | |
| 10 | {uzu}A₂.2-šu₂ ina UGU | |
| 11 | u₂-me-du-u-ni šu-tu₂-ma | |
| 12 | pi-i-šu₂ it-ti-din | |
| 13 | šul-mu ad—dan-niš | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | lib-bu ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 15 | lu ṭa-a-ba | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | a-du UD-MEŠ 07 08 i-ba-laṭ | |
Sources & licences
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