ABL 0404 (P334275)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0404 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334275 |
| 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, [our lord: your servants] Nabû-ahhe-[eriba and Balasî]. Good health t[o the king, our lord]! May Nabû and Marduk b[less the king], our lord! |
| Obverse [5:15] o 66–o 1515 | Concerning the tiara [about which the king], our lord, wrote to us, the eye-stones which were shown to us are very beautiful. May Nabû, the lord of the world, bless the king, our lord, and lengthen the days of the king, our lord! May Nabû let the king, our lord, see the crown prince and his brothers prosper. |
| Obverse [15:29] o 1616– | As to what the king, our lord, wrote to us: "There is more obsidian" — if 'eyes' are lacking, eye-stones should be made of it, and [if] a šanduppu (ornament) is lacking, a šanduppu-gem should be made of it. If it is extra, they may leave it unused. |
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-ni ARAD-MEŠ-ka] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—[SU {1}ba-la-si-i] | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu a-[na LUGAL EN-ni] | |
| 4 | {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU a-[na LUGAL] | |
| 5 | EN-ni lik-[ru-bu] | |
| 6 | ina UGU a-ge-[e ša LUGAL] | |
| 7 | EN-ni iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 8 | {na₄}IGI.2-MEŠ ša u₂-kal-li-mu-un-na-ši-ni | |
| 9 | dam-qa a—dan-niš | |
| 10 | {d}PA EN KUR.KUR a-na LUGAL | |
| 11 | EN-ni lik-ru-ub | |
| 12 | UD-MEŠ ša LUGAL EN-ni lu-ur-ri-ik | |
| 13 | ne₂-mu-lu ša DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 14 | ša ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ {d}PA | |
| 15 | a-na LUGAL EN-ni lu-kal-li-im | |
| 16 | ša LUGAL EN-ni iš-pur-an-na-ši-ni | |
| 17 | ma-a {na₄}KA e-ta-at-ra | |
| 18 | šum-ma IGI.2-[MEŠ] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | mu-ṭe-⸢e⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {⸢na₄⸣}IGI.2-MEŠ | |
| 2 | [ina ŠA₃]-bi le-pu-u-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [šum-ma] ⸢ša₂⸣-an-dup-pu | |
| 4 | ⸢mu⸣-ṭe-e | |
| 5 | {na₄}⸢ša₂⸣-an-dup-pu | |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃-bi le-pu-u-šu₂ | |
| 7 | šum-ma ut-ru šu-u | |
| 8 | lu-ra-am-me-u | |
Sources & licences
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