ABL 0406 (P334277)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0406 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334277 |
| 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 Nabû-ahhe-eriba. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:16] o 66– | Concerning the arrangement of the (divine) 'party' about which the king, my lord, wrote to me — (according to the menologies) "(If) he wants to take the cult ceremonies," it is favourable in this month; it is favourable to arrange the 'party.' Let them arrange it on the 13th, 15th, (or) the 17th day. |
| Bottom [0:10] b.e. 15b.e. 15– | Concerning the offerings about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, it is favourable to make them this month. Let them make them tomorrow (or) the day after tomorrow, whenever it (best) suits the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [7:19] r 88– | Concerning Aššur-mukin-paleya about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me — he may come, it is favourable to come. May the king, my lord, (live to) lift his grandsons upon his knees! (Nevertheless), they should be on the alert along the roadside and guard him (well). |
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}PA—PAB-MEŠ—SU | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL | |
| 5 | EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | ina UGU e-pa-še | |
| 7 | ša qa-re-e-ti | |
| 8 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 9 | GARZA il-qi₂ | |
| 9a | pa-ar-ṣi | |
| 10 | ina ITI an-ni-e ṭa-ba | |
| 11 | ṭa-ba qa-re-e-tu₂ | |
| 12 | a-na e-pa-še | |
| 13 | UD 13-KAM₂\t UD 15-KAM₂\t | |
| 14 | UD 17-KAM₂\t le-pu-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | ina UGU {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ | |
| 16 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 2 | ina ITI an-ni-e | |
| 3 | ṭa-ba a-na e-pa-a-ši | |
| 4 | ina ši-a-ri ina li-di-iš | |
| 5 | am—ma-te am—ma-te ina IGI LUGAL | |
| 6 | EN-ia ma-hi-ir-u-ni | |
| 7 | le-pu-šu₂ | |
| 8 | ina UGU {1}aš-šur—mu-kin—BALA-ia | |
| 9 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 10 | lil-li-ka ṭa-ba | |
| 11 | a-na a-la-ki | |
| 12 | DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 12a | mar-mar-i-šu₂ mar-mar-i-šu₂ | |
| 13 | LUGAL be-li₂ ina bur-ki-šu₂ | |
| 14 | li-in-tu-uh | |
| 15 | ina ši-id-di KASKAL | |
| 15a | hu-u-li | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | lu et-ku | |
| 17 | li-iṣ-ṣu-ru-uš | |
Sources & licences
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