ABL 0427 (P334293)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0427 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334293 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:17] o 1o 1– | To the king, my lord: your servant, Urdu-Nabû. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Marduk, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Tašmetu, Ištar of Nineveh, and Ištar of Arbela — these great gods who love your kingship — allow the king, my lord, to live 100 years. May they grant the king, my lord, the satisfaction of old age, extreme old age. May they appoint a guardian of health and vigor (to be) with the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | On the 6th day Aššur and Sin will descend to the garden below the terrace. There is a ritual, and it will be performed. Offerings for the king will be made. Adad-of-Plenty will go to the park. More offerings for the king will be made. |
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}PA | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | {d}zar-pa-ni-tum {d}AG | |
| 6 | {d}taš-me-tum {d}15 ša {uru}NINA | |
| 7 | {d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 8 | an-nu-te GAL-MEŠ ra-ʾi-mu-te | |
| 9 | LUGAL-ti-ka 01 me MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 10 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lu-bal-liṭ-ṭuš | |
| 11 | ši-bu-tu lit-tu-tu | |
| 12 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lu-šab-bi-u₂ | |
| 13 | ma-ṣar šul-me u ba-la-ṭi | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | TA LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 15 | lip-qi-du | |
| r | ||
| 1 | UD 06-KAM {d}aš-šur {d}30 | |
| 2 | a-na {giš}SAR ša šap-[la] | |
| 3 | ta-am-li-i ur-ru-⸢du⸣ | |
| 4 | dul-lu i-ba-aš₂-ši in-ne₂-pa-aš₂ | |
| 5 | SISKUR.SISKUR-MEŠ ša LUGAL | |
| 6 | in-ne₂-pa-ša₂ {d}IM nu-uh-še | |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃ am-ba-si il-lak | |
| 8 | SISKUR.SISKUR-MEŠ-ma ša LUGAL | |
| 9 | in-ne₂-pa-ša₂ | |
Sources & licences
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