ABL 0433 (P334298)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0433 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334298 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | The first day after we left the Palace, we stayed overnight in Ubasê. The boats are all right. On the next day, the gods of the king guarding, we shall safely arrive in [the Inner City], and I shall bring the golden [monster]s [...] into the temple of Aššur. |
| Obverse [13:26] o 1414– | And [...... the b]ed, th[ere is a ritual] to put together for decorating and washing the bed. If the king, my lord, orders, we shall bring it into the temple of Aššur and perform our rites jointly together. There is room there, and it is suitable for our vigil. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Where will the bed enter?" In the house of the treasurer of the Aššur temple, where the gods of the city of Dur-Šarruken are staying. |
| Reverse [10:20] r 1111– | Right now I am ... bringing in the monsters; but the bed is on the river and will stay in the boat for tonight. We shall also spend the night on the river and keep watch over it, until the king, our lord, sends me instructions. Let him give orders to a messenger, and let the messenger come straight away. I will wait for him, and (then) bring the bed in. |
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}DUG₃—IM—aš-šur | |
| 3 | lu DI\d-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | UD 01-KAM ša TA@v\m E₂.GAL nu-ṣu-ni\d | |
| 5 | ina {uru}u₂\m-ba\t-se-e be₂-da-ni | |
| 6 | {giš}MA₂-MEŠ DI\d-mu UD 02-KAM | |
| 7 | DINGIR-MEŠ [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ i-na-ṣur ina ša\yd-li\d-in-te | |
| 8 | ina {[uru}ŠA₃—URU] ni-qar-rib | |
| 9 | ⸢qar⸣-[ba-te-ia u₂-ma-ma]-ni KUG.GI | |
| 10 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x ina] ⸢E₂⸣—aš-šur u₂\m-še-rab | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]-MEŠ-ni | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x]-u-te | |
| 13 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]-bu | |
| 14 | ⸢u₃⸣ [du₆-lu ša {giš]}⸢NA₂⸣ | |
| 15 | i-[ba-ši ša {giš]}⸢NA₂⸣ | |
| 16 | a-na ⸢da⸣-mu-⸢qi⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | a-na ma-se-e | |
| 18 | ka-ra\t-ki | |
| r | ||
| 1 | šum₂-mu LUGAL be-li₂ i-qa\d-bi | |
| 2 | ina E₂—aš-šur nu-še-ri\d-ib-ši | |
| 3 | du₆-li\d-ni ki-i a-ha-iš | |
| 4 | ni-ik\y-ri-ik ne₂-pu-uš | |
| 5 | ka-qu-ru i-ba\t-ši | |
| 6 | u₃ a-na EN.NUN\dm-ni SIG₅ | |
| 7 | i—su\t-ri LUGAL be-li₂ i-qa\d-bi | |
| 8 | ma-a a-a-ka {giš}NA₂\m te-rab | |
| 9 | ina E₂\m {lu₂v}IGI.DUB\dm ša\yd E₂\m—aš-šur ša\yd DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 10 | ša\yd {uru}BAD₃—MAN—GIN\d ina ŠA₃-bi kam-mu-su\d-ni | |
| 11 | an-nu-rig qar-ba\t-te-ia u₂-ma-ma-ni | |
| 12 | u₂-še-rab u₃ {giš}NA₂ ina UGU ID₂-ma | |
| 13 | mu-šu₂ an-ni-u ina ŠA₃ {giš}MA₂ ta-bi-ad | |
| 14 | a-ni-nu ina UGU ID₂-ma ni-bi-ad | |
| 15 | EN.NUN\dm-ša₂ ni-na-ṣar a-di\d mi-nu | |
| 16 | ša\yd LUGAL be-li₂ i-šap-par-an-ni | |
| 17 | ṭe₃-e-mu a-na {lu₂v}A—KIN {lu₂v}A—KIN liš-kun | |
| 18 | le\d-ti\t-qa lil-li-ka | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | ina IGI-šu₂ a-da\d-gal | |
| 20 | {giš}NA₂ u₂-še-rab | |
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