ABL 0435 (P334300)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0435 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334300 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | This is a continuation of the words of the previous letter. |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | May the rule of the king, my lord, be as pleasant as water and oil upon the peoples of all the countries! May the king, my lord, be their shepherd for ever! |
| Obverse [9:21] o 1010– | I, (nothing but) a dog, blessing the king, his lord, have blessed the king, my lord (with) these blessings. May the gods whose names I have invoked, accept and hear them, and grant these blessings to the king, my lord, a thousandfold! |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | And may I, blessing the king, my lord, stand before the king, my lord, and revere (him) wholeheartedly with my arms (lifted in the gesture of blessing); and when my arms become weary, may I use up my strength with my elbows. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Who does not love his benefactor? |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1010–r 1313 | In a song from Babylonia it is said: "On account of your sweet words, O my shepherd, all the masters yearn for you." |
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 | an-ni-u₂ re-eh-ti | |
| 2 | da-ba-a-bi ša₂ e-gir₂-ti | |
| 3 | pa-ni-it-ti | |
| 4 | šar-ru-u₂-tu₂ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | ki-ma A-MEŠ u₃ I₃-MEŠ | |
| 6 | e-li UN-MEŠ KUR.KUR-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ka-li-ši-na li-iṭ-bi | |
| 8 | re-ʾu-us-si-na LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 9 | le-e-pu-uš a-na du-u₂-ri | |
| 10 | da-a-ri a-na-ku ka-al-bu | |
| 11 | ka-rib LUGAL be-li-šu₂ | |
| 12 | an-nu-u₂-ti ik-ri-bi | |
| 13 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia ak-tar-ba | |
| 14 | DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ MU-šu₂-nu az-ku-ru | |
| 15 | li-ih-hu-ru liš-mi-u₂ | |
| 16 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 17 | ik-ri-bi an-nu-u₂-ti | |
| 18 | a-du li-iʾ-mi-šu | |
| 19 | li-iṣ-ṣi-pu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 20 | li-id-di-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ a-na-ku ka-ri-ib | |
| 2 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia i-na pa-an | |
| 3 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia la-zi-iz-ma | |
| 4 | ina gu-mur-ti ŠA₃-bi-ia | |
| 5 | ina a-hi-ia la-ap-lah₃ | |
| 6 | ki-ma a-hi-ia e-ta-an-ha | |
| 7 | ina ki-ṣir am-ma-ti-ia | |
| 8 | e-mu-qi₂-ia lu-gam-mir | |
| 9 | man-nu EN—DUG₃.GA EN—DUG₃.GA la i-ra-am | |
| 10 | ina za-ma-a-ri ša₂ KUR—ak-ka-di-i | |
| 11 | ma-a aš₂-šu pi-i-ka DUG₃.GA | |
| 12 | re-ʾu-u₂-a | |
| 13 | gab-bu um-ma-a-ni | |
| 14 | u₂-pa-qu-ka | |
Sources & licences
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