ABL 0453 (P334315)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0453 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334315 |
| 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 [0:20] o 1o 1– | [To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šakin]-šumi. [Good he]alth to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Tašmetu, Ištar of Nineveh and Ištar of Arbela bless the king, my lord, a hundred years! May they appoint a guardian of health and life for the king, my lord! May they sate the king, my lord, with old age and fullness of life! May they keep firm the foundations of the royal throne of the king, my lord, until far-off days! May they let the king, my lord, see Assurbanipal and his brothers prosper! May the king lift their grandchildren into his lap! May the king constantly see their mental and physical well-being! |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | Concerning the order which the king, my lord, gave me, I wrote every word on a tablet; they said it to me word for word as the king, my lord, had said with his own mouth, it is safe. |
| Reverse [6:11] r 77–r 1111 | Now, if she — as the king, my lord, says — comes to Calah, let them send Ahuni to pick up and bring (the tablets), so she can 'cast the solvents.' |
| Reverse [11:18] r 1212–r 1818 | As for myself, I am presently [col]lecting all the 30 to 40 canonical tablets that are relevant to the matter, as well as (all) the existing non-canonical ones that are ever [per]formed (in this connection). |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | (r 19) (Remainder lost) |
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}{d}AMAR.UTU—GAR]—MU | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI]-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | aš-šur {d}UTU {d}EN {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | |
| 5 | {d}AG {d}taš-me-tum {d}15 ša NINA{ki} | |
| 6 | {d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃ 01-me MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 7 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 8 | ma-aṣ-ṣar DI-me u TI.LA | |
| 9 | TA@v LUGAL EN-ia lip-qi-du | |
| 10 | ši-bu-tu₂ lit-tu-tu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 11 | lu-šab-bi-u₂ SUHUŠ {giš}GU.ZA LUGAL-u₂-ti | |
| 12 | ša LUGAL EN-ia₂ a-na UD-me ṣa-a-ti | |
| 13 | lu-ki-in-nu ne₂-mu-lu | |
| 14 | ša {1}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ ša ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 15 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ lu-kal-li-mu | |
| 16 | DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu LUGAL ina si-qi-šu₂ | |
| 17 | li-in-tu-uh ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 18 | u₃ ṭu-ub UZU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 19 | ka-a.a-ma-nu LUGAL lid-gul | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina UGU ṭe₃-e-me ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 2 | iš-ku-na-an-ni-ni di-ib-bi | |
| 3 | gab-bu ina ṭup-pi as-sa-ṭar | |
| 4 | ki-i ša LUGAL be-li₂ ina pi-i-šu₂ | |
| 5 | iq-ba-an-ni ina pu-u₂-ti | |
| 6 | iq-ṭi-bu-ni šal-mu šu-u₂ | |
| 7 | u₂-ma-a ki-i ša LUGAL be-li | |
| 8 | i-qab-bu-ni šum-mu tal-la-ka | |
| 9 | a-na {uru}kal-ha a-na {1}a-hu-ni | |
| 10 | liš-pa-ru-ni li-in-tu-ha | |
| 11 | lu-bi-la ba-si pi-šir₃-a-ti | |
| 12 | lu tak-ru-ur u₃ a-na-ku | |
| 13 | an-nu-rig ṭup-pa-a-ni 30 40 | |
| 14 | SIG₅-MEŠ am—mar ina UGU-hi qur-bu-u-ni | |
| 15 | u₃ a-hi-u₂-ti i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 16 | i-se-niš ša im—ma-ti-me-ni im—ma-ti-me-ni | |
| 17 | [in-ne₂]-⸢pu⸣-šu₂-u-⸢ni⸣ re-e-šu₂ | |
| 18 | [a-na-aš₂-ši a]-⸢ma⸣-ta-ha | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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