ABL 0465 (P334320)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0465 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334320 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Urad-Nanaya. The very best of health to the king, my lord]! May Ninurta and Gula give happiness and physical well-being to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88–o 1212 | Concerning the cure of the ears, all the preparations have been made, (but) the king did not even begin with it yesterday. Let him now carry it out today. |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | Concerning the potion about which I said in the presence of the king [......] |
| Obverse [15:20] o 1616– | (16) (Break) |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Let him carry out these cures of the ears today. |
| Reverse [3:11] r 44–r 1111 | (As) the king, my lord, knows, the ilku-duty (of the physicians) is tomorrow. A 'third man' is saying: "I am under orders; the physician should come with me!" I am afraid; without (the permission of) the king [I will not go] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [Altern]atively, a physician who [......] mūṣu-stone may go with him. |
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}na-na-a] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu ad—dan-niš ad—dan-niš] | |
| 4 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 5 | {d}MAŠ u {d}gu-la ṭu-ub lib-bi | |
| 6 | ṭu-ub UZU a-na LUGAL | |
| 7 | EN-ia lid-di-nu | |
| 8 | ina UGU bu-ul-ṭi | |
| 9 | ša {uzu}PI.2 ša₂-aṣ-bu-tu₂ | |
| 10 | gab-bu ša₂-ki-in ina ti-ma-li | |
| 11 | LUGAL re-e-šu₂ la iš-ši | |
| 12 | u₂-ma-a UD-mu an-ni-iu-u | |
| 13 | le-pu-šu₂ ina UGU | |
| 14 | maš-qi-te ša ina pa-an LUGAL | |
| 15 | ⸢aq⸣-bu-u-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] ⸢bi⸣ | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ a [x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ba [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [bu]-ul-⸢ṭa⸣-[a-ni] | |
| 2 | an-nu-te ša {uzu}PI.2 | |
| 3 | UD-mu an-ni-iu-u | |
| 4 | le-pu-šu₂ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 5 | u₂-da ina ši-ia-a-ri | |
| 6 | il-ku šu-u₂ | |
| 7 | {lu₂}taš-li-šu₂ ma-a | |
| 8 | šap-ra-ku ma-a {lu₂v}A.ZU | |
| 9 | is-si-ia lil-lik | |
| 10 | ⸢pa-al⸣-ha-ku ša la LUGAL | |
| 11 | [la al-lak] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [u₂]-la-a {lu₂v}A.ZU ša {na₄}mu-⸢ṣa⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [o] is-se-šu₂ lil-lik | |
Sources & licences
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