ABL 0494 (P334341)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0494 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334341 |
| 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 [0:15] o 1o 1– | To the king, my lord: your servant, Urdu-Nabû. Good health to the king, my lord. May [Aššur, Sin], Šamaš, Bel, 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. |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | On the 7th, I saw some beautiful young girls in the temple. One was the granddaughter of Qannasusi. I have sent (word) and had the home inspected. |
| Reverse [8:15] r 99– | The name of the other one is Urkittu-reminni; [sh]e is the daughter of [N]N, a bodyguard. I saw her on the royal road. I have sent (word) and had (her) home inspected. |
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}EN | |
| 5 | {d}zar-pa-ni-tum {d}AG | |
| 6 | {d}taš-me-tum {d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki} | |
| 7 | {d}15 ša₂ {uru}arba-il₃ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 8 | an-nu-u-te GAL-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ra-ʾi-i-mu-te LUGAL-ti-ka | |
| 10 | 01 me MU.AN.NA-MEŠ a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 11 | lu-bal-li-ṭu | |
| 12 | ši-bu-tu lit-tu-tu | |
| 13 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 14 | lu-šab-bi-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | UD 07-KAM₂ ina E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR | |
| 2 | {mi₂}qa-al-lal-a-te | |
| 3 | dam-qa-a-te | |
| 4 | i-ba-aš₂-ši a-ta-mar | |
| 5 | 01-et DUMU.MI₂—DUMU.MI₂-te DUMU.MI₂—DUMU.MI₂-te | |
| 6 | ša {1}qa-an-na-su-si | |
| 7 | as-sa-par E₂ | |
| 8 | e-ta-am-ru | |
| 9 | {mi₂}{d}ur-ki-⸢tu—re⸣-mi₃-in-ni | |
| 10 | ⸢šu-mu⸣ ša₂ 01-et DUMU.MI₂ | |
| 11 | {1}{d}x]-⸢x x⸣-a-ni {lu₂v}qur-bu-te | |
| 12 | [ši]-⸢ti⸣ ina KASKAL—LUGAL KASKAL—LUGAL a-ta-mar | |
| 13 | as-sa-par E₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | [e-ta]-⸢am⸣-ru | |
| 15 | ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ zu x | |
| 16 | [x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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