ABL 0504 (P334345)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0504 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334345 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [To the k]ing, my lord: [your servant] Il-yada'. [Good hea]lth to the king, my lord! The land and [the for]ts of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, [can be glad]. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | News [of the son] of Yakin: he is [in Baby]lon. |
| Obverse [9:17] o 1010– | [Rad]manu the sheikh of Opis [has writ]ten to me as follows: "[The elders of S]ippar [said to me]: 'The king [should com]e [......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | "[...... they] have begun |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | "[...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | "I [have ... what] I heard." |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | They will see [whatever] it is, [and I shall se]nd a [deta]iled [report] to [the king], my [lor]d. |
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}DINGIR—ia-da\d-aʾ | |
| 3 | [lu-u] ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | [DI-mu a]-⸢na⸣ ma-a-te u₃ | |
| 5 | {[uru}HAL].⸢ṢU⸣-MEŠ ša\m LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 6 | [ŠA₃-bi] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 7 | [lu DUG₃.GA] ṭe₃-mi | |
| 8 | [ša DUMU]—{1}ia-GIN | |
| 9 | [ina KA₂].⸢DINGIR⸣.RA{ki} šu-u₂\m | |
| 10 | {1}ra-ad]-ma-nu {lu₂v}na-sik-ku | |
| 11 | [ša] {⸢uru⸣}u₂\m-pi-i | |
| 12 | [is]-⸢sap⸣-ra ma-a | |
| 13 | [x x x {uru]}⸢sip⸣-par-a.a | |
| 14 | [iq-ṭi-bu-ni] ma-a LUGAL\t | |
| 15 | [x x x x]-ni | |
| 16 | [lil-li]-ka | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x u₂]-sa-ri-u₂\m | |
| 2 | [x x x x] na lik | |
| 3 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na-ku | |
| 4 | [x x x] aš₂-mu-u-ni | |
| 5 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ e-mur | |
| 6 | [mi-nu ša] ši-ti\t-ni | |
| 7 | [ṭe₃-mu har]-ṣu a-na | |
| 8 | [LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣-ia | |
| 9 | [a-šap]-⸢pa⸣-ra | |
Sources & licences
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