ABL 0525 (P334358)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0525 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334358 |
| 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 [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-tabni-uṣur. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Ninurta and Gula very greatly bless the king, my lord! May Bel and Nabû give long-lasting days, many years, an eternal throne, happiness and physical well-being to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313– | [I]f the king, my lord, [know]s a fault committed by me, let the king not keep me alive! |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | [...] last year they [said]: "Let me give [...]," and they gave [... to] all [...]. Nabû-tartiba-uṣur, an associate of mine, got the iron [...] of the crown prince, (but) I did not get it. |
| Reverse [8:18] r 99– | (While) all my associates are happy, I am dying of a broken heart. I have been treated as if I did not keep the watch of the king, my lord; my heart has become startled indeed, panic has seized me, I have become exceedingly afraid: may the king revive my heart vis-à-vis my colleagues! |
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}PA—tab-ni—PAB | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {d}NIN.URTA u {d}gu-la a-na LUGAL | |
| 6 | be-li₂-ia₂ a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | {d}EN u {d}AG UD-me GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 8 | MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ma-aʾ-da-a-te | |
| 9 | {[giš]}GU.ZA ša da-ra-a-te | |
| 10 | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU-MEŠ | |
| 11 | [a]-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 12 | [lid]-di-nu | |
| 13 | šum-ma hi-ṭa-a.a LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 14 | [u₂]-⸢da⸣ LUGAL lu la ⸢u₂-bal⸣-la-ṭa-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x] ša-daq-diš | |
| 2 | [iq-ṭi-bi]-u₂ ma-a | |
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢la⸣-di-ni | |
| 4 | [a-na x x] ⸢gab⸣-bi it-ta-an-nu | |
| 5 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ AN.BAR ša DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 6 | [a-na] {1}{d}PA—SU—PAB | |
| 7 | ša is-si-ia it-ta-an-nu | |
| 8 | a-na a.a-ši la i-di-nu-ni | |
| 9 | ša is-si-ia gab-bu ha-di-iu-u | |
| 10 | a-na-ku i-na ku-su-up—ŠA₃-bi | |
| 11 | a-mu-at ki-i ša ma-ṣar-tu₂ | |
| 12 | ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ la a-na-ṣar-u-ni | |
| 13 | e-ta-ap-šu-un-ni | |
| 14 | ŠA₃-bi is-su-gu a—dan-niš | |
| 15 | hi-ip—ŠA₃-bi iṣ-ṣa-ab-ta-ni | |
| 16 | ap-ta-lah₃ a—dan-niš | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | LUGAL qa-an-ni mi-ih-ri-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 18 | ŠA₃-bi lu-bal-li-ṭa | |
Sources & licences
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