ABL 0533 + (P334364)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0533 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334364 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the king, [my] lord: your servant, Aplaya, the temple steward of Ištar of Arbela. Good health t[o the king, my lord]. May Aššur and Ištar bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [7:14] o 88– | When the sealed order of the king, my lord, came before the servants of Ištar, with the message: "Let them be exempted," we blessed the king. |
| Reverse [0:11] r 1r 1–r 1111 | Now the chief of servants, whom your father appointed over them — they gathered and unanimously dismissed him, saying, "You will not exercise the office of prefect, the king has made the ap[pointmen]t." What is it that the king, [my lord], commands? |
| Reverse [11:15] r 1212– | All the chief of servants are taking [...] from the major domo. |
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}A-ia | |
| 3 | {lu₂}lah₂-hi-nu ša {d}15 | |
| 4 | ša {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 5 | lu DI-mu a-[na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 6 | aš-šur {d}15 a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 7 | lik-ru-ub | |
| 8 | UD-mu ša un-qu | |
| 9 | ša LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 10 | ina IGI {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-ni | |
| 11 | ša {d}15 ta-lik-an-ni | |
| 12 | ma-a lu za-ku-u | |
| 13 | LUGAL ni-ik-ta-rab | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₂-ma-a {lu₂v}GAL—ARAD-MEŠ {lu₂v}GAL—ARAD-MEŠ | |
| 2 | ša AD-ka | |
| 3 | ip-qi-du-u-ni | |
| 4 | ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | ip-tu-hur gab-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | up-ta-ti-iu-šu | |
| 7 | ma-a la tu₂-pa-aš₂ | |
| 8 | {lu₂v}GAR-nu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 9 | LUGAL ip-[ti-qi]-⸢di⸣ | |
| 10 | mi-i-nu ša LUGAL [be-li₂] | |
| 11 | i-qa-bu-u-ni | |
| 12 | {lu₂v}GAL—ARAD-MEŠ-ni {lu₂v}GAL—ARAD-MEŠ-ni | |
| 13 | gab-⸢bu⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ GIŠ | |
| 14 | ŠU.2 {lu₂v}GAL—⸢E₂⸣ {lu₂v}GAL—⸢E₂⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | i-laq-[qi-u] | |
Sources & licences
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