ABL 0545 (P334370)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0545 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334370 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [T]o the k[ing, my lord]: your servant Na[bû-šumu-iddina]. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | The 7th is the day for balancing accounts. May Nabû forevermore balance the account of the king, my lord, and those of the sons of my lord, in his ledger of life! |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | 3 horses, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | 67 horses and 8 mules: |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | 75 in all from Guzana; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | 2 horses from Calah: |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | a total of 99 cavalry mounts and 8 mules, |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | 107 in all, have come in today. |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | Should I array the horses early in the morning? What is it that the king, my lord, [commands]? |
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}⸢AG⸣—[MU—AŠ] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL | |
| 6 | be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | UD 07-KAM₂ e-peš nik-ka-si | |
| 8 | {d}AG ina {giš}LI.U₅.UM-šu₂ | |
| 9 | ša ba-la-ṭi nik-ka-su | |
| 10 | ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 11 | u₃ ša DUMU-MEŠ EN-ia | |
| 12 | [a]-na UD-me ṣa-a-ti | |
| 13 | [le-pu]-uš 03 KUR-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2 | 67 KUR-MEŠ 08 ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 3 | PAB 75 {uru}gu-za-na | |
| 4 | 02 KUR-MEŠ {uru}kal₃-hu | |
| 5 | PAB 99 KUR BAD-HAL-li | |
| 6 | 08 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 7 | PAB 01 me 07 UD-mu an-ni-u₂ | |
| 8 | e-tar-bu-u₂-ni | |
| 9 | ina kal-la-ma-a-ri {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 10 | la-as-de-e-re | |
| 11 | mi-i-nu ša LUGAL | |
| 12 | be-li₂ [i-qab-bu-u-ni] | |
Sources & licences
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