ABL 0549 (P334374)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0549 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334374 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, [my lord]: your servant Adad-[šumu-uṣur]. Good health to the ki[ng, my lord]! May Nabû and Marduk, and the [great] gods of heaven and earth very greatly [bless the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | The mother of the king is doing ve[ry] we[ll] indeed; the king, [my lord, can be] glad [indeed]. |
| Reverse [2:9] r 3'3'–r 9'9' | [The ritual] "Sick [...]"; [the incantation "E]a, Šamaš, [Asalluhi]" of (the ritual) "Nullifying the Curse"; the incantation "You, River, [Creator of Everything]" — she has performed (these) 10 tablets together wit[h their rituals], and is very [well]. The ki[ng, my lord], can be glad indeed. |
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}IM—[MU—PAB] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU DINGIR-[MEŠ GAL-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | ša₂ AN-e u KI.TIM [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 6 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš [lik-ru-bu] | |
| 7 | {mi₂}AMA—LUGAL {mi₂}AMA—LUGAL a—⸢dan⸣-[niš] | |
| 8 | a—dan-niš ⸢šul⸣-[mu] | |
| 9 | ⸢lib-bu⸣ ša₂ LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 10 | [a—dan-niš a]—dan-niš [lu-u DUG₃.GA] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢ia lak⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x].GIG.⸢GA⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 4' | [EN₂ {d}E₂].A {d}UTU {d}[ASAR.LU₂.HI] | |
| 5' | ša ma-mit pa-⸢ša₂⸣-[a-ri] | |
| 6' | EN₂ at-ti ⸢ID₂⸣ [DU₃-at ka-la-ma] | |
| 7' | 10 ṭup-pa-a-ni a-⸢di⸣ [DU₃.DU₃.BI-šu₂-nu] | |
| 8' | te-ta-pa-aš₂ [šul-mu] | |
| 9' | a—dan-niš lib-bu ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 10' | a—dan-niš lu-u DUG₃.[GA] | |
Sources & licences
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