ABL 0558 (P334383)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0558 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334383 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | [To the king, our lord: your servants, Nabu-bala]ss[u-iqbi] and Nadin-Ea. Good health to the king, our lord. May Bel and Nabû bless the king, our lord. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | All is very well with our watch. |
| Obverse [11:23] o 1212– | Aššur-naṣir has sent a royal bodyguard to the governor of Lahiru and the governor of Dur-Šarrukku (with the message) concerning the transport order for this work. The governor of Lahiru has obeyed; the governor of Dur-Šarrukku has not. The king, my lord, should know. |
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-ni] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-MEŠ-ni-ka] | |
| 3 | {1}{d}AG]—⸢TI-su⸣—[iq]-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 4 | {1}na-din—ia | |
| 5 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 6 | EN-ni | |
| 7 | {d}EN u₃ {d}AG | |
| 8 | a-na LUGAL EN-ni | |
| 9 | lik-ru-bu | |
| 10 | DI-mu a-na ma-ṣar-ti-ni | |
| 11 | ad—dan-niš | |
| 12 | {1}aš-šur—PAB-ir | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina UGU ša-az-bu-si | |
| 2 | ša dul-li an-ni-i | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}qur-ZAG ina UGU-hi | |
| 4 | {lu₂v}EN.NAM {uru}la-hi-ri | |
| 5 | {lu₂v}EN.NAM {uru}BAD₃—LUGAL-ru-ki | |
| 6 | is-sap-ra | |
| 7 | {lu₂v}EN.NAM {uru}la-hi-ri | |
| 8 | is-se-me {lu₂v}EN.NAM | |
| 9 | ša {uru}BAD₃—LUGAL-ru-ki | |
| 10 | la iš-me | |
| 11 | LUGAL EN-ni ⸢lu⸣-u-di | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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