ABL 0565 (P334387)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0565 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334387 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | [To the king, my lord]: [your] servant [Akkullanu]. Good heal[th to the king], my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May they give you the best of health as well as physical well-being! |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | Jupiter stood behind the moon; here is the relevant interpretation: |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | If Jupiter stands [behind the moon]: there [will be] hostility in the land. |
| Obverse [13:26] o 1414– | Oh king, my lord, [this is] a m[atter] concerning us. [This] sign [pertains] t[o the king], my lord. It means evil [for Subartu]. Presently I am waiting for [the occultation] and will [look up] the word [about it]; if it en[ters] the moon, I shall send the relevant interpretation to the king, [my lo]rd. |
| Reverse [4:15] r 55–r 1515 | But n[ow], perhaps the king, my lord, does not believe (me)! The back of the moon should be shown to a eunuch who has a sharp eye: there is less than a span left to close. He should sta[nd] in shadow to observe — the king, [my lord], [will] soon [believe me]. |
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-kul-la-nu] | |
| 3 | lu DI-[mu a-na LUGAL] EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL | |
| 5 | EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | DI-mu ša a—dan-niš | |
| 7 | u₃ ṭu-ub UZU-MEŠ | |
| 8 | lid-di-nu-ni-ka | |
| 9 | {d}SAG.ME.GAR ina EGIR 30 | |
| 10 | i-ti-ti-zi an-ni-u | |
| 11 | pi-šir₃-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 12 | 1 {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ina [EGIR {d}30 | |
| 13 | GUB-iz {mi₂}KUR₂ ina KUR [GAL₂-ši] | |
| 14 | LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢a⸣-[bu-tu₂] | |
| 15 | in-nu-⸢u⸣ [ši-i] | |
| 16 | GISKIM [an-ni-tu₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | ⸢ša⸣ [LUGAL] | |
| 18 | EN-⸢ia₂⸣ [ši-i] | |
| 19 | lum-nu [ša {kur}SU.BIR₄{ki]} | |
| 20 | šu-u₂-[tu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | an-nu-rig ina [IGI e-ra-bi] | |
| 2 | a-da-gal a-bat-[su la-mur] | |
| 3 | šum-ma ina ŠA₃-šu₂ e-⸢tar⸣-[ba] | |
| 4 | pi-šir₃-šu₂ a-na LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia₂] | |
| 5 | a-šap-pa-ra u₃ ⸢u₂⸣-[ma-a] | |
| 6 | is—su-ri LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 7 | la i-qi₂-ap 01-en {lu₂}SAG | |
| 8 | ša IGI.2-šu₂ nam-rat-u-ni | |
| 9 | i—da-at i—da-at {d}30 | |
| 10 | lu-kal-li-mu-šu₂ | |
| 11 | ru-u₂-ṭu la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 12 | re-e-he a-na qa-ra-bi | |
| 13 | ina ṣi-il-li li-⸢iz⸣-[ziz] | |
| 14 | le-e-mur | |
| 15 | ⸢ba⸣-a-si LUGAL [be-li₂] | |
| 16 | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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