ABL 0594 (P334409)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0594 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334409 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | (The prince) [NN] is doing well; [the king, my lord], can be happy. |
| Obverse [2:13] o 3'3'– | As to what the king wrote [to me]: "Adjure Adad-šumu-uṣur! Why did he say that the crown prince and Šamaš-šumu-ukin should not go outdoors before the 22nd day of Tishri (VII)? Has he seen some portent?" — |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | I sent word, and he was adjured in the city of Akkad. He swore by the gods of the king: "I have seen no portent; (however), until he has completed the 100 days [...]" |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | About the substitute king he said: "[He should go] to his fate [on the 22nd of Tishri (VII)]." |
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' | DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | ŠA₃-bu ša [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 3' | lu DUG₃.GA ša LUGAL ⸢iš-pur⸣-[an-ni] | |
| 4' | ma-a ta-am-mi₃-i | |
| 5' | a-na {1}{d}IM—MU—u₂-ṣur | |
| 6' | ma-a a-ta-a iq-bi | |
| 7' | ma-a DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN TA@v {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA | |
| 8' | ma-a a-du UD 22-KAM₂ ša {iti}DU₆ | |
| 9' | a-na qa-an-ni la u₂-ṣu-u | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | ma-a it-tu-u | |
| 11' | me-me-ni e-ta-mar | |
| r | ||
| 1 | as-sa-ap-ra | |
| 2 | ina ŠA₃ {uru}ak-ka-di | |
| 3 | u₂-ta-am-mi₃-<$u$>-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ina ŠA₃ DINGIR-MEŠ ša LUGAL it-te-me | |
| 5 | ma-a šum₂-ma it-tu | |
| 6 | me-me-ni a-mu-ru-u-ni | |
| 7 | ma-a a-du 01-me UD-MEŠ | |
| 8 | u₂-mal-lu-u₂-ni | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ina UGU LUGAL—pu-u-hi ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | a-na šim-⸢te⸣ [lil-lik] | |
Sources & licences
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