ABL 0606 (P334419)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0606 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334419 |
| 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 [0:16] o 1o 1– | [To the king], my [lor]d: [your servant, Urdu]-Nabû. [Good health to the king], my lord. [May Aššur, Sin, Ša]maš, [Marduk, Zarpan]itu, [Nabû, Tašm]etu, [Ištar of Nin]eveh, [and Ištar of Arbe]la — [these great gods who love your kingship — allow the king, my lord, to live 100 years. May they grant the king, my lord, the satisfaction of old age, extreme old age]. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | [The king, my lord], should issue an [or]der for them to bring [offeri]ngs for the king's sons. They should perform them before Tašmetu. I will also bring an offering for burning on the brazier. |
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}ARAD]—{d}AG | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL] EN-ia | |
| 4 | [aš-šur {d}30 {d}ša₂]-maš | |
| 5 | {[d}AMAR.UTU {d}zar-pa-ni]-tum | |
| 6 | {[d}AG {d}taš-me]-tum | |
| 7 | {[d}15 ša {uru]}⸢NINA⸣{ki} | |
| 8 | {[d}15 ša {uru}arba]-⸢il₃⸣ | |
| 9 | [DINGIR-MEŠ an-nu-te GAL-MEŠ] | |
| 10 | [ra-i-mu-te LUGAL-ti-ka] | |
| 11 | 01 me MU.AN.NA-MEŠ a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 12 | [lu-bal-li-ṭu] | |
| 13 | [ši-bu-tu lit-tu-tu] | |
| 14 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 15 | [lu-šab-bi-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ṭe₃-e]-mu liš-ku-[un] | |
| 2' | {[udu]}⸢SISKUR⸣-MEŠ ša DUMU-MEŠ LUGAL | |
| 3' | lu-bi-lu-u-ni ina IGI {d}taš-me-tum | |
| 4' | le-pu-šu₂ ma-qa-lu-tu₂ | |
| 5' | ina UGU ka-nu-ni | |
| 6' | is-se-niš lu-bi-la | |
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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