ABL 0614 (P334426)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0614 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334426 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:7] r 33–r 88 | "Aššur and Šamaš ordained me to be the crown prince of Assyria because of her (= the dead queen's) righteousness." (And) her ghost blesses him in the same degree as he has revered the ghost: "May his descendants rule over Assyria!" |
| Reverse [7:10] r 99–r 1111 | Fear of the gods creates kindness, fear of the infernal gods returns life. Let the [king, my] lord, give the order |
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' | [x x x x x x x x x x] LUGAL | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ši⸣-i | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x an]-⸢ni⸣-e | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-MEŠ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢te⸣-em-ma | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x x] UD-MEŠ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 2 | [x x x x x x]-ia u₂-⸢sah⸣-kim | |
| 3 | ⸢ma⸣-a ina ke-nu-ti-ša₂ aš-šur {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 4 | a-na DUMU—LUGAL-u₂-te DUMU—LUGAL-u₂-te KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 5 | iq-ṭi-bu-u₂-ni e-ṭem₂-ma-ša₂ | |
| 6 | ⸢i⸣-kar-rab-šu₂ ki-i ša šu-u₂ | |
| 7 | e-ṭem₂-mu ip-lah₃-u-ni ma-a MU-šu₂ | |
| 8 | NUMUN-šu₂ KUR—aš-šur{ki} li-be₂-lu | |
| 9 | ⸢pa⸣-lah DINGIR-MEŠ da-ma-qu ul-lad | |
| 10 | ⸢pa⸣-lah {d}a-nun-na-ki ba-la-ṭu u₂-tar | |
| 11 | [LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣ ṭe₃-e-[mu] liš-⸢kun⸣ | |
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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