ABL 0629 + (P334434)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0629 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334434 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lo[rd]: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bl[es]s the king, my lord! May the great gods be[st]ow long days, well-being and j[oy] upon the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:10] o 55–o 1010 | The substitute king, who on the 14th sat on the throne in [Ninev]eh and spent the night of the 15th in the palace o[f the kin]g, and on account of whom the eclipse took place, entered the city of Akkad safely on the night of the 20th and sat upon the throne. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | I made him recite the omen litanies before Šamaš; he took all the celestial and terrestrial portents on himself, and ruled all the countries. The king, my lord, should kn[ow] (this). |
| Obverse [14:18] o 1515–o 1818 | This eclipse which occurred in the month Tebet (X), afflicted the Westland; the king of the Westland will die and his country decrease or, according to another tradition, perish. |
| Obverse [18:23] o 1919– | Perhaps the scholars can tell something about the (concept) 'Westland' to the king, my lord. Westland means the Hittite country (Syria) and the nomad land or, according to another tradition, Chaldea. |
| Bottom [1:15] b.e. 2323– | Someone of the kings of Hatti, Chaldea or Arabia will carry this sign. With the king, my lord, all is well; the king, my lord, will attain his desire, and the deeds and prayers of the king, my lord, are acceptable to the gods. The king of Kush, the king of [Tyre], or Mugallu [will die] naturally, or the king, my lord, will take [him] captive; the king, my lord, will reduce his country, and his concubines will enter into the possession of the king, [my] lord. The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| Reverse [11:20] r 1212–r 2020 | Nevertheless, the king, my lord, should be on his guard and under strong protection. Apotropaic rituals, penitential psalms and rites against malaria and pestilence should be performed f[or the lif]e of the king, my lord, and of my lords the princes. |
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⸣-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}DUMU—{d}15 | |
| 2 | [lu]-u DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ LUGAL EN-ia₂ {d}PA u {d}ŠU₂ | |
| 3 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ lik-[ru]-⸢bu⸣ UD-me ar₂-ku-te | |
| 4 | ṭu-ub UZU u hu-[ud ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 5 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ liš-[ru]-⸢ku⸣ LUGAL—pu-u-hi | |
| 6 | ša UD 14-KAM₂\t ina {⸢uru}NINA⸣ u₂-ši-⸢bu⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 7 | u₃ ⸢UD⸣ 15-KAM₂\t ina E₂.GAL ⸢ša LUGAL⸣ | |
| 8 | be₂-e-du-u-ni AN.MI ina UGU-hi-šu₂ | |
| 9 | iš-kun-u-ni MI ša UD 20-KAM₂\t ina DI-mu | |
| 10 | a-na {uru}ak-kad e-ta-rab it-tu-ši-ib | |
| 11 | ina IGI {d}UTU na-qa-bi-ia-te ša ṭup-šar-u-te | |
| 12 | u₂-sa-qa-bi-šu₂ GISKIM-MEŠ ša AN-e u KI.TIM | |
| 13 | DU₃-ši-na it-ta-har KUR.KUR gab-[bu] | |
| 14 | ip-ti-ia-al MAN be-li₂ lu-u u₂-[di] | |
| 15 | AN.MI an-ni-i-u ša ina {iti}AB | |
| 16 | iš-kun-u-ni a-na {kur}MAR.TU{ki} | |
| 17 | il-ta-pat LUGAL {kur}MAR.TU{ki} UŠ₂ | |
| 18 | KUR-su i-ṣa-ah-hir ša₂-niš i-hal-liq | |
| 19 | i—su-ri {lu₂v}um-ma-ni ina UGU {kur}MAR.TU | |
| 20 | me-me-e-ni a-na MAN EN-ia₂ i-qa-bi-i-u | |
| 21 | {kur}a-mur-ru-u {kur}ha-at-tu-u | |
| b.e. | ||
| 22 | u₃ {kur}su-tu-u ša₂-niš | |
| 23 | {kur}kal-di me-me-e-ni ina LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| 24 | ša {kur}hat-ti lu-u ša {kur}kal-di | |
| r | ||
| 1 | lu-u ša {kur}a-ri-bi GISKIM an-ni-tu₂ | |
| 2 | i-zab-bil a-na MAN EN-ia₂ DI-mu | |
| 3 | MAN be-li₂ ṣi-hi-it-tu-šu₂ i-kaš-šad | |
| 4 | ep-še-e-ti u₃ su-ra-a-ri | |
| 5 | ša MAN EN-ia₂ pa-an DINGIR-MEŠ mah-[ru] | |
| 6 | lu-u MAN {kur}ku-u-su lu-u MAN {uru}[ṣur-ri] | |
| 7 | lu-u {1}mu-gal-lum lu-u mu-ut ⸢šim⸣-[ti i-mu-at] | |
| 8 | lu-u ŠU.2 MAN EN-ia₂ i-ka-ša₂-⸢ad⸣-[su] | |
| 9 | MAN be-li₂ KUR-su u₂-ṣa-ah-har | |
| 10 | {mi₂}ERIM—E₂.GAL-MEŠ-šu₂ {mi₂}ERIM—E₂.GAL-MEŠ-šu₂ ina pa-an MAN EN-[ia₂] | |
| 11 | e-rab-a-ni ŠA₃-bi MAN EN-ia₂ lu DUG₃.GA | |
| 12 | u₃ MAN be-li₂ lu-u e-ti-ik-ma | |
| 13 | EN.⸢NUN⸣ lu-u dan-na-⸢at⸣ NAM.BUR₂.BI-MEŠ | |
| 14 | ER₂.ŠA₃.HUN.GA₂-MEŠ [ne₂]-⸢pe⸣-še ša di-hu | |
| 15 | mu-ta-a-ni a-na ⸢MAN⸣ [EN]-⸢ia₂⸣ u₃ DUMU-MEŠ—MAN DUMU-MEŠ—MAN | |
| 16 | EN-MEŠ-e-a ⸢lu⸣-[bal]-⸢li⸣-ṭu | |
| 17 | le-e-pu-[šu₂ x x x]+⸢x ṭup⸣-pi | |
| 18 | ⸢i-ba-x⸣+[x x x x x] ⸢ke⸣-e-nu | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x] a-na MAN EN-ia₂ | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
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