ABL 0647 (P334448)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0647 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334448 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, [my lord]: your servant Nabû-[ahhe-eriba]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! May Nabû and Marduk bl[ess the king], my lord! |
| Obverse [5:19] o 66– | If it [suits the king], the apotropaic ritual [against evil] of any kind shou[ld be performed], and [the interpretation] of the observ[ation] of J[upiter] and Me[rcury] which, in the same [day], came forth in succession, should be written in (the text). It is said as follows: |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 3a3a | "If the star of Marduk is black, in that year the as[akku]-disease [will rage (in the country)]." |
| Reverse [5:14] r 44–r 1212 | They [are at a distance] and will keep away from each other; the king, my lord, should not be af[raid] o[f it]. (The interpretation) should be wri[tten] in the apo[tropaic ritual]; anything [that] is per[tinent] should be done, and [the evil] should be made to pa[ss by]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—[PAB-MEŠ—SU] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU [a-na LUGAL] | |
| 5 | EN-ia lik-[ru-bu] | |
| 6 | šum-ma ina ⸢IGI⸣ [LUGAL ma-hi-ir] | |
| 7 | NAM.BUR₂.⸢BI⸣ [HUL] | |
| 8 | me-me-ni ⸢lu⸣ [e-pi-iš] | |
| 9 | ša ta-mar-[a-ti] | |
| 10 | ša {mul}⸢SAG⸣.[ME.GAR] | |
| 11 | ša {mul}⸢UDU⸣.[IDIM.GUD.UD] | |
| 12 | ša ina ŠA₃ 01-⸢en⸣ [UD-me] | |
| 13 | da-rat a-⸢he⸣-[e-iš] | |
| 14 | uṣ-ṣu-u-⸢ni⸣ [pi-šir₃-šu₂-nu] | |
| 15 | ina ŠA₃-bi liš-ṭu-[ru] | |
| 16 | a-ki an-ni-i-⸢e⸣ [o] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | qa-bi | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 MUL {d}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU | |
| 2 | MI-ma ⸢it-ta-na⸣-[mar] | |
| 2a | ṣa-li-im-⸢ma⸣ [o] | |
| 3 | ina MU BI A₂.[SIG₃ GAL₂-ši] | |
| 3a | a-⸢sak⸣-[ku] | |
| 4 | TA@v IGI a-he-⸢e⸣-[iš pa-ti-u] | |
| 5 | la ṭe-hu-[u-ni] | |
| 6 | LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢TA@v⸣ [pa-ni] | |
| 7 | lu la i-⸢pal⸣-[lah₃] | |
| 8 | ina ŠA₃ ⸢NAM⸣.[BUR₂.BI] | |
| 9 | lu ša₂-⸢ṭi⸣-[ir] | |
| 10 | mi₃-i-nu [ša ina ŠA₃-bi] | |
| 11 | il-la-[ku-u-ni] | |
| 12 | lu e-⸢pi⸣-[iš HUL] | |
| 13 | lu še-e-⸢tu⸣-[uq] | |
Sources & licences
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