ABL 0653 (P334453)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0653 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334453 |
| 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 Adad-šumu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | Concerning the substitute king of Akkad, the order should be given to enthrone (him). |
| Obverse [8:13] o 99–o 1313 | Concerning the clothes of the king, my lord, and the garments for the statue of the substitute king, concerning the necklace [of go]ld, the sceptre and the throne, [... ba]th |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1'1'–r 7'7' | We shall beg[in with ...] and enthrone (him) [...]. Now the order should be given, so we can ... and go. What is it that the king, my lord, commands? |
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 be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}IM—MU—PAB | |
| 3 | lu-u šul-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL | |
| 5 | be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | ina UGU LUGAL—pu-u-hi | |
| 7 | ⸢ša₂ a⸣-ka-⸢di⸣ a-na še-šu-bi | |
| 8 | ṭe₃-e-mu liš-ku-nu | |
| 9 | ina UGU {tug₂}lu-bu-si ša LUGAL | |
| 10 | EN-ia₂ ku-zip-pi ša₂ a-na ALAM | |
| 11 | LUGAL—pu-u-hi ina UGU ga-gi | |
| 12 | [ša₂ KUG].GI {giš}PA {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 13 | [x x x x x ri]-⸢in⸣-ku | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ni-iš-⸢ši⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | nu-še-šib u₂-ma-a | |
| 3' | ṭe₃-e-mu liš-ku-nu | |
| 4' | bi-si ni-iš-ri | |
| 5' | ni-il-li-ik | |
| 6' | mi-i-nu | |
| 7' | ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 8' | i-qab-bu-u-ni | |
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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