ABL 0654 (P334454)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0654 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334454 |
| 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 [0:17] o 1o 1– | [To] the great crown prince, the son of the king of the whole world, my lord: your servant Adad-šumu-uṣur. Good health to the son of the king of all lands! [May] Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Nabû [and] Marduk, [and the great god]s of heaven [and] earth very greatly bless the [son of the k]ing of all lands, my [lord]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | [Because] I was sent for, [I have come n]ow. [The son] of the king of all lands, my lord, [can] be happy. |
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] DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL GAL-u | |
| 2 | DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL ŠU₂ KUR.KUR | |
| 3 | be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}IM—MU—ŠEŠ | |
| 5 | lu-u₂ DI-mu | |
| 6 | a-na DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 7 | [be]-li₂-ia {d}aš-šur | |
| 8 | {[d]}30 {d}UTU {d}AG | |
| 9 | [u₃] {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 10 | [DINGIR-MEŠ GAL]-MEŠ ša₂ AN-e | |
| 11 | [u₃] KI.TIM | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | [a-na DUMU]—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU]—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU]—⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR.KUR | |
| 13 | [be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a]—⸢dan⸣-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 2 | [lik]-ru-bu | |
| 3 | [ša] šap-ra-ku-ni | |
| 4 | [an-nu]-rig | |
| 5 | [at-tal-ka] lib-bu | |
| 6 | [ša₂ DUMU]—LUGAL DUMU]—LUGAL DUMU]—LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 7 | [lu-u] ⸢ṭa⸣-a-ba | |
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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