ABL 0658 (P334458)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0658 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334458 |
| 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 lord: your servant Adad-šumu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | Aššur-etel-šame-erṣeti-muballissu is doing well, his fever has gone down; there is nothing to worry about. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | Concerning the charge [of] the crown prince's rear palace, we are doing [(our) wor]k, [we are not ne]gligent. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [The king], my [lo]rd, 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 LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}IM—MU—PAB | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu DI-mu | |
| 6 | a-na {1}AN.ŠAR₂—e-tel—AN—KI—TI.LA.BI | |
| 7 | hu-un-ṭu-šu₂ ip-ta-<aš₂>-ha | |
| 8 | hi-ṭu la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [ina] UGU-hi pi-qit-te | |
| 10 | [ša₂] E₂ DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN ša₂ ku-ta-li | |
| 11 | [dul]-⸢lu⸣ ne₂-pa-aš₂ | |
| 12 | [la ni-ši]-ia-aṭ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x lib]-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 2' | [ša₂ LUGAL be]-li₂-ia | |
| 3' | [lu-u] DUG₃.GA | |
Sources & licences
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