ABL 0661 + (P334460)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0661 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334460 |
| 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 Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, [my] lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, [my lo]rd! |
| Obverse [4:15] o 55–o 1515 | The day before yester[day], when [the ki]ng, my lord, as[ked me], I did not [......] |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | Let them brin[g ...] to/for [..., act] in the same way and pronounce the name of the [crown princ]e upon it. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 6'6'–r 9'9' | The Lady of Concord and Re[conciliation] will, on account of the name of [the crown prince], become reconciled with the king and [his family]. |
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}AMAR.UTU—GAR—⸢MU⸣ | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-[ia] | |
| 4 | {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia₂] | |
| 5 | lik-⸢ru⸣-bu ina šal-še—⸢UD⸣-[me] | |
| 6 | ki-⸢i LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ iš-⸢al⸣-[an-ni] | |
| 7 | ⸢la⸣ a-[x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ša₂-an-⸢ni⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ša IGI [x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | is-⸢si⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ki-i [x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | {d}30 [x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | a-na [x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | um [x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ša [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | a-na [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | lu-bi-[lu x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ki-i an-⸢nim⸣-[ma le-pu-šu₂] | |
| 4' | šu-mu ša₂ DUMU—[MAN] DUMU—[MAN] | |
| 5' | ina UGU-hi li-iz-[ku-ru] | |
| 6' | be-lit taš-me-e u ⸢sa⸣-[li-me] | |
| 7' | ina UGU šu-me ša₂ [DUMU—MAN] [DUMU—MAN] | |
| 8' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ u [E₂-šu₂] | |
| 9' | sa-li-mu ta-ra-aš₂-ši | |
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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