ABL 0662 (P334461)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0662 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334461 |
| 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 [0:14] o 1o 1–o 1414 | [To the king], my lord: [your servant] Marduk-šakin-šumi. [Good hea]lth to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May [Aššur], Sin, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Nergal, Ištar of Nineveh and Ištar of Arbe[la] call vigour, health, [hap]piness, [physical well-being and la]sting days [for the king, my lord]! [May they s]ate [the king, my lord, with old age and fullness of li]fe! |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [...] will receive stones [......]. |
| Reverse [3:8] r 4'4'–r 8'8' | Let [the king] give an order [to DN-d]a''inanni: he should come [whi]le [...] is (still) here and they should do [the work]. |
| Reverse [8:14] r 9'9'–r 14'14' | [We shall compl]ete [the statues of] the gods Adad and Šala; there is (still) [a lo]t missing, [it is] a great deal of work. During the month Shebat (XI) we shall, [according to] their word, do [the work] together. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| 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-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {[d]}⸢AG⸣ u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | [a-na] LUGAL EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | [aš-šur] {d}30 {d}UTU {d}EN {d}PA {d}U.GUR | |
| 7 | {[d]}15 ša NINA{ki} {d}15 | |
| 8 | ⸢ša⸣ {uru}arba-[il₃] ⸢ba⸣-la₂-ṭu | |
| 9 | ⸢ša₂-la-mu⸣ [hu]-⸢ud⸣ ŠA₃-bi | |
| 10 | [ṭu-ub UZU u₃] ⸢du⸣-ur UD-me | |
| 11 | [a-na LUGAL EN]-⸢ia₂ li-bi⸣-u₂ | |
| 12 | [ši-bu-tu₂ lit-tu]-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 13 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ lu]-⸢šab⸣-bi-u | |
| 14 | [iš-di {giš}GU.ZA šar-ru]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ tu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] hi NA₄-MEŠ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-mah-har | |
| 4' | [a-na {1}{d}x]—⸢da⸣-in-an-ni | |
| 5' | [LUGAL] ṭe₃-e-mu liš-kun | |
| 6' | [a-du be₂]-et an-na-ka | |
| 7' | [x x]-⸢ni⸣ lil-li-ka | |
| 8' | [dul-lu] le-pu-šu₂ | |
| 9' | [NU-MEŠ] {d}IM {d}ša-la | |
| 10' | [nu-šal]-⸢lam⸣ bat-qu-um-ma | |
| 11' | [da-a]-na dul-lu ma-aʾ-du | |
| 12' | [šu-u₂] ina {iti}ZIZ₂-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 13' | [x x] ⸢pi⸣-i-šu₂-nu [x] | |
| 14' | [ki-i] a-he-ʾi-[iš] | |
| 15' | [dul-lu] ⸢ne₂⸣-ep-pa-aš₂ | |
Sources & licences
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