ABL 0664 (P334463)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0664 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334463 |
| 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 lord! |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | Concerning the [inf]lammation of the eyes about which the king, my lord, [said: "If only it could] be cured!" — I will come [tomorrow to the k]ing, my lord |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [......] this |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | We shall perform the (periodic) rites of the month Iyyar (II), against inflammation of [the eyes]. Bel and Na[bû] will lay their life-giving hands up[on] the king, my lord. |
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 be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | {d}[PA u {d]}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | [lik-ru]-bu ina UGU hu-un-ṭi | |
| 6 | [ša] ⸢e⸣-na-a-te ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 7 | [iq-bu-ni ma-a lu] pa-ši-ir a-na-ku | |
| 8 | [ina ši-a-ri ina IGI] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia la-al-lik | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x] an-ni-te | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ne₂-pe-še ⸢ša⸣ {iti}⸢GUD⸣ | |
| 3' | ša hu-un-ṭi ša [e-na-a-te] | |
| 4' | ne₂-ep-pa-aš₂ {d}EN {d}⸢PA⸣ | |
| 5' | qa-su-nu ša ba-la-ṭi ina [UGU] | |
| 6' | LUGAL be-li₂-ia u₂-mu-⸢du⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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