ABL 0733 (P334522)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0733 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334522 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:11] o 1o 1–o 1111 | To the king, my lord: your servant Kabtî, the scribe whom the king, my lord, installed in the house of the palace superintendent. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, the king of the gods, who dwells in Ešar[ra], bless the king, my lord. May he gi[ve] the king, [m]y [lord], long days, [nu]merous years and the satisfaction of extreme old age. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | What [can I say] to the king, my lord? The ordinances of the palace are dissolved and neglected. No one listens to me. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 7'7'–r 10'10' | Ever since the king, my lord, appointed me, I have been keeping the watch of the king, my lord. May Nabû and Marduk bless 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-li-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}kab-ti-i {lu₂}DUB.SAR | |
| 3 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 4 | ina E₂ {lu₂}ša—IGI—E₂.GAL ip-qi-da-ni | |
| 5 | lu šul-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 6 | {d}aš-šur LUGAL DINGIR-MEŠ a-šib E₂.ŠAR₂.[RA] | |
| 7 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-ub | |
| 8 | UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ma-aʾ-du-[te] | |
| 9 | še-be₂-e lit-tu-tu a-na LUGAL | |
| 10 | [be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ li-id-[din] | |
| 11 | [x x x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | me ⸢il⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia mi₃-i-nu [la-aq-bi] | |
| 4' | ri-ik-sa-a-ni ša E₂.GAL | |
| 5' | pa-ṭu-ru ra-am-mu-u | |
| 6' | me-me-ni la-a i-šam-man-ni | |
| 7' | TA@v be₂-et LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 8' | ip-qi-da-an-ni-ni | |
| 9' | ma-ṣar-tu ša LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 10' | a-na-ṣar {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 11' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
Sources & licences
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