ABL 0744 (P334530)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0744 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334530 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods bestow long days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:13] o 77–o 1313 | On the 27th day the moon stood there; on the 28th, 29th and 30th we kept watch for the eclipse of the sun, (but) he let it pass by and was not eclipsed. On the 1st the moon was seen (again); the (first) day of Tammuz (IV) is (thus) fixed. |
| Obverse [13:20] o 1414– | Concerning Jupiter about which I previously wrote to the king, my lord: "It has appeared in the path of the Anu stars, in the area of Orion." — |
| Reverse [1:10] r 22–r 1010 | it was low, and indistinct in the haze, (but) they said: "It is in the path of the Anu stars," and I sent the relevant interpretation to the king, my lord. Now it has risen and become clear; it is standing under the constellation Chariot in the path of the Enlil stars. |
| Reverse [10:18] r 1111– | Its interpretation will remain the same, even if it ... to the Chariot. But the interpretation pertaining to Jupiter in the path of the Anu stars, which I previously sent to the king, my lord, is not valid. The king, my lord, should know this. |
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 EN-ia₂ ARAD-ka | |
| 2 | {1}DUMU—{d}15 lu-u DI-mu | |
| 3 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 4 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | UD-me ar-ku-te ṭu-ub UZU | |
| 6 | u₃ hu-ud ŠA₃-bi DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 7 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ liš-ru-ku UD 27-KAM₂\t | |
| 8 | {d}30 iz-za-az UD 28-KAM₂\t | |
| 9 | UD 29-KAM₂\t UD 30-KAM₂\t ma-ṣar-tu₂ | |
| 10 | ša AN.MI {d}UTU ni-it-ta-ṣar | |
| 11 | u₂-se-ti-iq AN.MI la iš-kun | |
| 12 | UD 01-KAM₂\t {d}30 na-mur UD-mu | |
| 13 | ša {iti}ŠU ku-u₂-nu | |
| 14 | ina UGU {mul}SAG.ME.GAR | |
| 15 | ša ina pa-ni-ti | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ aš₂-pur-an-ni | |
| 17 | nu-uk ina KASKAL šu-ut {d}a-nim | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina kaq-qar {mul}SIPA.ZI.AN.NA | |
| 2 | it-ta-mar ša₂-pi-il | |
| 3 | ina ri-ip-si la ih-hi-kim | |
| 4 | iq-ṭi-bi-i-u ma-a | |
| 5 | ina KASKAL šu-ut {d}a-nim šu-u₂ | |
| 6 | pi-šir₃-šu₂ a-na MAN EN-ia₂ | |
| 7 | a-sap-ra u₂-ma-a | |
| 8 | it-tan-ta-ha it-tah-kim | |
| 9 | šap-la {mul}{giš}GIGIR | |
| 10 | ina KASKAL šu-ut {d}EN.LIL₂ iz-za-az | |
| 11 | a-na {mul}{giš}GIGIR lu-u ik-ri-im | |
| 12 | pi-šir₃-šu₂ uk-ta-ta-la-ma | |
| 13 | u₃ pi-šir₃-šu₂ ša {mul}SAG.ME.GAR | |
| 14 | ša ina KASKAL šu-ut {d}a-nim | |
| 15 | ša ina pa-ni-ti a-na MAN EN-ia₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | aš₂-pur-an-ni | |
| 17 | la uk-ta-ta-la | |
| 18 | MAN be-li₂ lu-u u₂-di | |
Sources & licences
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