ABL 0756 (P334533)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0756 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334533 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Kudurru, son of Šamaš-ibni, a dead man whom the king revived. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel and Nabû bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | In the previous expedition the king, my lord, summoned me and raised me [from] the netherworld. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | [What] have I given [...]? At the king's order they have [bro]ught [...] to me. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | May the king let me s[e]e light, and I will glorify the king, my lord! May I not die of distress and lack of food like a dog! |
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-ia ARAD-ka {1}NIG₂.GUB | |
| 2 | DUMU {1}{d}UTU—ib-ni me-e-te | |
| 3 | ša LUGAL u₂-bal-liṭ-u₂-ni | |
| 4 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5 | {d}aš-šur {d}UTU {d}EN u {d}PA a-na LUGAL | |
| 6 | EN-ia lik-ru-bu KASKAL.2 pa-ni-u₂ | |
| 7 | LUGAL be-li₂ re-e-ši it-ti-ši | |
| 8 | [TA@v] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ <i>-ri-kal-la us-se-la-an-ni | |
| 9 | [mi₃-nu x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-di-ni ina a-bat LUGAL | |
| 10 | [x x x x x na]-⸢ṣu⸣-niš-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | LUGAL nu-u₂-ru lu-⸢kal-lim⸣-an-ni | |
| 2' | da₃-li₂-li₂ ša LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 3' | la-ad-lul ki-i kal-bi | |
| 4' | ina si-in-qi ina bu-bu-ti | |
| 5' | ša NINDA-HI.A lu la a-mu-ʾa-at | |
Sources & licences
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