ABL 0778 (P334551)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0778 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334551 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [T]o the king, my lord: your [servant] Nabû-šumu-iškun. [Good] health to the king, my lord! May [Nabû] (and) Marduk bless the king, my lord. May [Bel], Nabû (and) Nergal appoint a guardian of health (and) life [with the k]ing, my lord. |
| Obverse [6:17] o 77–o 1717 | [As t]o what the king, my lord, impressed upon his servant once or twice, saying: "I shall hold you responsible for the work of your lord's household" — certain officials of my lord's [household] are giving me [...], are giving me [......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] Marduk and [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [who b]ring(s) to them [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | The wo[rk of] their lord's household |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | [...... there] is |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | [...... the ki]ng, my lord, |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... the v]illage managers |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [the ...]s who come out |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | (and) cultivate [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | (and) do [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] here |
| Reverse [14:17] r 15'15'–r 17'17' | I will do the [res]t of the work of my lord's household (and) keep watch over my lord's household. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 18'18'–r 19'19' | The king, my lord, knows that all the work will be done in this spring. |
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}AG—MU—iš-kun | |
| 3 | [lu-u] DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | {[d}AG] {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | {[d}EN] {d}AG {d}U.GUR ma-ṣar DI-mu TI.LA | |
| 6 | [TA@v] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ lip-qi₂-du | |
| 7 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 8 | [a-na] ARAD-šu₂ ma-a-la ši-ne₂-e-šu | |
| 9 | ⸢bir⸣-ti IGI.2-MEŠ ša ARAD-i-šu | |
| 10 | u₂-ma-di-du-u-ni | |
| 11 | ma-a dul-lu ša E₂—EN-MEŠ-ka E₂—EN-MEŠ-ka | |
| 12 | ina ŠU.2-i-ka u₂-ba-ʾa | |
| 13 | {lu₂}EN—pi-qit-ta-a-te-MEŠ {lu₂}EN—pi-qit-ta-a-te-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [ša E₂]—EN-MEŠ-ia E₂]—EN-MEŠ-ia i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 15 | [x x x x x] id-da-nu-u-ni | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ id-da-nu-u-ni | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x]-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] {d}MES u [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ub⸣-bal-aš₂-ša-nu-[u-ni x x] | |
| 3' | dul-[lu ša] E₂—EN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu E₂—EN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 4' | [x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]-u-ni | |
| 5' | [x x x x x i]-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] ⸢bal⸣-u-ṭi | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]-nu-šu₂-nu | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x]-u₂-ni | |
| 10' | [x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—URU-MEŠ-te {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL—URU-MEŠ-te | |
| 11' | [x x x x]-MEŠ ša u-ṣu-u-ni | |
| 12' | [x x x x] ⸢e⸣-ra-šu-u-ni | |
| 13' | [x x x]-nu e-pa-aš₂-u-ni | |
| 14' | [x x x] an-na-ka | |
| 15' | [re]-⸢eh⸣-te dul-li ša E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia₂ E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia₂ | |
| 16' | e-pa-aš₂ ma-ṣar-tu | |
| 17' | ša E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia₂ E₂—EN-MEŠ-ia₂ a-na-ṣar | |
| 18' | LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da a-ki-i | |
| 19' | i—har-pu-u-te i—har-pu-u-te an-ni-e | |
| 20' | dul-lu gab-bu i-ne₂-pa-aš₂-u-ni | |
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