ABL 0779 (P334552)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0779 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334552 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-išku[n]. Good health to the king, m[y] lord! May Nabû (and) Marduk bless the king, [my] lord. May Bel, Nabû and [Nergal] appoin[t] a guardian of health and l[ife] with the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [7:15] o 88–o 1515 | As to the eunuchs for the official[s] about whom I appealed to the king, [my] lo[rd], the k[ing's] messenger [...]. I [asked] the palace scribe, (who) [gave] (the following) order: "Three [......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | to Nabû-[...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | any[body/thing ......] |
| Obverse [17:20] o 1818– | in the days [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | you [......] |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | Let the king, my lord [......] there, so [they can ...] the wo[rk]. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | Now let the ki[ng, my lord], d[o] as it [pleases him]. |
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 | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—MU—GAR-⸢un⸣ | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-[ia] | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu {d}EN {d}PA u₃ {d}[U.GUR] | |
| 6 | ma-ṣar DI-mu u₃ ⸢TI⸣.[LA] | |
| 7 | TA@v LUGAL EN-ia lip-qi-⸢du⸣ | |
| 8 | ina UGU {lu₂}SAG-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ša a-na {lu₂}pi-qi-ta-[te] | |
| 10 | ša a-na LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 11 | a-hu-ru-⸢u₂⸣-[ni] | |
| 12 | {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x] | |
| 13 | {lu₂}A.BA—KUR {lu₂}A.BA—KUR a-[sa-ʾa-al] | |
| 14 | ṭe₃-e-mu [is-sa-kan] | |
| 15 | ma-a 03 [x x x x x] | |
| 16 | a-na {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—[x x x x] | |
| 17 | mi-mi-[i-ni x x x x] | |
| 18 | ina UD-MEŠ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | im-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | tu-šam-[x x x x] | |
| 2 | LUGAL be-li₂ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4 | li-[x x x] | |
| 5 | bi-is dul-[lu x x x] | |
| 6 | u₂-ma-a ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 7 | a-ki-i ša [i-la-u-ni] | |
| 8 | le-pu-[uš] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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