ABL 0858 (P334591)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0858 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334591 |
| 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/saa13 · 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], Nabu-kudurri-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [7:16] o 88–o 1616 | Tomorrow is the 'party' of Tašmetu. Tašmetu, the beloved, will go out and take up residence in the festival chapel. Sacrifices will be offered before her, and she will break her .... |
| Obverse [16:30] o 1717– | In the evening she will come back in and take up her seat. [May] she bless the king, my lord. May she give to the king, my lord, long [days] everlasting [ye]ars, happiness, and good health. The king, my lord, [should know (about 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 be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-ka {1}{d}PA—NIG₂.GUB—[PAB] | |
| 3 | [lu]-u₂ šul-[mu] | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5 | {d}AG u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 6 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 7 | lik-ru-bu | |
| 8 | iš—ši-ia-a-ri iš—ši-ia-a-ri qa-rit {d}⸢taš⸣-me-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 9 | {d}taš-me-tum da-at-tu₂ | |
| 10 | tu-ṣa-a | |
| 11 | ina ŠA₃ E₂—a₂-ki-ti E₂—a₂-ki-ti | |
| 12 | tu-u₂-šab | |
| 13 | {udu}SISKUR.SISKUR-MEŠ ina pa-ni-ša₂ | |
| 14 | in-ne₂-ep-pa-ša₂ | |
| 15 | qa-ni-is-sa | |
| 16 | ta-hap-pi | |
| 17 | ša ba-a-di | |
| 18 | te-e-rab | |
| 19 | ina šub-ti-ša₂ | |
| 20 | tu-u₂-šab | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a]-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | [lu-u] tak-ru-ub | |
| 3 | [UD-MEŠ] GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 4 | [MU.AN].NA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | da-ra-a-ti | |
| 6 | DUG₃.GA-ub ŠA₃-bi | |
| 7 | DUG₃.GA-ub UZU | |
| 8 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 9 | lu-u ta-ad-din | |
| 10 | LUGAL be-li₂ [lu-u u₂-di] | |
Sources & licences
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