ABL 0894 (P334614)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0894 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334614 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the king, [my lo]rd: your servant Adad-[šumu-uṣur]. Good health to the king, [my lord]! May Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, [Nabû, Marduk] and the great gods of heaven [and earth] very greatly bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [7:22] o 88– | I observed the (crescent of the) moon on the 30th day, but it was high, too high to be (the crescent) of the 30th. Its position was like that of the 2nd day. If it is acceptable to the king, my lord, let the king wait for the report of the Inner City before fixing the date. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Why did you not decide (about the matter)?" — |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | am I [...]...[...]? |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1010–r 1313 | Let the king [ask] the scri[bes]; the days [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | (r 14) (Remainder lost) |
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}IM—[MU—PAB] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu ana LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}[AG {d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 5 | DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ša₂ AN-e [KI.TIM] | |
| 6 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 7 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu | |
| 8 | {d}30 UD 30-KAM₂\t | |
| 9 | a-ta-mar ša₂-qi-a | |
| 10 | ša UD 30-KAM₂\t | |
| 11 | ina pi-it-ti i-ša₂-qi-a | |
| 12 | ki-i ša₂ UD 02-KAM₂\t | |
| 13 | iz-za-az | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | šum-ma ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 15 | ma-hi-ir | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina IGI ša₂ {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 2 | LUGAL lid-gul | |
| 3 | ha-ra-mi-ma | |
| 4 | LUGAL be-li₂ UD-mu | |
| 5 | lu-ki-in | |
| 6 | is—su-ri LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 7 | ma a-ta-a at-ta | |
| 8 | la tap-ru-[us] | |
| 9 | a-na-ku-u₂ [x x] | |
| 10 | a-na ma-a-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 11 | {lu₂v}DUB.[SAR-MEŠ] | |
| 12 | LUGAL ⸢li⸣-[iš-al] | |
| 13 | UD-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 14 | ina pa-[x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | a-na še [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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