ABL 0923 (P334626)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0923 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334626 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, lord of kings, my lord, and Aššur, the highest [god], [who] by his holy and unchangeable command [... has ordered] a thousand years of life for the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šumu-uṣur. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [May] Sin and Šamaš [attend to] the health of the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk [give] name and seed to the king, my lord! May the Lady of Nineveh and Ištar of Arbela guide [you] like a mother and sister! |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | Aššur, in a dream, called the grandfather of the king, my lord, a sage; the king, lord of kings, is an offspring of a sage and Adapa: you have surpassed the wisdom of the Abyss and all scholarship. |
| Obverse [9:16] o 1010–o 1616 | When the father of the king, my lord, went to Egypt, a temple of cedar was bu[ilt] outside of the city of Harran. Sin was seated upon a staff, with two crowns on (his) head, and the god Nusku stood before him. The father of the king, my lord, entered; he placed [the crown(s)] on (his) head, (and it was said to him): "You will go and conquer the world with it." [So he we]nt and conquered Egypt; the king, lord of kings, will conquer the rest of the countries [which] have not submitted to Aššur and Sin. |
| Obverse [16:23] o 1717–o 2323 | [May] Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Adad, Bel and Nabû, Ninurta, [Nergal] and Nusku, Ištar of Nineveh, Ištar of Arbela [give] an everlasting throne, a l[ong] reign, [...], peace and prosperity, ... [...], arrow [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Your [royal] fathers [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | come before the king, lord of kings [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | a thousand years, Aššur and the [great] gods [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | the king, the sun of the people [......] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'– | Aššur to the shadow [......] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 10r.e. 10–r.e. 10r.e. 10 | witness ...[......] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1111–r.e. 1111 | to fear you [......] |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 1212–r.e. 1212 | before Aššur and the great gods [......] |
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 LUGAL-MEŠ EN-ia AN.ŠAR₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ [DINGIR-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | [ša] ina pi-i-šu₂ el-li la muš-pi-li [x x x x] | |
| 3 | 01-lim MU.AN.NA-MEŠ a-na LUGAL EN-ia TI.LA [iq-bu-u-ni] | |
| 4 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}ŠU₂—MU—ŠEŠ {d}30 u {d}UTU šul-mu LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia liš-ʾu-lu] | |
| 5 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU MU u NUMUN a-na LUGAL EN-ia li-[di-nu] | |
| 6 | {d}GAŠAN\t—NINA{ki} {d}15 ša₂ {uru}arba-il₃ GIM AMA u NIN lit-tar-ra-[ka] | |
| 7 | AN.ŠAR₂ ina MAŠ₂.MI a-na AD—AD-šu₂ AD—AD-šu₂ ša LUGAL EN-ia NUN.ME iq-ṭi-⸢ba⸣-[aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 8 | LUGAL EN LUGAL-MEŠ ŠA₃-bi—ŠA₃-bi ša NUN.ME u A.DA.PA₃ ⸢šu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 9 | tu-ša₂-tir ne₂-me-qe₂ ZU.AB u₃ gi-mir um-ma-nu-[ti] | |
| 10 | ki-i AD-šu₂ ša LUGAL EN-ia a-na {kur}mu-ṣur il-lik-[u-ni] | |
| 11 | ina qa-an-ni {uru}KASKAL E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR ša {giš}ERIN e-⸢pi⸣-[iš] | |
| 12 | {d}30 ina UGU {giš}ŠIBIR kam-mu-us 02 AGA-MEŠ ina SAG.DU ⸢šak⸣-[nu] | |
| 13 | {[d]}PA.TUG₂ ina IGI-šu₂ iz-za-az AD-šu₂ ša LUGAL EN-ia e-tar-ba | |
| 14 | [AGA] ina SAG.DU is-sa-kan ma-a tal-lak KUR-MEŠ ina ŠA₃-bi ta-kaš-šad | |
| 15 | [it-ta]-⸢lak⸣ {kur}mu-ṣur ik-ta-šad re-eh-ti ma-ta-a-ti | |
| 16 | [ša a-na] AN.ŠAR₂ {d}30 la kan-ša₂-a-ni LUGAL EN LUGAL-MEŠ i-kaš-šad | |
| 17 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ AN.ŠAR₂ {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IM {d}EN u₃ {d}AG {d}MAŠ | |
| 18 | {[d}U.GUR] ⸢u₃⸣ {d}PA.TUG₂ {d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki} {d}15 ša₂ {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 19 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {giš}GU.ZA da-ra-a-ti ⸢BALA UD⸣-[MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ] | |
| 20 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ SILIM u₃ NIG₂.TUK {giš}⸢GI⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x x x]-tu {giš}šil-ta-hu [x x x x x] | |
| 22 | [x x x x x] dan gi-na-[a x x x x x] | |
| 23 | [x x x x x] ⸢bil x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ma [x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] im [x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] GAL-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [x x x x] šul-me [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ bat [x] | |
| 5' | [LUGAL-MEŠ] AD-MEŠ-ka an ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | IGI ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN LUGAL-MEŠ al-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | 01-lim MU.AN.NA-MEŠ AN.ŠAR₂ a-di ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ GAL-MEŠ x x x x] | |
| 8' | LUGAL {d}UTU ša UN-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | AN.ŠAR₂ a-na ṣil ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 10 | ši-i-bu ta-ṣa-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | a-na pa-la-hi-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ma-har AN.ŠAR₂ u DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x x] | |
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