ABL 0977 + (P334655)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0977 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334655 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To] the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-naṣir. May Nabû and Marduk very greatly bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | Aššur-mukin-paleya is doing very, very well; Aššur-šarrani-[muballis]su is doing very, very well. The king, my lord, [can be glad]. |
| Obverse [9:21] o 1010– | [Concerning] the rites about which the ki[ng, my lord], wrote to us, in Kislev (IX) we performed "To keep ma[laria], plague and pestilence away from a man's home"; [in Teb]et (X) we performed "To keep disease and malaria away from a man's home," and numerous counterspells; in Shebat (XI) we performed 'hand-lifting' prayers, an apotropaic ritual to counteract evil sorcery and a ritual against malaria and plague. On the 1st day we initiated the rites (to be performed) in Adar (XII). |
| Reverse [2:16] r 33–r 1616 | A figurine of the 'daughter of Anu,' a figurine of Namtar, a figurine of Latarak, a figurine of Death, a substitute figurine made of clay, a substitute figurine made of clay of garden ditch, a substitute figurine made of w[ax], 5 illat-gods of the 'daughter of Fat,' 7 [......], 15 drinking tubes of silver [... for] Gula and Belet ṣeri, 7 grains of silver, 7 grains of gold, 7 grains of copper, 7 grains of tin, 7 grains of [...] of the city for the 'daughter of the River (god),' [7 twigs] of tamarisk, 7 twigs of date palm, [7 b]ottles of wine, 7 bottles of beer, [7 b]ottles of milk, 7 [bo]ttles of honey: al[l this] we have done, [but we have not] yet [performed the rest of the r]ites. |
| Reverse [16:21] r 1717– | When [it is time] to perform the ritual [..., let the k]ing, m[y lord ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL [be]-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—PAB-[ir] | |
| 3 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | DI-mu a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 6 | a-na {1}aš-šur—mu-kin—BALA-MEŠ-ia | |
| 7 | DI-mu a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 8 | a-na {1}aš-šur—LUGAL-a-ni—[TI.LA].BI | |
| 9 | ŠA₃-bi ša LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ [lu ṭa-ab-šu₂] | |
| 10 | [ina UGU] ne₂-pe-ši ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 11 | iš-pur-an-na-ši-ni ⸢di⸣-[ʾu] | |
| 12 | šip-ṭu mu-ta-nu ana E₂ ⸢LU₂⸣ [NU TE-e] | |
| 13 | ina {iti}GAN ne₂-ta-pa-aš₂ [ina {iti]}⸢AB⸣ | |
| 14 | GIG di-ʾu ana E₂ NA NU TE-e | |
| 15 | u₃ UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA-MEŠ | |
| 16 | ma-aʾ-du-tu ne₂-ta-pa-aš₂ | |
| 17 | ina {iti}ZIZ₂ ŠU.IL₂.KAM₂-MEŠ | |
| 18 | NAM.BUR₂.BI HUL kiš-pi | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ ša di-ʾu šip-ṭu ne₂-ta-pa-aš₂ | |
| 2 | ne₂-pe-ši ša ina {iti}ŠE UD 01-KAM₂\t ni-ip-tar-ṣa | |
| 3 | ša NU DUMU.MI₂ {d}a-nim NU {d}nam-tar | |
| 4 | NU {d}la-ta-ra-ak NU mu-u₂-tu | |
| 5 | NU pu-u-hi NA ša IM NU pu-u-hi NA | |
| 6 | ša IM PAB.E {giš}SAR NU pu-u-hi NA | |
| 7 | ša ⸢GAB⸣.[LAL₃] 05 {d}KASKAL.KUR-MEŠ DUMU.MI₂—I₃.UDU | |
| 8 | 07 ⸢x⸣+[x x x] 15 šul-pu KUG.UD | |
| 9 | ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] {d}gu-la {d}be-lit—EDIN | |
| 10 | 07 ŠE KUG.UD 07 ŠE KUG.GI 07 ŠE URUDU 07 ŠE AN.NA | |
| 11 | 07 ŠE [x x]+⸢x⸣ de e URU a-na DUMU.MI₂—ID₂ | |
| 12 | 07 PA {giš]}bi-nu 07 PA {giš}GIŠIMMAR | |
| 13 | 07 {dug]}⸢la⸣-ha-an GEŠTIN 07 {dug}la-ha-an KAŠ-MEŠ | |
| 14 | 07 {dug]}⸢la⸣-ha-an GA-MEŠ 07 {dug}[la]-ha-an LAL₃-MEŠ | |
| 15 | [an-ni-u gab]-bu ne₂-ta-pa-aš₂ | |
| 16 | [re-eh-ti ne₂]-pe-ši u₂-di-ni | |
| 17 | [la ne₂-ep-pa-aš₂] a-ki dul-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 18 | [x x x x x] a-na ⸢e-pa-še⸣ [x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL be⸣-[li₂] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 20 | [x x x x x x ne₂]-pe-ši [x x x] | |
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