ABL 0983 + (P334661)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0983 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334661 |
| 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/saa15 · 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, [m]y lo[rd]: your servant Nergal-e[ṭir]. The best of health to the king, my lord! The land of the king [is] well. The king, my lord, [can b]e glad [ind]eed. |
| Obverse [7:16] o 88– | [...]ragaya, the di[spatch] rider [of] Bit-Zualza came [to] me on the 15th of Adar (XII), [saying]: "[Hu]mbê [sen]t me [......]." |
| Bottom [1:11] b.e. 1616– | Now then [I] am sending him to the king, my lord, [in charge of] my messenger, so [the ki]ng, my lord, can question him. I myself will set my horses in motion on the 20th of Adar. Let the king, my lord, send me instructions. |
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}⸢U.GUR—KAR⸣-[ir] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 4 | EN-ia a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | [a-na] KUR ša\m LUGAL DI-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 6 | [ŠA₃]-⸢bu⸣ ša\m LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 7 | [a]—⸢dan⸣-niš lu DUG₃.GA | |
| 8 | {1}x]-ra-ga-a.a {lu₂vy}kal-lap—ši-[bir-te] {lu₂vy}kal-lap—ši-[bir-te] | |
| 9 | [ša] {kur}E₂—zu\t-al-za | |
| 10 | UD 15-KAM₂ ša\dm {itim}ŠE | |
| 11 | [ina UGU-hi]-ia it-tal-ka | |
| 12 | [ma-a {1}hu]-⸢um⸣-be₂-e | |
| 13 | [i-sa-ap]-⸢ra⸣-an-ni | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | [x]+⸢x x⸣ te | |
| 16 | an-nu-rig | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ina ŠU.2 {lu₂vy}A—šip-ri-ia {lu₂vy}A—šip-ri-ia | |
| 2 | ina pa-an LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 3 | [a]-sa-ap-ra-aš₂-šu | |
| 4 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ liš-al-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [a]-na-ku UD 20-KAM₂ ša\dm {itim}ŠE | |
| 6 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ-ia | |
| 7 | ⸢u₂⸣-nam-maš | |
| 8 | mi-i-nu ša\dm ši-ti\t-ni | |
| 9 | LUGAL be-li₂ liš-pur-ra | |
Sources & licences
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