ABL 1075 (P334719)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1075 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334719 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1'1'–o 8'8' | [To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, my lord]! May [Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord]! May [Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Bel], Nabu, [Nergal, Ištar of Nineveh] and Ištar of Ar[bela] ordain very much [vigour], health, h[appiness, physical well-being] and long-lasting d[ays] for [the king, my lord! [May they sa]te the king, [my] lord, with [old age] and fullness of life! [May they keep firm] the foundations of the [royal] thr[one of the king, my lord, until far-off days]! |
| Reverse [1:9] r 2'2'–r 9'9' | [Da]y after day, mo[nth after month], year after year, up to a hundred ye[ars], [may] good and hap[py] tidings [reach] the king, my lord! |
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' | ⸢lik⸣-[ru-bu aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}EN] | |
| 2' | {d}PA {⸢d⸣}[U.GUR {d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki]} | |
| 3' | {d}15 ša₂ ⸢arba⸣-[il₃{ki} ba-la-ṭu] | |
| 4' | ša₂-la-mu ⸢ṭu⸣-[ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU] | |
| 5' | u₃ a-rak ⸢UD⸣-[me] a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 6' | dan-niš dan-[niš] liq-bi-u₂ [ši-bu-tu₂] | |
| 7' | lit-tu-[tu] a-na LUGAL EN-[ia₂] | |
| 8' | [lu-šab]-⸢bi⸣-u₂ iš-di {giš}⸢GU⸣.[ZA] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] us [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [UD]-mu ana UD-me ⸢ITI⸣ [ana ITI] | |
| 3' | MU.AN.NA ana MU.⸢AN⸣.[NA] | |
| 4' | ša a-di 01 me ši-[na-ni] | |
| 5' | pa-as-su-ra-⸢a⸣-[te] | |
| 6' | ša SIG₅ u hu-[ud ŠA₃-bi a-na] | |
| 7' | LUGAL be-li₂-ia [liq-ri-ba-a-ni] | |
| 8' | u₃ šar-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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