ABL 1092 (P334730)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1092 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334730 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | To the king, my lord, your servant, Marduk-šallim-ahhe, the one who blesses you. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh, and Ištar of Arbela very greatly bless the king, my lord. May they give to the king, my lord, long days and numerous years of happiness and physical well-being. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | The sanctuary of Mullissu is completely built. |
| Obverse [13:18] o 1414–o 1818 | Iyyar (II) and Sivan (III) are favorable months. In the Abšegeda (almanac) it is written as follows: "On the 11th day, the god of the temple will be favorably disposed toward the temple." |
| Obverse [18:24] o 1919– | If the king, my lord, commands: "[On the 11th da]y of Sivan (III), let Mullissu rise and take up residence [in] her sanctuary." |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | (r 1) (Break) |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | of/which ...[...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Sin [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...... sacri]fice |
| Reverse [7:13] r 88–r 1313 | [......] Now Iyyar and Sivan are favorable months. Let the king, my lord, give the order that they should hold back the kettledrums. Only one copper kettledrum will circumambulate the temples. |
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}MES—DI—PAB-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ka-ri-ib-ka | |
| 4 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | {d}aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}EN {d}AG | |
| 6 | {d}15 ša NINA{ki} {d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 7 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 8 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu | |
| 9 | UD-me ar-ku-u₂-ti | |
| 10 | MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ma-aʾ-da-a-ti | |
| 11 | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU | |
| 12 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lid-di-nu | |
| 13 | BARAG ša {d}NIN.LIL₂ ra-ṣip ga-am-mur | |
| 14 | {iti}GUD {iti}SIG₄ ITI-MEŠ | |
| 15 | ṭa-bu-u-ti šu-nu | |
| 16 | ina ŠA₃-bi AB.ŠE.GE.DA | |
| 17 | ki-i an-ni-i ša₂-aṭ-ṭir | |
| 18 | ⸢ma UD 11-KAM₂⸣ DINGIR E₂ ina E₂ ma-gir | |
| 19 | šum-ma LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 20 | [UD 11-⸢KAM₂⸣ ša {iti}SIG₄ | |
| 21 | {⸢d⸣}[NIN].LIL₂ lu ta-at-bi | |
| b.e. | ||
| 22 | [ina] ⸢BARAG⸣-ki-ša₂ lu tu-šib | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x]-eš | |
| 2 | ⸢an⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3 | ša₂ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] ⸢di⸣ | |
| 4 | {d}30 [x x x x x x x x] ⸢aš₂⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x]-nu | |
| 6 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x {udu]}⸢SISKUR⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x]-u₂ | |
| 8 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] an-nu-rig | |
| 9 | {iti}GUD {iti}SIG₄ ITI-MEŠ | |
| 10 | ṭa-bu-u-ti šu-nu | |
| 11 | LUGAL be-li₂ ṭe₃-e-mu liš-kun | |
| 12 | li-li-sa-a-ni ⸢li⸣-ik-ri-mu | |
| 13 | 01-en šu-u₂ li-li-su URUDU | |
| 14 | TA@v E₂.KUR-MEŠ i-lab-bi-a | |
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