ABL 1099 (P334736)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1099 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334736 |
| 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 Ma[rduk-šakin-šumi]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! May Nabû and Mard[uk] bless [the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | Con[cerning the observation] of Mars [about which the king, my lord], wrote to me: "Perform [its 'hand-lifting' prayers], and perform them f[or the crown prince] as well" — |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | I have [already st]arted with it (but) I am [wait]ing for [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | It will reach [Spica ...]. |
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}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU—GAR—MU] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.[UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu ina [UGU ta-mar-ti] | |
| 6 | ša {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu [ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 7 | iš-pur-an-ni [ma-a ŠU.IL₂.LA₂.KAM₂-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 8 | e-pu-uš a-[na DUMU—LUGAL] DUMU—LUGAL] | |
| 9 | e-pu-uš-ma [an-nu-rig re-e-šu₂] | |
| 10 | at-ti-ši ina ⸢pa⸣-[an x x x x] | |
| 11 | a-⸢da-gal⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | i-kaš-[šad 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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