ABL 1126 (P334744)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1126 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334744 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | May [the king] lift [their] grandchildren [into his lap]! |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | [As to what the king, my lord, said:] "Will you not enter? Will she not perform (the ritual) [in your presence]?" — I shall enter and stay as long as the ki[ng, my lord], said, and she may perform it in my presence. |
| Obverse [6:18] o 7'7'– | Concerning what the king, my lord, said about [the clothes]: "W[here] will the clothes be placed?" or about the people: "Why will the people be present?" — the clothes should be placed before Šamaš, and she should 'cast the solvents' upon them. A sacred woman will be there to perform a certain rite. [The peop]le should be present and perform their [rituals]. There[upon] an exorcist [will take over]. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | Concern]ing the names about which the king, my lord, [spoke, that] in turn [is] my task. I shall bring up and say to her the name of the king, and [the names of] the crown prince and all his brothers, [as many as] there are sons, my lords, all (of them) [...], and she will pronounce them. |
| Reverse [6:12] r 77–r 1212 | And [...] ... the clothes of [... they] should bri[ng ......] as many a[s ......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] we shall place them [before] Šamaš. 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' | a-na [LUGAL EN-ia lu-kal-li-mu] | |
| 2' | DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-[šu₂-nu DUMU—DUMU-MEŠ-[šu₂-nu LUGAL ina si-qi-šu₂] | |
| 3' | li-in-tu-⸢hu⸣ [ša LUGAL be-li₂ iq-bu-u-ni] | |
| 4' | ma-a at-ta la te-⸢ra-ba⸣ [ina pa-ni-ka] | |
| 5' | la te-ep-pa-aš₂ ki-i ma-ṣi ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 6' | iq-bu-u-ni le-ru-ub la-az-⸢zi⸣-[iz] | |
| 7' | ina pa-ni-ia lu te-pu-uš ina UGU [ku-zip-pi] | |
| 8' | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iq-bu-u-ni ma-a ku-zip-pi ⸢a⸣.[a-ka] | |
| 9' | i-šak-ku-nu u₂-la-a ina UGU UN-MEŠ ⸢ma⸣-[a] | |
| 10' | a-na mi₃-i-ni UN-MEŠ iz-za-a-zu | |
| 11' | ⸢ku⸣-zip-pi-ma ina tar-ṣi {d}UTU lu šak-nu | |
| 12' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi pi-šir₃-a-ti lu tak-ru-ur | |
| 13' | [u₃] {mi₂}qa-di-su me-me-ni | |
| 14' | [i]-⸢ba⸣-aš₂-ši te-ep-pa-aš₂ | |
| 15' | [UN]-⸢MEŠ⸣ li-iz-zi-zu | |
| 16' | [dul-la]-šu₂-nu le-pu-šu₂ | |
| 17' | [i—da]-a-ti [i—da]-a-ti {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [er-rab ina] ⸢UGU⸣ MU-MEŠ ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 2 | [iq-bu-u-ni] ⸢x⸣ tu-u-ra ia-um-ma | |
| 3 | [šu-u₂] ⸢dul⸣-li u₂-la šu-mu ša LUGAL | |
| 4 | [MU-MEŠ ša] DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN u₃ ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ gab-bu | |
| 5 | [am—mar] ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ EN-ia-a-ni gab-bu | |
| 6 | ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na-ku a-qab-ba-aš₂-ši ta-zak-kar | |
| 7 | u₃ [x x x] ⸢x x⸣-i ku-zip-pi ⸢ša⸣ [x] | |
| 8 | lu-⸢bi⸣-[lu x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | am—⸢mar⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | u₂-[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ni-[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [ina tar-ṣi {d]}UTU ni-šak-kan LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
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