ABL 1133 (P334746)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1133 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334746 |
| 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 [0:15] o 1o 1–o 1515 | [To the king, my lord: your servant, Urdu-Nabû. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Marduk, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Tašmetu], Ištar of Nineveh, and [Ištar of Arbela] — the[se great] gods who lov[e your kingship] — allow the king, my lord, to live 100 years. [May they grant] the king, my lord, [the satisfaction of] o[ld age, extreme old age. May they appoin]t a guardian of health and vigor (to be) with the king, my lord. May they assign a benevolent [šēd]u-spirit and a benevolent la[massu]-spirit to follow you. |
| Obverse [15:22] o 1616–o 2222 | [As for wh]at the king, my lord, wrote to me, [saying: "W]hy didn't you go to the Inner City [but tu]rned back?" I cannot go, I am sick. (If) I go, I will die along the road. [The king] will say: "Who are you [who ...] does not wait upon me?" [... May Aššur], your [go]d, know [...] |
| Reverse [3:15] r 4'4'–r 15'15' | [...] let [the king], my lord, ask. Let them tell the king, my lord, just how things are. The king's servants are saying to me: "Appeal to the king, go, get yourself cured." I (keep asking myself): "How is the king, my lord, disposed? Nevertheless, I will appeal to him." Now let me not be lost to my lord. Let him appoint one exorcist and one physician to attend me. They should treat me [to]gethe[r ...] that I m[ight live ......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}ARAD—{d}PA] | |
| 3 | [lu-u šul-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 4 | [aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 5 | {[d}zar-pa-ni-tum {d}PA {d}taš-me-tum] | |
| 6 | {d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki} {[d}15 ša₂ {uru}arba-il₃] | |
| 7 | DINGIR-MEŠ an-nu-[te GAL-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | ra-ʾi-i-mu-⸢ti⸣ [šar-ru-ti-ka] | |
| 9 | 01 me MU.AN.NA-MEŠ [a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 10 | lu-bal-li-ṭu ⸢ši⸣-[bu-tu lit-tu-tu] | |
| 11 | a-na LUGAL EN-[ia₂ lu-šab-bi-u₂] | |
| 12 | ma-ṣar šul-me ⸢ba⸣-[la]-ṭi | |
| 13 | TA@v LUGAL EN-ia [lip-qi]-du | |
| 14 | {d}⸢ALAD⸣ du-un-qi₂ {d}⸢LAMA⸣ [du]-un-qi₂ | |
| 15 | [i—da]-⸢tu₂⸣-uk-ka [i—da]-⸢tu₂⸣-uk-ka lu-ki-in-nu | |
| 16 | [ina UGU] ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 17 | [ma-a a]-ta-a a-na {uru}ŠA₃—URU la tal-lik | |
| 18 | [ta-tu₂]-a-ra la al-lak mar-ṣa-ku | |
| 19 | [mu]-⸢uk⸣ al-lak ina šid-di KASKAL a-mu-at | |
| 20 | [LUGAL] ⸢i⸣-qab-bi-a ma-a man-nu at-ta | |
| 21 | [ša x x]+⸢x⸣ la i-da-gal-an-ni | |
| 22 | [x x x aš-šur] DINGIR-ka lu-u u₂-di | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]-bat | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]-i | |
| 4' | [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x LUGAL] be-li₂ <li>-iš-al | |
| 5' | ki-i ša₂ ⸢a-bat-u-ni⸣ a-na LUGAL EN-ia liq-bi-u | |
| 6' | {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ ša LUGAL i-qab-bu-u-ni | |
| 7' | ma-a LUGAL mu-hu-ur a-lik ra-man-ka ba-liṭ | |
| 8' | mu-uk pa-ni ša LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 9' | a-ke-e ep-šu₂ tu-ra a-na-ku la-ah-hur-šu₂ | |
| 10' | u₂-ma-a TA@v ŠU.2 EN-ia lu-u la e-li | |
| 11' | 01-en {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ 01-en {lu₂}A.ZU | |
| 12' | ina IGI-ia lip-qid-ma [ki-i a]-⸢ha⸣-meš | |
| 13' | dul-li [o] le-pu-šu [x x x] | |
| 14' | la-[ab-laṭ x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
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