ABL 1166 (P334767)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1166 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334767 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | [To the king], my [lord]: your servant [Nabû-nadin-šumi. good health to the k]ing, my lord! [May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May] Enlil, Mullissu, Ašš[ur, Sin, Nikkal, Šamaš], Aja, Adad, [Šala, Marduk, Zarpanitu], Nabû, Tašmetu, [Ištar of Nineveh, Ištar of] Arbela, Ninurta, Gula, [Nergal and Laṣ, the great gods] dwelling in heaven and earth, [the great gods... the heav]en and earth, [......] all [the gods of the world ...... to the king], my lord! |
| Reverse [1:10] r 2'2'–r 10'10' | Now that [the king, my lord, has sa]id to me: "Again you [...]; it should be explained!" Do I [...] the work? They should explain it to the king, my lord. [By Sin, lo]rd of the crown, its meaning should be [...]! [I swear] that it has been expl[ained] to the king, my lord, and that I do not conceal [anything] I hear and see [from] the king, my lord. [If] they are guilty of a [...], may [your] gods not hold me responsible! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-ia ARAD-ka {1}{[d}AG—SUM—MU] | |
| 2 | [lu DI-mu a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia {[d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 3 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu] {⸢d⸣}BE {d}NIN.LIL₂ {d}aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 4 | {[d}30 {d}NIN.GAL {d}UTU] {d}A.A {d}IM {d}[ša-la] | |
| 5 | {[d}AMAR.UTU {d}zar-pa-ni-tum] {d}AG {d}taš-me-tum | |
| 6 | {[d}15 ša₂ {uru}NINA{ki} {d}15 ša₂] {uru}arba-il₃ {d}MAŠ {d}gu-la | |
| 7 | {[d}U.GUR {d}la-aṣ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ] a-šib AN-e u KI.TIM | |
| 8 | [DINGIR-MEŠ x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KI.TIM DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x DINGIR-MEŠ KUR.KUR] ⸢DU₃⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x a-na LUGAL] be-li₂-ia | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢gab⸣-bu u₂-ma-a a-ki-i | |
| 3' | [LUGAL be-li₂ iq]-⸢ba⸣-ni ma-a at-ta tu-u₂-ra | |
| 4' | [x x x ma]-⸢a⸣ lu pa-še-er a-na-ku du-lu-u | |
| 5' | [x x x]-šu₂-nu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia li-ip-šu-ru | |
| 6' | {[d}30 ⸢EN⸣ a-ge-e lib-bu-šu₂ lu ⸢u₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [šum]-⸢mu⸣ TA@v LUGAL be-li₂-ia la pa-ši-[ru-u-ni] | |
| 8' | [ša₂ a]-ma-ru-u₂-ni a-ša₂-mu-u₂-[ni] | |
| 9' | [TA@v IGI] LUGAL EN-ia₂ u₂-pa-za-ru-u₂-[ni] | |
| 10' | [šum-mu x] šu ba-di ih-⸢te⸣-ṭu-u DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣-[ka] | |
| 11' | ina ŠU.2-ia ⸢la u₂⸣-[ba-u] | |
Sources & licences
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