ABL 1168 (P334768)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1168 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334768 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | May she give [... to the king], my [lord]! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | [As the king, my lord, was mak]ing his (triumphal) entry into the city of Arbela and heard about the conquest of the city [of ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] the city of Nineveh |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] and the Cimmerians |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] their country |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] of Assyria |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [... to] achieve [victory ov]er them |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | may [the king], my [lord], listen [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [......] opening the eyes |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'– | [......] my foot |
| Bottom [1:5] b.e. 16'16'– | May [Ninurta and] Gula bestow [happiness and] physical well-being [on the king, my lord, and] his seed! |
| Reverse [1:10] r 22–r 1010 | [And concerning the ritu]al (against) cultic evil [about which the king], my l[ord], spoke, we are [now] making preparations (for it). [The 2nd, the 6t]h, the 7th, [the 9th, the 11]th, the 13th, [the 15th, the 18]th, the 19th, [the 20th, the 22]nd, the 24th, [the 26th, the 2]8th and the 30th are auspicious days; [the number of these] good days is [altogether 15]. |
| Reverse [11:16] r 1212–r 1616 | We shall perform it [tomorrow] in the evening and [on the night of] the 11th day; [...] which we are performing [...] |
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' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ x ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]-tu ⸢MUN⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | [a-na LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣ lu-u ta-⸢din⸣ | |
| 4' | [ki-i LUGAL be-li₂] e-rab URU ša {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 5' | [e-pu-šu-u]-⸢ni⸣ u₃ ṣa-bat URU | |
| 6' | [ša {uru}x x x] iš-mu-u₂-ni | |
| 7' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ URU ša {uru}NINA | |
| 8' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-li u₃ {kur}gi-mir-ra-a.a | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x] KUR-su-nu | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x] ša KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 11' | [x x x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣-šu₂-nu ša₂-ka-a-ni | |
| 12' | [o LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣ liš-me | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x] BAD e-ni | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ GIR₃-ia | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15' | [x x x x x]-u₂-ni | |
| 16' | {[d}NIN.URTA u₃] {d}gu-la | |
| 17' | [ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi] ⸢ṭu⸣-ub UZU-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia u] NUMUN-šu₂ lip-qi₂-du | |
| 2 | [u₃ ina UGU dul]-⸢li⸣ HUL GARZA-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [ša LUGAL be]-li₂ iq-bu-u-ni | |
| 4 | [an-nu-rig] ⸢nu⸣-ša₂-aṣ-bat | |
| 5 | [UD 02-KAM UD 06-⸢KAM⸣ UD 07-KAM | |
| 6 | [UD 09-KAM UD 11-⸢KAM⸣ UD 13-KAM | |
| 7 | [UD 15-KAM UD 18-KAM UD 19-KAM | |
| 8 | [UD 20-KAM UD 20+x]-KAM UD 24-KAM | |
| 9 | [UD 26-KAM UD] 28-KAM UD 30-KAM ṭa-a-ba | |
| 10 | [PAB 15 an-na-te] UD-MEŠ-te DUG₃.GA-MEŠ | |
| 11 | [ina ši-a-ri] ⸢ina⸣ nu-bat-ti | |
| 12 | [mu-šu ša] ⸢UD⸣ 11-KAM₂ ne₂-pu-uš | |
| 13 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša ne₂-ep-pa-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-laq-qi₂-u₂-šu₂ | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u₂-ti | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
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