ABL 1218 (P334800)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1218 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334800 |
| 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 [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | To the king, my lord: yo[ur servant], Marduk-šallim-ahhe, the one who blesses you. [Good health to] the king, my lord. May Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh, and Ištar of Arbela very greatly bless the king, my lord. [May they give to the king, my lord, l]ong [days] and [years of ha]ppiness. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | The [...]s [......] |
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—DI—PAB-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ⸢ka-ri-ib⸣-ka | |
| 4 | [lu-u DI-mu a-na] LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | {d}aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU | |
| 6 | {d}EN {d}AG | |
| 7 | {d}15 ša NINA{ki} | |
| 8 | {d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 9 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 10 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu | |
| 11 | [UD-MEŠ] ⸢ar⸣-ku-u₂-ti | |
| 12 | [MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ṭu]-ub ŠA₃-bi | |
| 13 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lid-di-nu x]-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [x x 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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