ABL 1219 (P334801)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1219 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334801 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1o 1–o 1010 | [To the king, my lord: your servant, Urdu-ahhešu. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur and Ešarra bless the king, my lord. May Marduk, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Tašmetu, Nanaya, and all the gods who dwell in Esa]ggil lengt[hen the days of the king], my lord. May they firmly establ[ish the throne of the ki]ng, my lord. [May they grant happiness] and physical well-being to the kin[g, my lord]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | 64 ced[ar] roof-beams [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | 360 door-beams [...] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | Aššur-šallim-ahhe [...] who is under the authority of Mannu-ki-Issar-le'i [...] |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | Didî will not release the [cedar] roof-beams to us [...] |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717– | saying, "...[...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 18b.e. 18–b.e. 18b.e. 18 | From this we [......] |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 1919–b.e. 1919 | this year [......] |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 2020– | which ... [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | a gold statue without [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | gate of the secret word [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | The king, my lord, should know (about this). [......] |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | We gathered [......] for this year, and we applied plaster to Es[aggil...]. All the [...] of Esaggil [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Marduk-aplu-idd[ina ......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...] of the gate of [the secret] wo[rd] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] had set aside [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] the wal[l(s) ......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] yet [......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | (r 14) (Rest destroyed) |
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}ARAD—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | [aš-šur E₂.ŠAR₂.RA a-na LUGAL] | |
| 5 | [be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu {d}AMAR.UTU {d}zar-pa-ni-tum] | |
| 6 | {[d}AG {d}taš-me-tum {d}na-na-a u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | [am—mar ina E₂].⸢SAG.IL₂⸣ [kam-mu-su-ni] | |
| 8 | [UD-me ša LUGAL] EN-ia₂ lu-ur-⸢ri⸣-[ku {giš}GU.ZA] | |
| 9 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ lu-ki-⸢in⸣-[nu ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi] | |
| 10 | ṭu-ub UZU a-na LUGAL [EN-ia₂ lid-di-nu] | |
| 11 | 64 {giš}UR₃-MEŠ ša {giš}⸢ERIN⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12 | 03-me-60 {giš}ŠU₂.A-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 13 | {1}{d}aš-šur-šal-lim-PAB-MEŠ ma-[x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ša ŠU.2 {1}man-nu—ki—15—ZU [x x x x] | |
| 15 | {1}di-di-i {giš}UR₃-MEŠ [ša {giš}ERIN] | |
| 16 | la u₂-ra-am-man-na-ši [x x x x] | |
| 17 | ma-a {giš}la-gi a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | TA@v ŠA₃-bi nu-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | MU.AN.NA an-ni-tu₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | ša₂ na ʾi i u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | NU KUG.⸢GI⸣ ša la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | KA₂ qi₂-bit pi-riš-te [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | LUGAL be-li₂ lu u₂-di [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ša MU.AN.NA an-ni-tu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ni-ip-hu-ru E₂.⸢SAG⸣.[IL₂ x x x] | |
| 6 | si-i-ru ni-šak-kan [x x x x] | |
| 7 | gab-bu ša E₂.SAG.⸢IL₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | {1}{d]}AMAR.UTU—A—⸢SUM⸣-[na x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša KA₂ qi-[bit pi-riš-te] | |
| 10 | [x x x]-se-zib [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x] E₂.⸢SIG₄⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x] u₂-di [x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x] sa [x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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