ABL 1220 (P334802)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1220 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334802 |
| 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 [0:19] o 1o 1– | [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good heal]th to [the king, my lord! May Na]bû and M[arduk] very great[ly bless the king, my lord]! May Aššur, Mullissu, [Sin, Šamaš, Nabû] and Marduk [...] the king, my lord, in heal[th and vigour], and may they bless that [benevole]nt face! May Sin and Nikkal, with whom the king, my lord, has walked, give happiness, physical well-being, long-lasting days and everlasting years to the king, my lord! [May] Nabû and Marduk [......] to the king, [my lor]d! |
| Reverse [3:7] r 4'4'–r 7'7' | Now [the ...] of the king, my lord, has discharged me, (though) my arms and legs have not yet become feeble! |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | [May] that [benevolent] face [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | What shall I do [...]? |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 3 | [lu šul]-⸢mu⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {[d]}⸢AG⸣ u {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 5 | a—dan-niš a—dan-[niš lik-ru-bu] | |
| 6 | aš-šur {d}NIN.LIL₂ {[d}30 {d}UTU {d}AG] | |
| 7 | u {d}AMAR.UTU ina šul-[me x x x] | |
| 8 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 9 | u₃ a-na pa-ni am-mu-te [SIG₅]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 10 | lik-ru-bu {d}30 {d}NIN.GAL | |
| 11 | ša LUGAL be-li ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | il-li-ku-u-ni ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi | |
| 13 | ṭu-ub UZU-MEŠ UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 14 | MU.AN.NA-MEŠ da-ra-a-ti | |
| 15 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lid-di-nu | |
| 16 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ be-⸢li₂⸣ | |
| 2' | TA@v [x x x x x]-te | |
| 3' | ša₂ ad [x x x x]-⸢an⸣-ni-ni | |
| 4' | u₂-ma-[a x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 5' | EN-ia it-[ti-ši] ⸢ur⸣-ta-man-ni | |
| 6' | u₂-di-ni [e-mu]-⸢qi⸣ ša A₂.2-ia₂ | |
| 7' | ša GIR₃.2-ia ⸢la i⸣-nu-ʾa-ha | |
| 8' | u₂-⸢du-x x x x x⸣-ka | |
| 9' | ⸢pa-ni⸣ am-mu-te [SIG₅-MEŠ] | |
| 10' | [x x] an ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢mi⸣-i-nu ep-pa-⸢aš₂⸣ [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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