ABL 1289 (P334832)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1289 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334832 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [...] Epi[lepsy] keeps attack[ing] him [all] the day. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | I prepared the [sto]nes and the phylactery (used) against epilepsy and put them upon him, (and see), the epilepsy left him. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 5'5'– | Once the child had calmed down, they put (the amulets) upon the nephew of Zeru-ken: he, too, calmed down. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [O]nce the nephew of Zeru-ken had calmed down, they put (the amulets) upon that shepherd — your sister [...]. He calmed down. |
| Reverse [3:9] r 44–r 99 | [I am An]a-Nabû-atkal, a dead dog, [...] |
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] ⸢an⸣ [x] ⸢u₂⸣ AN.⸢TA⸣.[ŠUB.BA] | |
| 2' | [kal]—UD-me [kal]—UD-me ina UGU-hi-šu₂ i-⸢ma⸣-[qut] | |
| 3' | ⸢NA₄⸣-MEŠ {kuš}me-el ša AN.⸢TA⸣.ŠUB.[BA] | |
| 4' | ⸢e⸣-ta-pa-aš₂ ina UGU-hi-šu₂ as-sa-kan | |
| 5' | AN.TA.ŠUB.BA ur-ta-me-šu₂ ina qa-ni | |
| 6' | ša {lu₂}TUR i-nu-hu-ni | |
| 7' | ina UGU-hi DUMU—ŠEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ-šu₂ ša {1}NUMUN—GIN | |
| 8' | ⸢i⸣-sa-ka-nu it-tu-a-ha | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ina] ⸢qa⸣-ni DUMU—ŠEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ-šu₂ ša {1}NUMUN—GIN i-nu-hu-u-ni | |
| 2 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {lu₂}SIPA šu-u₂ {mi₂}a-ha-ti-ka | |
| 3 | [x] ⸢li⸣ ia i-⸢sa⸣-ka-nu it-tu-ah-ma | |
| 4 | {1}a]-⸢na⸣—{d}AG—at-kal kal-bi me₂-te | |
| 5 | [ana-ku x]+⸢x⸣ u₃ a-na DINGIR-MEŠ-e-ni | |
| 6 | [x x x] ⸢x x x x x⸣ la ne₂-pa-[aš₂] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x] li [x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x] si [x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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