ABL 1336 (P334852)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1336 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334852 |
| 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 [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] their [...] within me |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | [...... In] my dr[eam], the king, my lord, [was ......] sitting [on the thr]one; a table [was placed before him and a ...] was swelling upon it. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [....... u]pon tablets. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] His face [was ...ed] towards the table |
| Obverse [9:15] o 10'10'– | One of the tablets [rea]d as follows: "O Aššur, save [the life of] the one who puts his trust in you!" On the tablet [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 22–r 22 | [......] to the king, my lord, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 33–r 33 | [...... the god]s of Assyria; |
| Reverse [3:5] r 55–r 66 | By [Aššur, Sin Šamaš, Bel, Nabû Jupiter], Venus, [Saturn, Mercury and Mars]: |
| Reverse [5:6] r 77–r 77 | Verily [......] |
| Reverse [8:12] r 1010–r 1313 | [......] open [the ga]te |
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 x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢si⸣-lim | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu šap-la | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂-nu ina ŠA₃-bi-ia | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x ina MAŠ₂].MI-ia MAN be-li₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x ina {giš}GU].ZA kam-mu-su {giš}BANŠUR | |
| 7' | [ina pa-ni-šu₂ ša₂-ki-in x ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi ma-gi-gi | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣ ni-ib-za-a-ni | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ pa-ni-šu₂ ina UGU {giš}BANŠUR | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x]-ni 01-en ni-ib-zu | |
| 11' | [ki-i an-ni-i iq-ṭi-bi]-ia ma-a 1 AN.ŠAR₂ ša tak-lu-ka | |
| 12' | [na-piš-ta-šu₂ gi]-⸢mil⸣-ma ina UGU ni-ib-zu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢mu⸣ a-na <MAN> EN-ia₂ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x]-MEŠ ša KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢na⸣-bit | |
| 5 | [aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}EN {d}PA {d}SAG.ME.GAR {d]}dil-bat | |
| 6 | {[d}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ {d}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu] ⸢lu⸣-u u₂-di-i-u | |
| 7 | [šum₂-ma x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u-ni | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ du-mu-qu | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢u₃ ma-a⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢KA₂⸣ pe-te | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-ma ma-a | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣-i | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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