ABL 1369 (P334868)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1369 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334868 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | On the day that you performed the previous sacrifices in front of Ešarra, I sent Hammâ (and) an outrider to you with a message for your well-being. |
| Obverse [4:13] o 55– | Now they (and) Gugal-namruti stand at your gate, and Bel-matati stands with them. The outrider has come with a message concerning the prayer bowl. Give it to him. Let him go to Ešarra that I may take possession of it, and that I may send Gugal-namruti to the lands. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | Your chariot should come to Ešarra straightaway so that I may give you the royal scepter of life. (This) message that I've sent you is the absolute truth! |
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 | ina ŠA₃ UD-me ša {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ pa-ni-a-ti ina IGI E₂.ŠAR₂.RA | |
| 2 | ti-pu-šu-ni | |
| 3 | {mi₂}ha-am-ma-a {lu₂}kal-la-pu ši-bir-ti a-na ka-ši | |
| 4 | a-na šul-mi-e-ka as-sap-ra | |
| 5 | an-nu-rig {d}GU₂.GAL—nam-ru-ti | |
| 6 | ina IGI KA₂-ka i-za-zu {d}be-el—KUR.KUR | |
| 7 | e-si-šu₂-nu i-za-az | |
| 8 | kal-la-pu ši-bir-ti ina UGU pu-ut—up-ni pu-ut—up-ni | |
| 9 | i-tal-ka di-na-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina E₂.ŠAR₂.RA li-lik | |
| 2 | la-ṣa-ba-ta {d}GU₂.GAL—nam-ru-ti | |
| 3 | a-na ma-ta-a-ti la-aš₂-pur | |
| 4 | ar₂-hiš {giš}mu-gir₂-ra-ka a-na E₂.ŠAR₂.RA | |
| 5 | lil-li-ka | |
| 6 | {giš}PA LUGAL-u₂-ti ša ZI la-di-na-ka | |
| 7 | ši-bir-ti ša aš₂-pur-ak-ka-ni | |
| 8 | ša ke-et-ti ši-i | |
Sources & licences
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