ABL 1384 (P334878)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1384 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334878 |
| Museum no. | BM 099012 |
| 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 [0:14] o 1o 1–o 1414 | To the king, my lord: your servant, Marduk-šallim-ahhe, the one who blesses you. Good health to the king, my lord. May Aššur, Bel, Nabû, Sin, Šamaš, Ištar of Nineveh, and Ištar of Arbela very greatly bless the king, my lord. May they give to the king, my lord, long days and years of physical well-being. |
| Obverse [14:32] o 1515– | This [5th day] of Kanun (X) belongs to Talmusu. No oxen, no rams — nothing whatever has been brought. For the sake of the life of the king, my lord, his name, and [his] progeny, I have carried out the sacrifices before Aššur and the gods of the king, my lord. I have prepared the entire meal to perfection and brought it into the presence of Aššur. |
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}{d}AMAR.UTU—DI—PAB-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ka-ri-ib-ka | |
| 4 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | {d}aš-šur {d}EN {d}AG | |
| 6 | {d}30 {d}UTU | |
| 7 | {d}15 ša {uru}NINA | |
| 8 | {d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 9 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 10 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu | |
| 11 | UD-MEŠ ar-ku-u-ti | |
| 12 | MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ṭu-ub UZU | |
| 13 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 14 | lid-di-nu | |
| 15 | [UD 05-KAM] an-ni-u ša {iti}⸢AB⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | ⸢ša⸣ {uru}tal-mu-si | |
| 17 | ⸢šu⸣-u₂ | |
| 18 | ⸢la⸣ GUD.NITA₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | la UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ | |
| 2 | me-me-ni la na-aṣ-ṣu-u-ni | |
| 3 | a-na ba-la-aṭ nu-up-[ša₂-te] | |
| 4 | ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | MU-šu₂ u₃ NUMUN-[šu₂] | |
| 6 | {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ ina IGI {d}aš-šur | |
| 7 | u₃ DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 8 | ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 9 | e-ta-pa-⸢aš₂⸣ | |
| 10 | nap-tu-nu gab-bu | |
| 11 | us-sa-al-li-mu | |
| 12 | ina IGI {d}aš-šur | |
| 13 | uq-ṭa-ar-ri-bu | |
Sources & licences
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