ABL 1405 (P334886)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1405 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334886 |
| Museum no. | BM 098615 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [whatever he sa]ys, is en[tirely] favorable. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | You convict two doves, male and female, before Šamaš, (saying): |
| Obverse [4:8] o 5'5'–o 8'8' | "Šamaš, you are the judge o[f heaven] and earth. [Uncl]ench for me the [power]ful fist of god, [king, magnate or prince]!" |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [He will obtain] hi[s] desire like a god. Let him enter an inn: he will prolong (his) life. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | He may eat emmer bread, he may drink emmer beer; |
| Reverse [3:6] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | He may eat beef, mutton and fowl; he may not eat garlic, leek or fish; afterwards, he should embrace happiness. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | He may not approach a woman; he should sleep in a secluded place. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | All the gods [......] |
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' | [e-ma i]-⸢qab⸣-bu-u | |
| 2' | ⸢ka⸣-[liš] ma-gi-ir | |
| 3' | 02 TU{mušen}MEŠ NITA u MI₂ | |
| 4' | ina IGI {d}UTU ⸢ta⸣-da-an-ši-na-tu₂ | |
| 5' | {d}UTU DI.KUD ⸢ša⸣ [AN-e] u KI.TIM | |
| 6' | at-⸢ta⸣-ma | |
| 7' | rit-⸢ta⸣ [dan]-⸢na⸣-ta | |
| 8' | ⸢ša DINGIR⸣ [(u {d}15 LUGAL IDIM u NUN šup]-⸢ṭi⸣-ra | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ki-ma DINGIR ⸢ni-iz-mat ŠA-šu₂⸣ [KUR-ad₂] | |
| 2' | a-na E₂ {lu₂}TIN.NA TU TI.LA ut-tar | |
| 3' | NINDA ZIZ₂.AM₃ KU₂ KAŠ ZIZ₂.AM₃ NAG | |
| 4' | UZU GUD UDU MUŠEN KU₂ | |
| 5' | SUM{sar} GA.RAŠ{sar} KU₆ NU KU₂ | |
| 6' | ar-ka ŠA₃ DUG₃.GA li-ir-ku-us | |
| 7' | a-na MI₂ la i-qer-ri-ib | |
| 8' | ina E₂ par₂-si a-šar GIR₃.2 par-sa-at | |
| 9' | li-⸢na⸣-al | |
| 10' | DINGIR-MEŠ DU₃.[A].⸢BI⸣ [x x] | |
Sources & licences
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