ABL 0926 (P395556)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0926 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395556 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the Babylonians, the men under my protection: thus (speaks) Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, who reveres [Marduk]. I, my palace [and my country] are well; may you, [great] and small, be well; may you be h[appy] from this day on. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | Hear of the might of Mardu[k ...], behold his august heroism [...], praise his great godhead [...]! May the first one see and r[ecount], may the last one hear how [...]. |
| Obverse [10:15] o 1111–o 1515 | Ever since my childhood until m[y] adulthood I have trusted in the Lady Zarpa[nitu]; father and mother did not raise me. [The great gods] presented me with truth and right[eousness], decreed a good fate to me [...]. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | In my reign there is prosperity, in [my] years there is [abundance]. My [king]ship is good as choicest oil [to the people]. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | Good [...s, ...] beer |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | I have placed in my palace [...] |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020– | [My go]od [... ...] all [...] |
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 {lu₂}TIN.TIR-MEŠ ERIM-MEŠ ki-din-ni-[ia] | |
| 2 | um-ma {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃.A LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} pa-lih {[d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 3 | DI-mu a.a-ši a-na E₂.GAL-ia [u KUR-ia] | |
| 4 | lu-u DI-mu a-na ka-a-šu₂-nu TUR-[MEŠ u GAL-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | ul-tu UD-me an-ne₂-e ŠA₃-ba-ku-[nu lu DUG₃.GA-ku-nu-ši] | |
| 6 | ⸢ši-ma⸣-a dan-nu-us-su ša {d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢a⸣-mu-ra qur-de-e-ša₂ ṣi-ru-u₂-⸢ti⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢nu⸣-ʾi-i-da DINGIR-us-su GAL-tu [x x x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢mah⸣-ru-u₂ le-e-mur ⸢li⸣-[ša₂-an-ni] | |
| 10 | ar-ku-u liš-me ki-i [x x x x] | |
| 11 | [o] ul-tu ṣe-he-ri-ia a-di ru-bi-⸢ia⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢tak⸣-la-ku a-na šar-ra-ti {d}zar-pa-[ni-tum] | |
| 13 | AD u AMA ul u₂-rab-ba-an-ni [DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ] | |
| 14 | iš-ru-ku-in-ni kit-tu mi-ša₂-[ru x x x] | |
| 15 | šim-tu ṭa-ab-tu i-ši-mu-in-ni [x x x] | |
| 16 | ina pa-le-ia nu-uh-šu₂ ina MU.AN.NA-[MEŠ-ia ṭuh-du] | |
| 17 | [šar]-⸢ru⸣-u₂-ti ki-ma u₂-lu-u₂ I₃.[GIŠ UGU UN-MEŠ ṭa-bat] | |
| 18 | [x x]-⸢le⸣-e DUG₃.GA-MEŠ ši-kar [x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ E₂.GAL-ia aš₂-⸢kun⸣ [x x] | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x da]-⸢mi₃⸣-iq-tu₂ kul-⸢la⸣-[at x x] | |
Sources & licences
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