ABL 1208 (P236983)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1208 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236983 |
| 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/saa18 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] 1'1'–2'2' | I pray [every day to Bel and Nab]û [for the life of the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [2:14] 3'3'– | [Co]ncerning Re'indu of the household of the šandabakku about whom the king, my lord, [w]rote to me, I looked for her in Babylon but did not find her (there). Having asked and made enquiries, (I found) she was living in Dilbat. I have (now) brought her in from Dilbat and am herewith [sen]ding her to the king, my lord, in the hands of Na'id-ilu, the eunuch who brought the (king's) seal(ed letter) to me. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | The four [...] whom/which the king, my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] their [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] they eat |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [... in] their midst |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | [...] my [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [a-na ba-laṭ ZI]-⸢MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 2' | {[d}EN u {d]}⸢AG⸣ u₂-ṣal-la | |
| 3' | [a]-⸢na UGU⸣ {mi₂}re-ʾi-in-du | |
| 4' | ša₂ E₂ {lu₂}GU₂.EN.NA ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 5' | ⸢iš⸣-pu-ra i-na TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 6' | ki-⸢i⸣ u₂-ba-ʾu-u₂-šu₂ ul a-mur-šu₂ | |
| 7' | ⸢ki⸣-i a-ša₂-ʾa-a-lu | |
| 8' | ⸢ki⸣-i uṣ-ṣi-ṣu | |
| 9' | ⸢i⸣-na dil-bat{ki} aš₂-bat | |
| 10' | ⸢ul-tu⸣ dil-bat{⸢ki⸣} ki-i a-bu-kaš-šu₂ | |
| 11' | ina ⸢ŠU.2 {1}na-ʾi-id—DINGIR {lu₂}SAG | |
| 12' | ša₂ un-qu iš-ša₂-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 13' | [al-tap]-⸢raš⸣-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 04 ⸢x x⸣+[x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2 | ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-⸢li₂ x x x x x⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x ŠA₃⸣-bi-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x]-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ik-ka-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x x ina] bi-ri-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ia₂ ⸢iq⸣-[x]+⸢x x⸣+[x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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