ABL 0765 (P237039)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0765 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237039 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [To the king], my lord: your servant Bel-naṣir. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [In Tishri (VII)] there was no watch for the moon. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [On] the 28th of [Tishri (VII)] the sun made an eclipse; in Marchesvan (VIII) the moon [let] the eclipse [pass] by. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Now then, in Nisan (I), |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [... pr]evious [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [... pr]evious [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [... on the x]th [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] I shall not write |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] If |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... ga]thered |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | The king should dispel [unfavourable] thoughts from his heart. |
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] EN-ia ARAD-ka {1}{d}EN—ŠEŠ-ir | |
| 2 | [ina {iti}DU₆] ⸢EN⸣.NUN ša₂ {d}30 ia-a-nu | |
| 3 | [ina {iti}DU₆ UD] 28-KAM₂ {d}UTU AN.MI | |
| 4 | [il-ta-kan] ⸢ina⸣ {iti}APIN {d}30 AN.MI | |
| 5 | [ul-te-ti]-⸢iq⸣ ina {iti}BARAG en-⸢na⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x] ⸢pa⸣-ni-i i-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x] ⸢pa⸣-ni-i [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x {iti}x UD x]-KAM₂ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ul a-šap-pa-ra | |
| 3' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-i | |
| 4' | [x x u₂]-⸢pah⸣-hi-ru | |
| 5' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-tu₂ LUGAL a-mat | |
| 6' | [la SIG₅ TA] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi-šu₂ liš-du-ud | |
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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