ABL 1424 (P237077)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1424 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237077 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | and the amount [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | they com[e ......] |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | y[ou ...ed] their sons [...] and [withdrew] to the rea[r]. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | Afterwards, wh[en] they killed [...], |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | just as a crime [...] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | [be]fore Bel and [Nabû ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | th[ey ...] your [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | and [...] your hands [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | What [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | you [...] to the gods [...]? |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Aplaya, son of Nabû-[..., ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | of Amurru-upahhi[r ...], |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | who from A[ssyria ...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | a message t[o ...] |
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' | ⸢i-x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₃ ni-bu ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | il-lak-u₂-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢ta⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | u a-na ku-tal-⸢lum⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ar₂-ka-niš ki-[i x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | id-du-ku [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ki-i ša₂ hi-⸢ṭu⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [ina] pa-an {d}EN u {[d}AG x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣-ka ⸢it⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | u ŠU.2-MEŠ-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | mi-nu-u₂ ⸢ki⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | a-na DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢ta⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | {1}A-a A {1}{d}AG—[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}{⸢d⸣}KUR.GAL—NIGIN-⸢ir⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢ša₂⸣ ul-⸢tu⸣ KUR—{d}[aš-šur{ki} x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x]+⸢x u₂ x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢ši⸣-pir-ti a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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