ABL 0711 (P237089)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | ABL 0711 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237089 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Is[sar]-duri. Good health to the [ki]ng, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | [Concerning what] the king, my lord, [wro]te to me: "[The] I[tu'ean ...s] who [are do]ing work [in Dur-Šarru]k[in ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Let him return [...]. My guard is strong. The king, my lord, [can] be glad. |
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 be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}15—du-ri | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣-u DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | [ša] LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ [iš]-⸢pur⸣-an-ni | |
| 5 | [ma-a x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}i-[tu₂-a.a] ša dul₆-lu | |
| 6 | [ina {uru}BAD₃—MAN]—⸢GIN⸣ [ep]-⸢pu⸣-šu-u-ni | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x]-ma-ri [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x-ni x⸣ | |
| 2' | li-is-hu-ra ma-ṣar-ti\t dan-na-at | |
| 3' | [ŠA₃] ša\d LUGAL EN-ia₂ lu DUG₃.GA | |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.