ABL 1226 (P237192)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1226 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237192 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To Sargon, king of the [universe: thus say] your servants H[a'il-il] and Zabdi-il, the Šabhaneans. May Nabû and Marduk b[less Sargon], king of the universe, our lord! Say to the king, [our] l[ord]: |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88–o 1212 | The for[tress] is well. (As to) the host[ages of whom the king], our lord, [wrote to us], the servants of the king, [our] lo[rd], point out [for us ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | the servant[s ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | for Aš[šur-belu-taqqin ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | the prefect of [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [of] 2 male donkey[s ...] |
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—GIN ⸢LUGAL⸣ [ŠU₂ um-ma] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ-ka {1}⸢ha⸣-[il—DINGIR] | |
| 3 | u₃ {1}zab-di—DINGIR [o o] | |
| 4 | {lu₂}šab-ha-nu-u₂-⸢a⸣ [o o] | |
| 5 | d.AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL—GIN] | |
| 6 | LUGAL ŠU₂ be-li₂-i-nu ⸢lik⸣-[ru-bu] | |
| 7 | um-ma-a a-na LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ni-a-ma] | |
| 8 | šul-mu a-na {uru}⸢bir⸣-[ti] | |
| 9 | [o] {lu₂}pu-ut—ma-⸢aš₂⸣-[ka-na-ti] {lu₂}pu-ut—ma-⸢aš₂⸣-[ka-na-ti] | |
| 10 | [ša₂ LUGAL] be-li₂-i-nu [x x x x] | |
| 11 | {[lu₂]}⸢ARAD⸣-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[i-nu] | |
| 12 | ⸢u₂⸣-kal-lam-[na-a-šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] LU₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x]-ra-a-[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {lu₂}ARAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | a-na {1}{d}aš-[šur—EN—LAL-in x x] | |
| 5' | {lu₂}šak-nu ša₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢ša₂⸣ 02 ANŠE.NITA₂-[MEŠ x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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