ABL 1233 (P237196)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1233 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237196 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [which in the reign of] the king, [your] father, they looted [...], |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | gol[den] bracelets, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | silver trappings [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | along the cana[l ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | in Barhalzi [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Now they, the people [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | have run awa[y and] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | en[tered] Uruk. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Ṣillaya [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | a wago[n ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | and [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ AD-[ka x x x x] | |
| 2' | ih-bu-tu HAR-⸢MEŠ KUG⸣.[GI] | |
| 3' | ti-il-li ša₂ KUG.UD [x x] | |
| 4' | ina UGU {id₂}har-⸢ra⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | ina {kur}bar-ha-az-zi ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | en-na šu-nu UN-MEŠ [x x] | |
| 7' | ki-i ih-li-⸢qu⸣ [a-na] | |
| 8' | UNUG{ki} i-te-[er-bu o] | |
| 9' | {1}ṣil-la-a [x x x x] | |
| 10' | {giš}sa-par-[ri x x x x] | |
| 11' | u a-⸢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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