ABL 0344 (P237240)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0344 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237240 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [To the king], their lord: your [ser]vants, the šandabakku, and the recruitment officers. Good health to the king, our lord! May Enlil, Ninurta and Nusku bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:15] o 77– | The Sealanders have sent a letter to the recruitment officers. They have read it. Now we have sent the letter to the king, our lord. May the king act as he wishes. |
| Reverse [0:9] r 1r 1–r 99 | After Bariki-il, the Larakean, escaped from the prison of Larak, he appealed to the king in the assembly of the people. Now we have sent him to the king, our lord, so the king may question him. |
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-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-MEŠ-ka {lu₂}GU₂.EN.NA | |
| 3 | u₃ {lu₂}mu-šar-ki-si-MEŠ | |
| 4 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-i-nu | |
| 5 | d.EN.LIL₂ {d}MAŠ u {d}PA.TUG₂ | |
| 6 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-ub | |
| 7 | ši-pir-ti {lu₂}KUR—tam-tim-u₂-a | |
| 8 | a-na {lu₂}mu-šar-ki-si-MEŠ | |
| 9 | il-tap-ra-u₂-nu | |
| 10 | il-ta-su-šu₂ u₃ a-du-u | |
| 11 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 12 | nu-ul-te-bi-il | |
| 13 | ⸢LUGAL ki⸣ ša₂ i-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 14 | le-pu-uš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}ba-ri-ki—DINGIR | |
| 2 | {lu₂}UD.UD{ki}u₂-a | |
| 3 | ul-tu E₂—ki-li E₂—ki-li | |
| 4 | ša₂ UD.UD{ki} ki-i ih-liq | |
| 5 | ina UKKIN ša₂ UN-MEŠ | |
| 6 | a-mat LUGAL iq-ta-bi | |
| 7 | a-du-u₂ a-na | |
| 8 | pa-ni LUGAL be-li₂-i-ni | |
| 9 | ni-il-tap-raš-šu₂ | |
| 10 | LUGAL liš-al-šu₂ | |
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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