ABL 0402 (P237243)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0402 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237243 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | The king's word to Bel-ibni: I am well; you can be glad. |
| Obverse [5:14] o 66– | Concerning Kiṣir-Aššur whom you brought forth, and concerning the Puqudu about whom you wrote, a servant who loves the house of his lords and is loyal to the house of [his] lords [acts] accordin[gly]. |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 14b.e. 14–b.e. 14b.e. 14 | Whatever he s[ees] |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 1515– | (broken) |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | [It is good] that you informed me. I shall (now) act as I deem best. |
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-mat LUGAL | |
| 2 | a-na {1}{d}EN—ib-ni | |
| 3 | DI-mu ia-[a-ši] | |
| 4 | ŠA₃-ba-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 5 | lu-u ṭa-ab-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 6 | ina UGU {1}ki-ṣir—AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 7 | ša₂ tu-še-ṣa-a | |
| 8 | u₃ ina UGU {lu₂}pu-qud | |
| 9 | ša₂ taš-pu-ra | |
| 10 | ARAD ša₂ E₂—EN-MEŠ-šu₂ E₂—EN-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 11 | i-ra-ʾa-a-mu | |
| 12 | u₃ ina UGU E₂—EN-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂] E₂—EN-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 13 | am-ru ap—pit-[ti ap—pit-[ti ip-pu-uš] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | mi-nu-u ša₂ im-[ma-ru] | |
| 15 | [u₃ ša i-šem-mu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [PI.2 ša₂ EN-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 2 | [u₂-pat-ta] | |
| 3 | ⸢en⸣-[na ba-ni ša] | |
| 4 | PI.2-MEŠ⸣-[ia] | |
| 5 | tu-pat-tu-[u₂] | |
| 6 | a-na-ku ki-i | |
| 7 | ša₂ a-le-eʾ-u₂-uʾ | |
| 8 | ep-pu-uš | |
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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