ABL 0345 (P237245)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0345 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237245 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | A tablet of Marduk to Kurigalzu, his brother. May Bel and Nabû be concerned with the health of my brother. |
| Obverse [3:14] o 44– | Why do I not see yo[ur] messenger? If I see your messen[g]er before I enter Borsippa, let my brother send one jar of the same wine [that] you drink. |
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 | IM {1}mar-duk a-na | |
| 2 | {1}⸢ku⸣-<ri>-gal-zu ŠEŠ-šu₂ {d}EN u {⸢d}AG⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢šu-lum⸣ ša₂ ŠEŠ-ia₂ liš-ʾa-a-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 4 | am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni {lu₂}A—šip-ri-⸢ka⸣ {lu₂}A—šip-ri-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 5 | ul am-mar a-di a-⸢na⸣ | |
| 6 | bar-sip{ki} er-ru-bu-uʾ | |
| 7 | ki-i {lu₂}A—šip-⸢ri⸣-ka {lu₂}A—šip-⸢ri⸣-ka | |
| 8 | am-ma-ru lib-⸢bu⸣-u₂ | |
| 9 | {giš}GEŠTIN <$ša₂$> | |
| 10 | ta-šat-tu-u₂ | |
| 11 | 01.et {⸢dug⸣}šap-pa-ti | |
| 12 | ŠEŠ-u₂-a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | lu-še-bi-li | |
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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