ABL 1112 (P237251)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1112 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237251 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | Say to the magnates of the king of Assyria, king of the universe, our lord: thus say the sheikhs of Tubuliaš — Bel-epuš, Nabû-zera-ušabši, Nabû-šuma-ereš, Abi-yaqia, Adgi-hinna, Nabû-ušallim and Il-yatanu, and the old and the young, serva[nts of the king]. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | [A coll]eague among the chief[s ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | We are [...]. La[ṣ is our Lady!] |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | He should reach us on the 5th of Sivan (III), otherwise the king will lose us. Let us hear from you as soon as possible! |
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 {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 2 | LUGAL kiš-ša₂-ti be-li-ni qi₂-bi-ma | |
| 3 | um-ma {lu₂}na-si-ka-a-ti | |
| 4 | ša₂ {id₂}tu-bu-li-ʾa-aš₂ | |
| 5 | {1}{d}EN—DU₃-uš {1}{d}AG—NUMUN—GAL₂-ši | |
| 6 | {1}{d}AG—MU—KAM₂ {1}AD—ia₂-qi₂-ia | |
| 7 | {1}AD—gi-hi-na {1}{d}AG—GI | |
| 8 | u {1}DINGIR—ia₂-ta-a-nu u₃ ši-bu-tu | |
| 9 | ṣe-he-ru-tu ARAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | [ki]-⸢na⸣-at-ta ina {lu₂}GAL—[x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [ni]-i-ni {d}la-⸢aṣ⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | UD 05-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}SIG₄ [o] | |
| 4' | lik-šu-ud-an-na-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 5' | ia-a-nu-u₂ la—ŠU.2 LUGAL | |
| 6' | ni-il-li ha-an-ṭiš | |
| 7' | ṭe₃-en-gu-nu niš-mu | |
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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