ABL 1113 (P237252)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1113 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237252 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | "Mars has become visible; why have you not written?" — |
| Obverse [3:13] o 4'4'– | Mars was sighted in the month of Ab (V); now it has approached within 2.5 spans (= 3°30') of Libra. As soon as it has come close to it, I shall write its interpretation to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 55–r 99 | What was sighted now is Mercury in Capricorn; (the sighting) of Mars [...] |
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' | {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu | |
| 2' | it-tan-mar mi-na-a | |
| 3' | la taš-pu-ra | |
| 4' | {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina {iti}NE | |
| 5' | a-mir en-na it-ti | |
| 6' | {mul}ZI.BA.AN.NA | |
| 7' | 150 u₂-ṭu | |
| 8' | iq-te-ru-ub | |
| r | ||
| 1 | aš₂-ša₂ iṭ-ṭe-hu-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ⸢pi-šir₃⸣-šu₂ a-na | |
| 3 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | a-šap-pa-ra | |
| 5 | ša₂ en-na in-nam-ru | |
| 6 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD | |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃-bi {mul}SUHUR.MAŠ₂{ku₆} | |
| 8 | šu-u₂ ša₂ {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu | |
| 9 | [x 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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