ABL 1125 (P237262)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1125 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237262 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | A tablet of the pala[ce] overseer to [my] sons Inda[biya] and Uraš[...]: |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | Why, for as many days as I am, I haven’t heard any news from you and sent a messenger [with ...] to you? |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010– | [N]ow the[n] I have sent my messenger to you. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | [N]ow send [me] a report of you and your health in his hands! |
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 {lu₂}ša₂—IGI—⸢E₂⸣.[GAL] | |
| 2 | a-na {1}in-da-[bi-ia₂] | |
| 3 | u {1}u₂-ra-aš₂-[x x] | |
| 4 | DUMU-MEŠ-[ia] | |
| 5 | am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni ma-la-a-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 6 | UD-MEŠ ṭe₃-en-ku-nu | |
| 7 | ⸢ul aš₂⸣-mi u a-na-ku | |
| 8 | ⸢u₃⸣ {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN | |
| 9 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ ul aš₂-pur-ak-ku-nu-ši | |
| 10 | 0 en]-na a-du-[u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {⸢lu₂⸣}[A]—⸢šip⸣-re-e-a {⸢lu₂⸣}[A]—⸢šip⸣-re-e-a | |
| 2 | [a]-na pa-ni-ku-nu | |
| 3 | ⸢al⸣-tap-ra | |
| 4 | [a-du]-u₂ ṭe₃-en-ku-nu | |
| 5 | u šu-lum-ku-nu | |
| 6 | ina ŠU.2-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 7 | šup-ra-[a-ni] | |
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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