ABL 1146 (P237283)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1146 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237283 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | as [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | I sei[zed ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | you [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | your name [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | and to [......] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | My eyes are upon you; if you return, I will do justice to you. |
| Obverse [8:13] o 9'9'– | And [I am thin]king about you and your offerings for Babylon. |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77 | I am herewith sending to you [...] the chieftains of the land of Akkad. Do whatever you can do; and if not [...], do until you [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢x ni⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ki-i [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | aṣ-ba-[tu x x x x x] | |
| 4' | at-tu-[nu x x x x x] | |
| 5' | MU-ku-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ a-na [x x x x x]-na | |
| 7' | IGI.2-a.a ina UGU-ku-⸢nu⸣ sah-⸢ra⸣ 0 | |
| 8' | de-en-ku-nu ep-pu-uš | |
| 9' | u₃ ina UGU-hi-ku-nu | |
| 10' | u₃ {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ-ku-nu | |
| 11' | ša₂ a-na TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 12' | [a]-⸢kap⸣-pu-da | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-du-u₂] {lu₂}⸢ra⸣-ša₂-ni | |
| 2 | ša₂ KUR—URI{ki} al-tap-rak-ku-nu-ši | |
| 3 | ki-i ma-la e-pe-še | |
| 4 | ma-aṣ-ṣa-ku-nu ep-ša₂ | |
| 5 | u₃ ki-i la lib-[bi]-⸢ku⸣-nu | |
| 6 | a-di E₂ ta-⸢ṣab⸣-[ba-ta] | |
| 7 | ep-[ša₂] | |
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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