ABL 0782 (P237429)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0782 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237429 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king of the lands, m[y] lord: your servant, Marduk-naṣir. Good health to the king of the land[s, my lord]! May Nabû and Marduk ble[ss] the king [of the lands], my lord. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | From the begin[ning ...] and [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 22–r.e. 22 | t[o ...] |
| Right [2:5] r.e. 33– | the whole palace [......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | May the [k]ing, the lord, [not lea]ve me 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 | a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—PAB-ir | |
| 3 | lu-u ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na LUGAL KUR.⸢KUR⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL [KUR.KUR] | |
| 5 | ⸢EN⸣-ia lik-ru-[bu] | |
| 6 | ul-tu ⸢re-es⸣-[su x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢a-na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | E₂.GAL gab-bi [x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN ina ŠU.2-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [la u₂-ma]-⸢aš₂⸣-šar-an-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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