ABL 1394 (P237552)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1394 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237552 |
| Museum no. | BM 099152 |
| 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 [1:8] o 2'2'–o 8'8' | May my lord [agree] to present [...] to [Nergal] and La[ṣ] for the preservation of [his] li[fe], and may he be an intercessor and speaker of a good word for Cutha in the presence of the king. |
| Obverse [8:14] o 9'9'– | When Kudurru of (Bit-)Ibâ a[bandoned] us like sheep without a shepherd [...] (Break) |
| Bottom [3:6] b.e. 14'14'– | and h[is] steadfast godhead [...]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | Kuriga[l]zu, the son of our former commandant, is a man who reveres god and [k]ing. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 55–r 99 | Should there be a document (sealed with) the royal signet ring in our presence, when we have forwarded it, [we pray t]o the gods [...] |
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' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢a⸣-na TIN ⸢ZI⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 3' | be-li₂ a-na {d}[U.GUR] | |
| 4' | u {d}la-⸢aṣ⸣ [o] | |
| 5' | a-na ša₂-ra-ki [x] | |
| 6' | lu-u ṣa-bit₂ a-bu-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 7' | qa-be-e₂ a-mat ⸢SIG₅⸣ | |
| 8' | ša₂ GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} ina pa-an LUGAL | |
| 9' | {1}NIG₂.GUB DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}i-ba-a | |
| 10' | ⸢a-ki-i⸣ ša₂ ⸢UDU⸣-HI.A ša₂ ⸢la⸣ {lu₂}SIPA | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | ⸢ki-i⸣ u₂-[maš-ši-ra]-⸢an⸣-na-ši | |
| 12' | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 13' | [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 14' | ⸢u DINGIR-us⸣-[su x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-i-nu ⸢u₂⸣-[x x] | |
| 2 | {1}gur-ri-⸢gal-su⸣ | |
| 3 | DUMU {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ-ni {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ-ni | |
| 4 | mah-ri-i pa-lih | |
| 5 | DINGIR u ⸢LUGAL⸣ šu-u₂ o | |
| 6 | ki-i ni-iz-bu ⸢un⸣-qa LUGAL | |
| 7 | ina pa-ni-nu ki-i | |
| 8 | ⸢nu⸣-še-ti-qu [x x x] | |
| 9 | [a]-⸢na⸣ DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [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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