ABL 1398 (P237560)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1398 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237560 |
| Museum no. | BM 099193 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] his brother |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] has sent us |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] you should not love [Be]l-eṭir |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] them |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] having transported [...], |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | they placed [... in Bab]ylon. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] ... his word to his mouth |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... whom they ea]rlier shave[d] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | [......] you remember |
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 x x] ⸢da da x⸣+[x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢ka⸣-aʾ i-⸢le⸣-[x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]-⸢ši⸣ iš-pu-ra-an-na-ši | |
| 5' | [x x x x {1}{d]}⸢EN⸣—KAR-ir la ta-ra-aʾ-a-ma | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ha-aʾ-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x-a⸣ ki-i il-du-du | |
| 8' | [x x x i-na TIN].TIR{ki} il-tak-nu | |
| 9' | [x x x x x il]-⸢la⸣-ka a-mat-su a-na pi-i-šu₂ | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x] ⸢mah-ri⸣-i u₂-gal-li-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ha-as-sa-⸢ta⸣ | |
| 12' | [x x x x x 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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