ABL 1253 (P237647)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1253 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237647 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...]s to [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] the circumference [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] them ...[......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] my corn until [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | you have placed [...]. Now [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] I’m wa[iting] for their defeat [......] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | [...] And he must no he[ar ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [... t]o the da[y ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [... u]pon [...... ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] the top of [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | *ABL 1253 |
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]-ti a-na [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-u₂ kip-pa-at ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu-ti i-⸢x⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] ŠE-i a-di UGU ša₂ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] taš-ku-nu en-na [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] su-hu-up-šu₂-nu u₂-qa-[ʾa-a x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-u₂ u la i-⸢šem⸣-[me x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x a]-na UD-⸢mu⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x i]-⸢na⸣ UGU-hi [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ mu ri [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x] ⸢x ap-pi⸣ ša₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x] ⸢x šum x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x 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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