ABL 0807 (P237685)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0807 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237685 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king] of the lands, [my lord: your servant, M]arduk. May Nabû and Marduk bless [the king], my [lo]rd. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | Šamaš-šumu-ukin is co[m]mitting a great [crime]. He does [n]ot speak [...] but is [t]elling the Babylonians [...]: |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | "At the god's setting out (in procession) |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] Babylon |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [......] who between |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99– | [......] the king |
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 [EN-ia₂] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}⸢mar⸣-duk {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 3 | [a-na LUGAL be]-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru-bu {d}GIŠ.⸢NU₁₁⸣—MU—GI.NA | |
| 4 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ u ra-bi-ti i-⸢pu-uš⸣-ma | |
| 5 | [x x x] ⸢ul⸣ i-dab-bu-ub ⸢a-na {lu₂}TIN⸣.TIR{ki}MEŠ | |
| 6 | [x x x i]-⸢qab-bi⸣ um-ma ša₂ ta-be₂-e DINGIR | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x] ⸢TIN.TIR⸣{ki} | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ ina bi-rit | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
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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