ABL 1361 (P237746)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1361 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237746 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...... t]o my hands |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] kingship |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] king |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...... rei]gn |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] into my presence |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] two |
| Obverse [8:15] o 9'9'– | When [NN and ...-iddi]na came [int]o my presence, I gave them [brea]d and choice beer, prepared them for the journey and [s]ent them into the presence of the king. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [If] the king has caught anybody else [in] my hands, let me die! |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | [As to] the Aramean(s) who went for booty to [Ela]m, [they ...] two oxen [... f]rom me (and) a flock of sheep and goats |
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⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ ŠU.2-ia₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x] LUGAL-tu₂ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x] LUGAL | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢BALA⸣-e | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x] a-na pa-ni-ia₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x] 02-ta | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x]-ti | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x]—⸢SUM⸣-na | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a]-⸢na⸣ pa-ni-ia₂ ki-i il-⸢li⸣-ku-nu | |
| 2 | [NINDA-HI].A KAŠ.SAG at-ta-din | |
| 3 | [u₃] KASKAL.2 i-na GIR₃.2-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | [ki-i] aš₂-ku-nu a-na pa-an LUGAL | |
| 5 | [al]-⸢tap⸣-raš-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 6 | [ki-i] mam₂-ma ša₂-nu-um-ma LUGAL | |
| 7 | [i-na] ⸢ŠU⸣.2-ia iṣ-ba-tu lu-mu-ut | |
| 8 | [x x] {lu₂}a-ra-mu ša₂ a-na hu-ub-tu₂ | |
| 9 | [a-na {kur]}⸢NIM⸣{ki} il-lik 02 GUD-MEŠ | |
| 10 | [x x] ⸢it⸣-ti-ia₂ U₈.UDU-HI.A | |
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
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