ABL 0288 (P237780)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0288 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237780 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | The king's word to Bel-ibni: I am well; you can be glad. |
| Obverse [2:15] o 33– | Concerning the Puqudu sojourning on the Canal about whom you wrote, in this very way a man who loves the house of his lords, is to keep his lords informed on what he sees and hears. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | Now it is good that you wrote and informed me. |
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-mat LUGAL | |
| 2 | a-na {1}{d}EN—ib-ni | |
| 3 | DI-mu ia-a-ši | |
| 4 | ŠA₃-ba-ka | |
| 5 | lu-u ṭa-ab-ka | |
| 6 | ina UGU {lu₂}pu-qu-di | |
| 7 | ša₂ ina UGU {id₂}har-ri | |
| 8 | ša₂ taš-pu-ra | |
| 9 | ap—pit-ti ap—pit-ti LU₂ | |
| 10 | ša E₂—EN-MEŠ-šu E₂—EN-MEŠ-šu | |
| 11 | i-ra-ʾa-a-mu | |
| 12 | ša₂ im-ma-ru | |
| 13 | u₃ ša₂ i-šem-mu-u | |
| r | ||
| 1 | PI.2 ša₂ EN-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 2 | u₂-pat-ta en-na | |
| 3 | ba-ni ša₂ taš-pu-ra | |
| 4 | PI.2-MEŠ-ia₂ tu-pat-tu-u | |
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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