ABL 0900 (P237925)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0900 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237925 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] 11–66 | Your servant Kalbi-Ukû: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Good health to the ki[ng], my lord. Say to the king, m[y] lord: I am herewith sending a tablet for the well-being of the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [6:14] 77– | Concerning the noblemen of whom the king wrote: "Write (their names) down!" I shall now write them down, however many (or) fe[w] (they be). |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARAD-ka {1}kal-bi—u₂-⸢ku⸣-u₂ | |
| 2 | a-na di-na-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 3 | lul-lik lu-u₂ šu-lum a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia₂ um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣-[a-ma] | |
| 5 | ṭup-pi a-na šu-lum LUGAL | |
| 6 | be-li₂-ia₂ al-tap-ra | |
| 7 | ša₂ DUMU-MEŠ—ba-ni-i DUMU-MEŠ—ba-ni-i | |
| 8 | ša₂ LUGAL iš-pu-ra | |
| 9 | um-ma šu-ṭur a-du-u₂ | |
| 10 | a-šaṭ-ṭar ki-i ma-ʾa-a-du | |
| 11 | u₃ ki-i ⸢mi⸣-[ṣi x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | ši-[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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