ABL 0862 (P237970)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0862 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237970 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | When Kunâ came [t]o the presence of the king, m[y] lord, I was staying overnight in Kasappa. |
| Obverse [3:16] o 4'4'– | I had left Kasappa and was on m[y way], (when) messengers came up to m[e] from the cit[y ...] (and) gave me the following r[eport] about the Gambuleans: "The Gambuleans [...] from the presence of Kunâ, son of [...]" |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | I found out [the details] and I am writing (again) [to the king, my lord]. |
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' | [o a-na pa]-⸢an⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2' | {1}⸢ku⸣-na-a ki-i il-li-ka | |
| 3' | i-na {uru}ka-šap-pi | |
| 4' | bu-ut-tak ul-tu | |
| 5' | {uru}ka-šap-pi | |
| 6' | ki-i u₂-ṣa-a al-[lak] | |
| 7' | {lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ {lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ ul-tu {⸢uru⸣}[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na pa-ni-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | i-te-lu-ni [ki-i pi-i] | |
| 3 | an-ni-i ⸢ṭe₃⸣-[e-mu] | |
| 4 | ša₂ {lu₂}gam-bu-la-a.[a] | |
| 5 | iq-ta-bu-nu um-ma | |
| 6 | {lu₂}gam-bu-la-a.a la—pa-an | |
| 7 | {1}ku-na-a DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 8 | {1}x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ah-ra-ṣa-am-ma a-na [LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | a-šap-pa-ra | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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