ABL 0834 (P237972)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0834 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237972 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the k]ing, my lord: [yo]ur [servant], Nabû-bel-šumati. [Good h]ealth to the king, my lord! May [Nabû and] Marduk bless the king, [m]y [lord]. |
| Reverse [1:7] r 2'2'–r 7'7' | If not, they will attack them by [s]urprise. I am writing to [i]nform [the ki]ng, 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 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka {1}{d}AG—EN—MU-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [lu-u₂] ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {[d}AG u] {⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL | |
| 5 | [be-li₂]-⸢ia₂⸣ lik-⸢ru-bu⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [o x x] ⸢pa x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [o] ⸢ia⸣-a-nu-um-[ma] | |
| 3' | [o] ⸢man⸣-di-is-su-nu | |
| 4' | [o] ⸢i⸣-nam-du-u₂ | |
| 5' | [o] ⸢ki⸣-i aš₂-pu-ra | |
| 6' | [o] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-a | |
| 7' | [o] ⸢ul⸣-te-eš-mi | |
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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