ABL 0296 (P237991)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0296 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237991 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | The king's word to Kudurru and the Urukians old and young, my servants: I am well; you can be glad. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | When I w[rote] to your brothers, [and had the letter] brought to you on the 11[th ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Month of Adar (XII), 12th day. |
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 a-na {1}NIG₂.GUB u₃ | |
| 2 | {lu₂}UNUG{ki}MEŠ {lu₂}AB.BA-MEŠ u TUR-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3 | ARAD-MEŠ-ia₂ DI-mu ia-a-ši ŠA₃-ba-⸢ku⸣-[nu] | |
| 4 | lu-u₂ ṭa-ab-ku-nu-ši ki-i ⸢aš₂⸣-[pu-ra] | |
| 5 | [a]-na UGU ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ku-nu UD 11-[KAM₂ ši-pir-tu₂] | |
| 6 | [ul]-te-⸢bi-la⸣-ku-⸢nu⸣-[šu₂ x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {⸢iti⸣}ŠE UD 12-KAM₂\t | |
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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