ABL 0616 (P237992)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0616 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237992 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [I] wrote to [you ...]. |
| Obverse [2:14] o 3'3'– | Now the Manneans have heard of the army of Assyria that went to the city of Gumusanu and have gathered a camp. One side of the camp faces Gumusanu, the other side faces towards here. As for you, be cautious until [...] further instructions |
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' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [al]-tap-ra ⸢a-du⸣-[u₂] | |
| 3' | e-mu-qu ša₂ KUR—aš-šur | |
| 4' | ša₂ a-na {uru}gu-mu-sa-nu | |
| 5' | il-lik {kur}man-na-a.a | |
| 6' | il-te-mu-u₂ ma-dak-tu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7' | up-tah-hir | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-hi ša₂ ma-dak-ti a-na | |
| 2 | {uru}gu-mu-sa-ni IGI-šu₂ | |
| 3 | u a-hi a-na a-kan-ni | |
| 4 | pa-ni-šu₂ at-tu-nu pit₂-qa-du | |
| 5 | [a]-di mi-ni ša₂ ši-i | |
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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