ABL 0256 (P238002)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0256 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238002 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To our lord, the king, lord of kings: good health to the king, lord of kings, our lord: your servant Abi’-il, the prefect of Ahi-atâ, the [...]. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | The elders of [Elam] who are wit[h us ...] have [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | We saw [..., and] did not release [the ...]. |
| Reverse [2:11] r 33– | They killed the brothers and sons of those who rebelled, the sons of Nabû-ušezib and his brothers, and the rest they carried off as plunder to Elam. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | [We have] now written [to the king, our lord]; may [the king, our lord], do [as he de]ems best. |
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 EN-ni LUGAL EN LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| 2 | lu-u₂ šu-lum a-na LUGAL EN LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| 3 | be-li₂-na ARAD-ka | |
| 4 | {1}a-bi-iʾ—DINGIR {lu₂}šak-nu | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}ŠEŠ—a-ta-a {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x]-du | |
| 6 | {lu₂}AB.BA-MEŠ ša₂ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša₂ it-⸢ti⸣-[ni x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢u₂-x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ni-ta-mar na-[x x x x] | |
| 3 | ul nu-maš-šir₃ ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4 | u DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ i-si-⸢gu⸣ | |
| 5 | DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ {1}{d}AG—u₂-še-zib | |
| 6 | u ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ id-du-ku u₃ | |
| 7 | šit-tu-tu a-na | |
| t.e. | ||
| 8 | {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 9 | ih-tab-tu a-du-u₂ | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ni ni]-il-tap-ra | |
| 2 | [LUGAL EN-ni ki-i ša₂ i]-⸢le⸣-ʾu-u li-pu-uš | |
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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