ABL 1443 (P238003)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1443 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238003 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | who came with him, should be arrested until I come into the presence of the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [3:11] o 4'4'– | And no[w] he is provokingly saying, “Adini is a choir boy,” and, “the king replaced my fetter at your (pl.) expense.” He is also speaking like this: “Adini — how (well) does the king know him?” |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | The king should rescue him from my hands! |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | 500 sheep and ewes of my cousin Ṣubû [...] |
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] | |
| 2' | ša₂ it-ti-šu₂ ⸢il-li-ka⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | lu-u₂ ṣa-ab-ta a-di ia-⸢na⸣ [pa-an] | |
| 4' | LUGAL be-li₂-ia a-la-ka u₃ a-⸢du⸣-[u₂] | |
| 5' | i-qab-bi u₂-šad-da-ba-ba um-ma | |
| 6' | {1}a-di-ni {lu₂}ku-lu-u₂ u₃ | |
| 7' | LUGAL ina UGU-hi-ku-nu i-ri-ib kan-na-a | |
| 8' | u₃ ki-i pi-i an-ni-i | |
| 9' | i-qab-bi um-ma {1}a-di-ni | |
| 10' | LUGAL e-ka-ʾi i-di-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL ul-tu ŠU.2-ia | |
| 2 | lu-še-e-zib-šu₂ 05-me | |
| 3 | {udu}U₈-HI.A ša₂ {1}ṣu-bu-u₂ | |
| 4 | DUMU—ŠEŠ—AD-ia DUMU—ŠEŠ—AD-ia DUMU—ŠEŠ—AD-ia [x x x x] | |
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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