ABL 0855 (P238007)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0855 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238007 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the chamberlain, my lord: your servant Aqar-Bel-lumur. The best of health to [the chamberlai]n, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | I[n ...] of Badâ, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | you[r] servant, [...] of water |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] has he [not] laid (it) down? |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [... w]ith us |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | [...] why |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | I have written to my lord. May my lord do as he wishes. |
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 {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—E₂-a-nu be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}a-qar—EN—lu-mur | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ šu-[lum] a-na dan-niš | |
| 4 | a-na {[lu₂}ša₂—UGU—E₂-a]-⸢na⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 5 | i-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] ša₂ {1}ba-da-a | |
| 6 | ARAD-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x]-lak ša₂ A-MEŠ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x] id-di-i | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] ⸢it⸣-ti-ni | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x] mi-nam-ma | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x]-MEŠ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x]-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | a-na be-li₂-ia al-tap-ra | |
| 2' | ki-i ša₂ be-li₂ i-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 3' | 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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