ABL 0297 (P238021)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0297 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238021 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | The king's word to Nabû-[ušabši] and the Urukians o[ld] and young, [every one of] my servants: I am well; [you] can be [glad]. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | You know that through the iron sword of Aššur and my gods you had that entire land consumed by fire, so that the land has retreated, [been subjugated], and [turned] its face once again towards me. |
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}{d}AG—[GAL₂-ši] | |
| 2 | u₃ {lu₂}UNUG{ki}MEŠ {lu₂}[AB.BA-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | u₃ TUR-MEŠ ARAD-MEŠ-ia [mal₂ ba-šu-u₂] | |
| 4 | DI-mu ia-a-ši ŠA₃-ba-ku-nu ⸢lu⸣-[u DUG₃.GA-ku-nu] | |
| 5 | at-tu-nu ti-da-a ša₂ ina ŠA₃ GIR₂ AN.BAR ša₂ | |
| 6 | AN.ŠAR₂ DINGIR-MEŠ-e-a KUR ul-li-i gab-bi-ša₂ | |
| 7 | i-ša₂-a-tu₂ tu-ša₂-ki-la u₃ KUR ki-i tah-hi-sa | |
| 8 | [ta-at-tak-ba-as] u pa-ni-ša₂ a-na UGU-hi-ia₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-[x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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