ABL 0856 (P238099)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0856 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238099 |
| 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 king], my lord: [your servant Aqar-B]el-lumur. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! [Say to the king, m]y lord: |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [Concerning ...] ... a pair |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [about which the king, my lord], wrote, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [I have now sent] ... and a pair |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] to the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | [...] and in case |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] this land |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] are they [n]ot reliable? |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... roof]-beams in accordance with the wish |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] there is |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] the men who were taken away |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] are glad |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] ... I will give. |
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 LUGAL] be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}a-qar—{d]}⸢EN⸣—lu-mur | |
| 3 | [lu-u₂ šu-lum a]-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | [um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia]-a-ma | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x]-ta-NE ta-pal | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] ⸢iš⸣-pu-ra | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x]-nu u₃ ta-pal | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x]-šu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x] u₃ ki-i | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] KUR a-ga-a | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ul⸣ ki-nu-u₂ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x {giš]}UR₃-MEŠ a-na ṣi-bu-tu | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x]-nu i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] ERIM-MEŠ ab-ku-ti | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x]-aʾ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x i]-ha-am-mu | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ lud-din | |
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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