ABL 1301 (P238335)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1301 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238335 |
| 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/saa18 · 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 of the un]iverse, my lord: [your servant, Nabû-i]qbi. [May Nabû and Marduk ble]ss the [ki]ng of the lands, [my lord]. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | [...] Nabû |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [...] ... in the temple of Marduk. [Who]ever [e]ats his leftovers will live. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | The [lo]rd of kings should do as he [fi]nds appropriate. |
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] ⸢kiš⸣-šat be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG]—⸢iq⸣-bi | |
| 3 | {[d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR.KUR | |
| 4 | [be-li₂-ia lik]-⸢ru-bu⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x] {⸢d}AG⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x-tu⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]+⸢x-u₂-tu ina E₂ {d⸣}AMAR.UTU | |
| 2' | [mam-ma] ša₂ ri-he-e-ti-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [ik]-ka-lu i-bal-luṭ | |
| 4' | [be]-li₂ LUGAL-MEŠ ki-i ša₂ pa-ni-šu₂ | |
| 5' | ⸢mah⸣-ru 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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