ABL 0836 (P238439)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0836 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238439 |
| 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 [0:7] 11–77 | [Your servant] Nabû-bel-šumate: [I] would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say [to the king], my [l]ord: I have sent my [messenger] to greet [the king, the hor]ses and [the soldiers]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ARAD-ka] {1}{d}AG—EN—MU-MEŠ | |
| 2 | [a-na di]-na-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 3 | [lul]-⸢lik⸣ um-ma-a | |
| 4 | [a-na LUGAL be]-li₂-ia-a-ma | |
| 5 | {[lu₂}DUMU—KIN]-ia {[lu₂}DUMU—KIN]-ia a-na šul-mi | |
| 6 | [LUGAL {anše]}KUR.RA-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7 | [u₃ ERIM-MEŠ al-tap-ra] |
Sources & licences
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- 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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