ABL 1322 (P238461)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1322 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238461 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [May] Zababa (and) Babu [bless the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | Three or four times, I and [NN have ...] the men who fled to [...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [They] are sinners against the ki[n]g, [my] lo[rd]. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | When the cupbearer c[ame, he said]: "You shall call up the men, so I can do the work [...] in [...]!" |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | The whole city of Kish rejoi[ced ......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [wit]h his servants [......] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | the forts [......] |
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' | ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {d}za-ba₄-ba₄ {d}⸢BA.U₂⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | 03-šu₂ 04-šu₂ {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ih-li-qu a-na-ku u₃ [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {lu₂}EN-MEŠ—hi-ṭu {lu₂}EN-MEŠ—hi-ṭu ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-[li₂-ia₂ šu₂-nu] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}ša₂-qu-u₂ ki-i ⸢il⸣-[li-ka iq-ta-bi] | |
| 7' | um-ma {lu₂}⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ ta-de-ek-⸢ki⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | dul-lum lu-pu-uš i-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | {uru}KIŠ{ki} gab-bi ih-⸢ta⸣-[mu-u₂ x x x] | |
| 10' | [it]-⸢ti⸣ {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ in-⸢da⸣-[ni x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x] {⸢uru⸣}bi-ra-na-[a-ti x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x] ša₂ ši-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
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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