ABL 0239 (P238496)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0239 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238496 |
| 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 | [T]o the king of the lands, m[y] lord: your servant, Illil-ban[i]. May Enlil, Ninurta, and Nusk[u] bless the king of the lands, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | Con[ce]rning the men of the king, my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1'1'–r 8'8' | [who bef]or[e ...] c[ame t]o Nippur and was told to [...], has [...] in the outlet canals of Ni[ppur] and [...] your gods. I am now s[ending him] to the king, [my] lo[rd], in the hands of [...]. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 12r.e. 12–r.e. 12r.e. 12 | [... who] fle[d ...] |
| Right [1:3] r.e. 1313– | [... t]o Bit-Yarî |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] there [...] |
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 KUR.KUR EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}EN.LIL₂—ba-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3 | {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}MAŠ u {d}PA.⸢TUG₂⸣ | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | ⸢a-na UGU⸣ ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL ⸢EN-ia₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x ina pa]-⸢na-at⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [a]-na EN.LIL₂{ki} ⸢il⸣-[li-ka] | |
| 3' | u iq-bu-niš-šu₂ um-⸢ma⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | ina mu-še-ṣa-ne₂-e EN.[LIL₂{ki]} | |
| 5' | u DINGIR-MEŠ-ka u₂-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | a-du-u₂ ina ŠU.2 [x x x x] | |
| 7' | a-na LUGAL ⸢al⸣-[tap-raš-šu₂] | |
| 8' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | [x x x] ⸢ih-li⸣-[qa x x] | |
| 13 | [x x a]-⸢na⸣ {uru}E₂—{1}ia-ri-[i] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ka ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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