ABL 1334 (P238647)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1334 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238647 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | the words of N[N ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | greatly what the kin[g ...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | there is [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | of the Babyloni[ans ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | I do not sup[port] the king [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Rimutu [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | the Babyloni[ans ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | there is [...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | to be(come) strong(er) [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | With difficulty I [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | do not sa[y ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | of my lord is one who knows [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | like one who does not know [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | in Babylon [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | any news [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | of Babylon [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [let him write] to my lord [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | to the palace in ... [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | concerning [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | are safe w[ith ...] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | there is ... [...] |
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] | |
| 2' | dib-bi {1}⸢ka⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-aʾ-diš ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | i-ba-aš₂-ši ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5' | ša₂ {lu₂}TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣}[MEŠ x x x] | |
| 6' | LUGAL ul a-⸢na⸣-[aš₂-ši x x] | |
| 7' | {1}ri-mu-tu [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {lu₂}TIN.TIR{ki}⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | i-ba-aš₂-ši [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | a-na da-⸢na-nu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ina ⸢dan⸣-na a-na-ku [x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na-ku ul a-qab-[bi x x x] | |
| 3' | ša₂ be-li₂-ia mu-de-[e x x x] | |
| 4' | a-ki la mu-de-[e x x x x] | |
| 5' | i-na TIN.TIR{ki} [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ṭe₃-e-mu mim-ma [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ša₂ TIN.TIR{ki} li-[x x x x] | |
| 8' | a-na be-li₂-ia [liš-pu-ra x x] | |
| 9' | a-na E₂.GAL ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | i-na UGU-hi [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ša₂-al-mu it-[ti x x x x] | |
| 12' | i-ba-aš₂-ši ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13' | ⸢x 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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