ABL 1337 (P238655)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1337 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238655 |
| 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 [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... N]ow th[en] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] th[ey] have go[ne and] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] co[me back] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] agains[t ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] th[ey] wen[t back and] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] th[eir ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [... which] he di[d] more than once |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] whatever [matt]ers he asked him |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] Why is he keeping silent? |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] I will [not] delay ... [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] this [...] they are under surveillance a[nd] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] the[y] should not petition the king. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | [Let me capt]ure thes[e] men and let [the kin]g, my lord, become happy. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Let him d]o [...] to [his] protég[é]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] are [un]der surveillance in Babylon. |
| Reverse [12:15] r 1313–r 1515 | May he not find out [that ...] |
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]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x en]-⸢na⸣ a-⸢du⸣-[u₂] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x] il-li-[ku-ma] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x{ki⸣} i-⸢tu⸣-[ru] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na UGU-⸢hi⸣-[x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x]-⸢li⸣-mu ⸢i-tu⸣-[ru-ma] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]-šu₂-[nu o] | |
| 2 | [x x x]-⸢tu⸣ 01-šu₂ 02-šu₂ i-⸢pu-šu⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x dib]-⸢bi⸣ ma-la iš-ʾa-al-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x mi]-⸢nam⸣-ma i-sa-ak-ku-⸢ut⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x la] ⸢a⸣-ku-uš-šu₂ EN {mi₂}⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 6 | [x x x]-⸢ta⸣ a-ga-a na-aṣ-ru-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x] LUGAL la <i>-mah-ha-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x]-šu₂ ERIM-MEŠ an-nu-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 9 | [lu-u₂]-⸢ṣab⸣-bit-am-ma | |
| 10 | [ŠA₃-bi ša₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia li-ṭib | |
| 11 | [x x x x] a-na {lu₂}ki-di-ne₂-[e-šu₂] | |
| 12 | [x x li]-⸢pu⸣-uš ina TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 13 | [x x x x] ⸢na-aṣ⸣-ru la ⸢u₂⸣-mas-⸢su⸣ | |
| 14 | [ki-i x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki ⸢ma⸣ [x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x]+⸢x la⸣ [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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