ABL 1338 (P238657)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1338 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238657 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | [To the kin]g, my lord: [yo]ur [servant], Dummuqâ. [May Ni]nurta and [N]us[k]u [ble]ss the king, my lord! [I pray] every day [to] the [g]reat [gods] of heaven [and earth fo]r the l[ife of the king, my lord]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] the day |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'– | [......] the king |
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⸣ be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}du-um-⸢mu-qa⸣-a | |
| 3 | {[d]}⸢NIN⸣.URTA u {d}⸢PA.TUG₂⸣ | |
| 4 | [a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | [lik-ru]-bu UD-mu-us-su | |
| 6 | [DINGIR-MEŠ] ⸢GAL⸣-MEŠ ša₂ AN-e | |
| 7 | [u₃ KI.TIM a]-⸢na TIN⸣ | |
| 8 | [ZI-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢UD-mu⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]-⸢in⸣-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] LUGAL | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]-⸢nu⸣-u | |
| 5' | [x x x x x]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x]-bi | |
| r.e. | ||
| 7 | [x x x x]-⸢ta⸣ | |
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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