ABL 0265 (P239182)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0265 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239182 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | T[o the king, m]y lord: your servant Nab[û]-šumu-liš[ir]. Go[od hea]lth to the king, [my] l[ord]! Sa[y t]o the king, [my] l[ord]: |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | [The ... o]f the information of[ficer whom the king] sent [to me] |
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}{d}⸢AG⸣—MU—SI.[SA₂] | |
| 3 | lu-[u₂ šu]-⸢lum⸣ a-na LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | um-⸢ma⸣-[a a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia] | |
| 5 | [x x] ⸢ša₂⸣ {lu₂}mu-tir—[ṭe₃-e-mi] {lu₂}mu-tir—[ṭe₃-e-mi] | |
| 6 | [x x] iš-pu-⸢ra⸣-[an-ni] | |
| 7 | [x x]-MEŠ ša₂ [x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x] x šu-[x x x] | |
| 9 | [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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