ABL 0299 (P239185)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0299 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239185 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | The king's word [to] Bel-eṭir: I am [well]; you can be glad. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [Concerning wh]at you wrote: ["Š]amaš-naṣir [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [kil]l me |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] my apprentice |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] killed |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] anyone |
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-mat] LUGAL | |
| 2 | [a-na] {1}{d}EN—ŠUR-ir | |
| 3 | [DI-mu] a.a-ši | |
| 4 | [ŠA₃-ba]-⸢ka⸣ lu DUG₃.GA-ka | |
| 5 | [ina UGU] ⸢ša₂⸣ taš-pu-ra | |
| 6 | [um-ma {1}{⸢d⸣}UTU—ŠEŠ-ir | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [i-duk]-⸢ku⸣-in-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x {lu₂]}ŠAMAN₂.LA₂-a.a | |
| 4' | [x x id]-du-ku | |
| 5' | [x x x x] mam-ma | |
| 6' | [ul x x x] ⸢x⸣-ma | |
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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