ABL 1076 (P240131)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1076 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240131 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | wit[h ......] |
| Obverse [1:7] o 2'2'–o 7'7' | The king, my lord, should examine the cri[mes ... of a]ll [...s], have [compassio]n on those whose crimes are lig[ht like breath], count (them) among [his servants], and [appoint them] to the ro[yal] service. |
| Obverse [7:13] o 8'8'– | The Borsippeans [...] — since he pardoned the offence of the protégé [who ..., he will bless him] for as long as he lives and not [commit] a further misdemeanour anymore. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | The king, your father, said to Rim[utu ...]: "The governor [...] died [according to] his fate [...]" |
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' | it-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | LUGAL be-li₂-a ⸢x⸣ 01 ⸢x⸣+[x x ma-la] | |
| 3' | i-ba-aš₂-šu₂-u₂ hi-[ṭu-šu₂-nu] | |
| 4' | lu-sa-an-niq [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ša₂ hi-ṭu-šu₂-nu pa-[a-hi re-e-ma] | |
| 6' | liš-kun-ma it-⸢ti⸣ [ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ lim-ni] | |
| 7' | u₃ a-na EN.NUN ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [lip-qid] | |
| 8' | {lu₂}BAR₂.SIPA{ki}MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | {lu₂}ki-di-nu-u₂ aš₂-ša₂ hi-ṭu-[šu₂] | |
| 10' | ir-te-mu-šu₂ a-di bal-⸢ṭu⸣ [i-kar-rab-šu₂] | |
| 11' | u hi-ṭu ša₂-nam-⸢ma⸣ [ul i-haṭ-ṭu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL a-bu-ka a-na {1}ri-⸢mu⸣-[tu] | |
| 2 | iq-ta-bi um-ma {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ {lu₂}GAR—UMUŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3 | ši-in-di-šu₂ mi-i-⸢tu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢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
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