ABL 0430 (P240132)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0430 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240132 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | A tablet of the crown prince to the deputy (governor) and Nabû-dini-a[mur]. |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44– | Mar-Biti-ibni, a citizen of Der, helped thirteen men run away, and brought them where you are. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | You (sg.) gave five of them to Šiyu, but eight (remain) in [yo]ur (pl.) presence. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | No[w], send (pl.) [......]! |
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 | IM DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 2 | a-na {lu₂}ša₂-na-i | |
| 3 | u₃ {1}{d}AG—di-i-ni—⸢a⸣-[mur] | |
| 4 | 13 {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 5 | {1}{d}A—E₂—DU₃ | |
| 6 | DUMU {uru}de-e-ru | |
| 7 | ki-i u₂-še-eh-liq | |
| 8 | a-na a-kan-na-ka | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-ta-bak | |
| 2 | i-na ŠA₃-bi | |
| 3 | 05 a-na {1}ši-i-u₂ | |
| 4 | ta-ad-din | |
| 5 | u₃ 08 ina pa-⸢ni-ku⸣-nu | |
| 6 | en-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | {1}[x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 10 | šup-ra-a-⸢ni⸣ | |
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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