ABL 1183 (P240176)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1183 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240176 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king of the lands, [my] lord: [your servant Bel-uš[ezib]. [May] Bel, Nabû and Šamaš [bless the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | If during your watch the moon [......]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Saturn [......]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | If in the month of your watch the sun [......]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | If in the month of your watch the wind [......]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | If in the month of your watch in [......]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | If in the month of your watch [......]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] to do [......] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [If] it is acceptable [to] the king, [......] to the king, [my lord]. |
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 KUR.KUR be-li₂-[ia ARAD-ka {1}{d}EN—u₂-še-zib] | |
| 2 | {d}EN {d}AG u {d}UTU a-[na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 3 | 1 ina EN.NUN-ka 30 ana [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | 1 ina ITI EN.NUN-ka 20 ana [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | 1 ina ITI EN.NUN-ka {im}[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | 1 ina ITI EN.NUN-ka ina li-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | 1 ina ITI EN.NUN-ka [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ig-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ši-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ITI [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ka-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x] e-pa-še si-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [ki-i pa-an] LUGAL mah-ru a-na LUGAL [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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