ABL 1411 (P240197)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1411 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240197 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] fell and |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... ch]ecked |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [... w]ere left for him and |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... fu]ll of blood |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] in those places |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] he fell into the [pit of] a lion |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......]... he took counsel with himself |
| Obverse [8:12] o 9'9'–o 12'12' | [...]..., and in order to save his life, he directed his course towards an unknown land. Now you have been treated in accordance with this proverb. |
| Obverse [12:15] o 13'13'– | Perhaps in your heart you think, "By going away I will rec[eive] justice." |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 15'15'–b.e. 15'15' | What have you d[one]? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | By walking we meet each other. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | An exhausted soldier who has passed through a region of thirst does [not] measure water [in a d]rinking place. |
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' | [x x x x x šu]-pa-lu ⸢ša₂ UR⸣.BAR.RA | |
| 2' | [x x x x ki-i] in-qu-tu-ma | |
| 3' | [x x x x u₂]-⸢ha⸣-an-ni-qu | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] ri-ha-niš-šum-ma | |
| 5' | [x x x x x ba]-la-ṭa-ma | |
| 6' | [x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-na aš₂-ri-ši-na | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ UR.MAH in-qu-tam-ma | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣-hi uh-tal-liq | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣-ma a-na šu-zu-ub | |
| 10' | ⸢ZI⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ a-na KUR la i-de-e pa-ni-šu₂ | |
| 11' | il-ta-kan en-na at-ta ki-i pi-i | |
| 12' | til-ti an-ni-tu₂ ep-še-e-ti min₃-de-e-ma | |
| 13' | ta-qab-bi i-na ŠA₃-bi-ka um-⸢ma⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14' | i-na a-la-ki di-nu a-⸢mah⸣-[har] | |
| 15' | mi-na-a te-⸢pu⸣-[uš] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-na a-la-ki ni-mah-ra 02 ERIM 0 | |
| 2 | an-hu ša₂ i-na qaq-qar ṣu-⸢um⸣-mu | |
| 3 | [i]-ta-at-ti-qu A-MEŠ [ma]-aš₂-qi₂-⸢i⸣ | |
| 4 | [ul i]-⸢maš⸣-ši-ih AN iq-⸢ṭu⸣-un | |
| 5 | [x x] ⸢ki⸣-i ši-ir-ki sa-⸢ar⸣-ra-niš | |
| 6 | [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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