PBS 07, 132 (P258805)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PBS 07, 132 |
|---|---|
| ID | P258805 |
| Museum no. | CBS 01471 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
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 | A word of the king to Urad-Gula: |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | I am well, you can be glad. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | In that writing-board [wh]ich you dispatched to me via Ahi-duri there [were ...] phylacteries [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | And the pertinent ritual is written (there) as follows: |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | "Incantation: ... Ninkilim, exorcist of Ninurta! Fall of the heavens." What is this? The heavens exist forever. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | Write down and [send me what] they say even (if) there is no alternative [...] how it is p[erformed]. And write down and send (this) via [NN]. |
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-bat ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2 | a-na {1}ARAD—{d}gu-la | |
| 3 | DI-mu a.a-ši ŠA₃-ba-ka | |
| 4 | lu DUG₃.GA-ka ina ŠA₃-bi {giš}ZU | |
| 5 | šu-u ⸢ša⸣ ina ŠU.2 {1}PAB—⸢BAD₃⸣ | |
| 6 | tu-še-bi-la-an-ni | |
| 7 | me-UGU-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x]-a-te | |
| 8 | i-na ŠA₃-bi [x x x] | |
| 9 | u₃ DU₃.DU₃.BI-šu ša₂-ṭi-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 10 | ma-a EN₂ ŠUR {d}NIN.KILIM MAŠ.MAŠ | |
| 11 | {d}MAŠ ŠUB-ti AN-e mi-i-nu šu₂-u | |
| 12 | ka-a.a-[ma]-⸢nu⸣ AN-e i-ba-ši | |
| 13 | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ša] i-qab-[bu-u-ni] | |
| 2' | šu-ṭur [še-bi-la] | |
| 3' | u₃ la-a pu-hi ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | i-ba-ši a-ki ša₂ in-[x x x] | |
| 5' | u₃ i-na ŠU.2 {1}⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | šu-ṭur šup-ra | |
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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