ABL 0122 (P334070)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0122 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334070 |
| 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/saa05 · 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, my lord: your servant Gabbu-ana-Aššur. |
| Obverse [2:8] o 33–o 88 | All the straw in my country is reserved for Dur-Šarruken, and my recruitment officers are now running after me (because) there is no straw for the pack animals. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99– | Now, what are the king my lord's instructions? |
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\t ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}gab-bu—ana—aš-šur | |
| 3 | {še}IN.NU-MEŠ gab-bu | |
| 4 | ina KUR-ia a-na\t {uru}BAD₃—{1}MAN—GIN.NA\t | |
| 5 | ša\d-⸢ak-lu⸣ an-nu-rig | |
| 6 | {lu₂v}mu-šar₂-kis-MEŠ-ni | |
| 7 | i—⸢da\d⸣-tu₂-u-a i—⸢da\d⸣-tu₂-u-a i-du-lu | |
| 8 | {še}IN.NU-MEŠ a-na\t a-ṣap-MEŠ | |
| 9 | la-aš₂-šu₂ u₂-ma-a | |
| 10 | mi-nu ša\d LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 11 | i-qa-bu-u-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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