ABL 0127 (P334075)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0127 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334075 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Mannu-ki-Ninua. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:16] o 44– | A bodyguard should be appointed in the service of the scribe and the recruitment officers, to fetch and give them their men. The king, my lord, knows that the horses under me have died. The king should qui[ckly] send one of their riding-horses under me. |
| Reverse [3:10] r 44–r 1010 | The trainees came with me and I appointed them in the service of the recruitment officers. Should the king, my lord, (wish to) summon them, they are in Calah at the disposal of the recruitment officers. |
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 be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}man-nu—ki—{uru}NINA | |
| 3 | lu-u DI\d-mu a-na\t LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {lu₂vy}qur-bu\t-ti\t | |
| 5 | pa-an {lu₂vy}A.BA | |
| 6 | pa-an {lu₂vy}mu-šar-kis-MEŠ | |
| 7 | lip-qid-du {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | liš-ši-a lid-di\d-na\t-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da | |
| 10 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | ⸢ša⸣ šap-la-u₂-a UŠ₂-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 01-[en] {anše}BAD-HAL-šu₂-nu ar-[hiš] | |
| 2 | ina šap-la-u₂-a | |
| 3 | LUGAL lu-še-bi-la | |
| 4 | {lu₂vy}tar-bi-a-ni | |
| 5 | i-si-ia it-tal-ku-u-ni | |
| 6 | pa-an {lu₂vy}mu-šar-kis-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ap-ti\t-qid-su\y-nu | |
| 8 | šum₂-ma LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 9 | SAG\t-su\y-nu i-na\t-ši | |
| 10 | pa-an {lu₂vy}mu-šar-kis-MEŠ | |
| 11 | ina {uru}kal-ha šu₂-nu | |
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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