ABL 0143 (P334089)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334089 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Kinâ. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | The exempt(s) who were brought to me [are] at the moment [stay]ing out[side Ar]bela. |
| Obverse [10:21] o 1111– | [Now] the chief cook [is telling me]: "They have told me from the Palace: 'Order Kinâ to line up in my (= king's) presence (and) follow you.'" |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Now what does the king, my lord, command? |
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 EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}ki-na-a | |
| 3 | lu-u šul-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | {d}AG u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | {lu₂}zak-ku-u₂ | |
| 7 | ša na-ṣa-ni-ni | |
| 8 | an-nu-rig | |
| 9 | ina qa-[ni {uru]}⸢arba⸣-il₃ | |
| 10 | ⸢ka⸣-[mu]-sa | |
| 11 | [u₂-ma-a {lu₂]}GAL—MU {lu₂]}GAL—MU | |
| 12 | [iq-ṭi-bi-a] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ma]-a TA@v ŠA₃ E₂.GAL | |
| 2 | iq-ṭi-bu-u-ni | |
| 3 | ma-a a-na {1}ki-na-a | |
| 4 | ṭe₃-e-mu šu-kun | |
| 5 | ma-a šu-u ina pa-ni-ia | |
| 6 | i-sa-dir | |
| 7 | i—da-tu-uk-ka i—da-tu-uk-ka | |
| 8 | il-la-ka | |
| 9 | u₂-ma-a mi₃-i-nu | |
| 10 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 11 | i-qab-bu-u-ni | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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