ABL 0191 (P334136)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0191 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334136 |
| 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/saa01 · 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 Kiṣir-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:16] o 44– | Upon my coming from Milqia to Dur-Šarruken, I was told that there had been an earthquake in Dur-Šarruken on the 9th of Adar (XII). Perhaps the king, my lord, now says: "Any damage within the city wall?" |
| Bottom [1:10] b.e. 1616– | There is [no]ne. The temples, the ziggurat, the palace, the city wall and the buildings of the city are all well; the king, my lord, can be glad. |
| Reverse [7:15] r 88– | The king, my lord, will hear many things tomorrow and the day after, and say: "Why is it that you heard but did not write?" That is [why I am now writing to] the king, [my lord]. |
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-ṣir—aš-šur | |
| 3 | lu DI\d-mu a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | TA@v\dm {uru}mil-qi-a | |
| 5 | a-na {uru}BAD₃—MAN—GIN | |
| 6 | a-ta-al\t-ka | |
| 7 | iq-ṭi\d-bu-u-ni | |
| 8 | ma-a ri-i-bu | |
| 9 | UD 09-KAM₂ ša\tm {itim}ŠE | |
| 10 | ina {uru}BAD₃—MAN—GIN\d | |
| 11 | ir-tu₂-a-ba\t | |
| 12 | i—su\t-ri LUGAL | |
| 13 | be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 14 | ma-a aʾ-u ŠUB\d-tu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | [ina] ŠA₃ BAD₃\p <$x$> | |
| 16 | [la] me-me-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | DI\d-mu a-na\d E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ-te E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ-te | |
| 2 | a-na si-qur-e-te | |
| 3 | a-na\t E₂.GAL | |
| 4 | a-na\t BAD₃\p | |
| 5 | a-na\t E₂-MEŠ ša URU gab-bi | |
| 6 | ŠA₃-bu ša\tym LUGAL | |
| 7 | EN-ia lu-u DUG₃.GA | |
| 8 | ma-aʾ-da ina ši-a-ri | |
| 9 | ina li\d-di\d-iš | |
| 10 | LUGAL be-li₂ i-šam-me | |
| 11 | [ma]-⸢a⸣ a-ta-a taš-me | |
| 12 | [la-a] taš-pu-ra | |
| 13 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ šu-u | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | [a-na] LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 15 | [a-sap-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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