ABL 0217 (P334159)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0217 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334159 |
| 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/saa13 · 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: y[our servant], Nabû-ašar[ed]. [May Aššur] and Ištar ble[ss] the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | [Concerning what the kin]g, my lord, has written me, [saying: "Wh]y did [Nabû]-šezib without yo[ur] order sum[mon] Aššur-abu-uṣur? The priests [should perform] the ritual utterly" — we shall perform it. |
| Obverse [7:13] o 88–o 1313 | Concerning what I wrote to the king, [my lord], namely: "[I ha]ve experienced an adversity [...]" — ... [...] has grown stronger, and Ubru-ahhe [and NN] have quit the work. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] Ubru-[ahhe ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] the treasurer [......] |
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 be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka] {1}{d}AG—SAG.[KAL] | |
| 3 | [aš-šur {d]}15 a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-[ru-bu] | |
| 4 | [ša LUGAL] be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 5 | [ma a]-⸢ta⸣-a ša la pi-⸢ka⸣ [o] | |
| 6 | {1}{d}x]—še-zib SAG {1}aš-šur—AD—⸢PAB⸣ [iš-ši] | |
| 7 | [ma-a {lu₂]}SANGA-MEŠ am—ma-la am—ma-la dul-lu | |
| 8 | [le-pu-šu₂] ne₂-pa-aš₂ ša a-na LUGAL | |
| 9 | [be-li₂-ia aš₂]-pur-an-ni mu-uk ma-hir₂-tu₂ | |
| 10 | [x x x]-ta-mar TA hi-il-lu | |
| 11 | [x x x] ⸢i⸣-di-ʾi-ni {1}SUHUŠ—PAB-MEŠ | |
| 12 | [x x x x] dul-lu ur-ta-me-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ṣi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] {1}SUHUŠ—[PAB-MEŠ x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x {lu₂]}IGI.DUB ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-mar-tu₂ ⸢ṣib⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
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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