ABL 0227 (P334168)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0227 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334168 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nergal-eṭir. The very best of health to the king, my lord! The land of the king is well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. |
| Obverse [9:18] o 1010– | The messenger of Daltâ has [l]eft for the king, my lord. There are [x ho]rses [in] his charge. He is accompanied by a dispatch rider. |
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-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 5 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 6 | a-na KUR ša LUGAL | |
| 7 | šul-mu | |
| 8 | ŠA₃-bu ša LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 9 | a—dan-niš lu-u DUG₃.GA | |
| 10 | {lu₂v}DUMU—šip-ri {lu₂v}DUMU—šip-ri | |
| 11 | ša {1}dal-ta-a | |
| 12 | ina pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 13 | [it]-tal-ka | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | [x] {⸢anše⸣}KUR.RA-MEŠ\m | |
| 15 | [ina] ⸢ŠU⸣.2-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {lu₂v}kal-la-pu—ši-bir-te {lu₂v}kal-la-pu—ši-bir-te | |
| 2 | i-si-šu₂ | |
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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