ABL 0233 + (P334172)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0233 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334172 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [To the ki]ng, my lord: [your servant] Aššur-bani. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! The temples are [well], the city of Calah is [well], the queen is [well], the slaves [are well]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | As for [...] the merchant [of whom the king, my lord, wr]ote to me [..... |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | ..... nor has] Silî entered [Cal]ah; [... and] their iškāru dues [...] have been received. |
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}aš-šur—ba-ni | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | [DI-mu a]-⸢na⸣ E₂.KUR-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [DI-mu a]-⸢na⸣ {uru}kal-ha | |
| 6 | [DI-mu a]-⸢na⸣ MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL | |
| 7 | [DI-mu a-na] {⸢lu₂v⸣}QAL₃-MEŠ\t | |
| 8 | [ina UGU {1}x x x] {lu₂}DAM.QAR | |
| 9 | [ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš]-⸢pur⸣-an-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-te {1}si-li-⸢i⸣ | |
| 3' | [ina {uru}kal]-ha e-ru-ba | |
| 4' | [x x x x] iš-QAR-šu₂-nu | |
| 5' | [x x x x] mah-ru-u-ni | |
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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