ABL 0308 (P334196)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0308 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334196 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Word of the king's daughter to Libbali-šarrat. |
| Obverse [2:11] o 33– | Why don't you write your tablet and do your homework? (For) if you don't, they will say: "Is this the sister of Šeru'a-eṭirat, the eldest daughter of the Succession Palace of Aššur-etel-ilani-mukinni, the great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria?" |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | Yet you are (only) a daughter-in-law — the lady of the house of Assurbanipal, the great crown prince designate of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria! |
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-bat DUMU.MI₂—LUGAL DUMU.MI₂—LUGAL a-na | |
| 2 | {mi₂}{uru}ŠA₃—URU—šar-rat | |
| 3 | a-ta-a ṭup-pi-ki la ta-šaṭ-ṭi-ri | |
| 4 | IM.GID₂-ki la ta-qab-bi-i | |
| 5 | u₂-la-a i-qab-bi-u₂ | |
| 6 | ma-a an-ni-tu-u NIN-sa | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša {mi₂}{d}EDIN—e-ṭe₃-rat | |
| 2 | DUMU.MI₂ GAL-tu₂ ša E₂—UŠ-MEŠ-te E₂—UŠ-MEŠ-te | |
| 3 | ša {1}aš-šur—NIR.GAL₂—DINGIR-MEŠ—GIN-in-ni | |
| 4 | MAN GAL MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR—aš-šur | |
| 5 | u₃ at-ti ma-rat kal-lat GAŠAN—E₂ GAŠAN—E₂ ša {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A | |
| 6 | DUMU—MAN DUMU—MAN GAL ša E₂—UŠ-MEŠ-te E₂—UŠ-MEŠ-te | |
| 7 | ša {1}aš-šur—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš | |
Sources & licences
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