ABL 0376 (P334252)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0376 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334252 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [x] Kushite horses, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [x] ...-horses of Kushite stock: |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | 2[4] Kushite horses total; |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | 10 cavalry mounts, 13 mules: |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | 50 in all from Damascus; |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212– | 10 Kushite horses [from the] recruits: |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | a total of 34 Kushite horses and 10 cavalry mounts — |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | 44 horses and 16 mules all together — |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | a grand total of 60 have come in today. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Month of Sivan (III), 4th day. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—MU—AŠ | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 6 | [a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | [x] KUR-MEŠ ku-sa-a-a | |
| 8 | [x KUR-MEŠ ṣi]-ib-te ku-sa-a-a | |
| 9 | PAB 24 KUR-MEŠ ku-sa-a-a | |
| 10 | 10 KUR BAD-HAL 13 {anše}ku-din | |
| 11 | PAB 50 {uru}dim-maš-qa | |
| 12 | 10 KUR ku-sa-a-a | |
| 13 | [ša {lu₂v]}rak-su-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | PAB 34 KUR ku-sa-a-a | |
| 2 | 10 KUR-MEŠ BAD-HAL-li | |
| 3 | PAB 44 KUR-MEŠ 16 {anše}ku-din | |
| 4 | PAB 60 UD-mu an-ni-u | |
| 5 | e-tar-bu-u₂-ni | |
| 6 | {iti}SIG₄ UD 04-KAM₂ | |
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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