ABL 0393 (P334268)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0393 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334268 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nadinu. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88– | 8 Kushite horses, (from) the treasurer of the queen; |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | 12 Kushite horses, (from) the treasurer of the queen mother; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | 11 Kushite horses, |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | 49 cavalry mounts: |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | 60 horses in all from the commander-in-chief, incomplete: |
| Reverse [9:14] r 1010– | a total of 31 Kushite (horses), [49] cavalry mounts — 80 horses in all — have come in today. |
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}na-di-nu | |
| 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 be-li₂-ia | |
| 7 | lik-ru-bu | |
| 8 | 08 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ku-sa-a-a | |
| 10 | {lu₂v}IGI.DUB | |
| 11 | MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 12 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 2 | ku-sa-a-a | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}IGI.DUB AMA—LUGAL AMA—LUGAL | |
| 4 | 11 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ ku-sa-a-a | |
| 5 | 49 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ša BAD-HAL-li | |
| 7 | PAB 60 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 8 | ša {lu₂v}tur-ta-nu | |
| 9 | la gam-mar-u-ni | |
| 10 | PAB 31 ku-sa-a-a | |
| 11 | 49 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 12 | [ša] BAD-HAL-li | |
| 13 | PAB 80 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | UD-mu an-ni-u e-tar-bu-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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