ABL 0457 (P334317)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0457 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334317 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Height[ 1]3 cubits (6,5 m), width four cubits (2 m): the main building. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Height [x cubits], width four cubits: the small building. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Height [x cubits], width three cubits and a span: four double(-door)s; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Height [x cubits] and a span, width three cubits: two ditto; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [In all eight] double-doors. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Heig[ht x cubits], (width) three cubits and a span: one single (door); |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [Height x cubits], width three cubits: 12 ditto; |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88– | [Height x cubits], width three cubits: 15 ...; |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [In all 28] single doors. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Total 36] doors. |
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 | 13 KUŠ₃ mu-lu-u 04 KUŠ₃ DAGAL E₂—dan-ni E₂—dan-ni | |
| 2 | [x KUŠ₃] mu-lu-u 04 KUŠ₃ DAGAL E₂ qal₃\dp-lu | |
| 3 | [x KUŠ₃] mu-lu-u 03 KUŠ₃ ru-ṭu DAGAL 04-šu₂ ta-ʾu-ma-te | |
| 4 | [x KUŠ₃] ru-ṭu mu-lu-u 03 KUŠ₃ DAGAL 02-šu₂ KI.MIN | |
| 5 | [PAB 08 {giš}IG-MEŠ ta-ʾu-u₂-ma-a-te | |
| 6 | [x KUŠ₃ mu]-lu-u 03 KUŠ₃ ru-ṭu 01 DIL-ni-tu₂ | |
| 7 | [x KUŠ₃ mu-lu-u] 03 KUŠ₃ DAGAL 12 | |
| 8 | [x KUŠ₃ mu-lu-u] 03 KUŠ₃ DAGAL 15 ku-si-mat | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [PAB 28 {giš]}⸢IG⸣-MEŠ DIL-na-te | |
| 2 | [PAB 36 {⸢giš⸣}IG-MEŠ | |
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
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