ABL 0470 (P334323)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0470 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334323 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | May [Nabû and Marduk] bless the k[ing]! |
| Obverse [2:15] o 33– | A certain Akkullanu has written: "The sun made an eclipse of two fingers at the sunrise. There is no apotropaic ritual against it, it is not like a lunar eclipse. If you say, I'll write down the relevant interpretation and send it to you." |
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 | {[d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU] ⸢a⸣-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2 | lik-ru-bu | |
| 3 | {1}ak-kul-la-nu šu-u | |
| 4 | is-sap-ra ma-a {d}UTU | |
| 5 | ina na-pa-hi-šu ma-a | |
| 6 | i-ba-aš₂-ši a-ki | |
| 7 | 02 ŠU.SI AN.MI i-sa-kan | |
| 8 | ma-a NAM.BUR₂.BI-šu | |
| 9 | la-aš₂-šu ma-a la | |
| 10 | a-ki ša {d}30 | |
| 11 | ma-a šum-ma ta-qab-bi | |
| 12 | ma-a pi-šir₃-šu | |
| 13 | la-aš₂-ṭur | |
| 14 | lu-še-bi-la-ka | |
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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