ABL 0507 (P334348)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0507 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334348 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant Ašipâ. The best of health to [the king], my lord! |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | The forts and the land of the king, [my] lo[rd], are well. |
| Obverse [6:11] o 77–o 1111 | The Šubrian (king) makes a detailed [report] in Kulimme[ri], and they [act] in [th]is way in the Palace! They [have s]eized [......] and [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] he [...] |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | [... roof-be]ams and door-beams [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [I shall th]row the [rem]aining [door-beams in the ri]ver, and transport and deliver them. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | All (my) men are in the mountains, felling trees in groves where there are (trunks suitable for) door-beams and roof-beams. |
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 EN⸣-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}a-⸢ši⸣-pa-⸢a⸣ | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu ⸢a-na⸣ [LUGAL] | |
| 4 | EN-ia a—⸢dan-niš⸣ | |
| 5 | DI-mu a-na {uru}bi-⸢rat⸣ | |
| 6 | a-na KUR ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 7 | {kur}šu-ub\d-ri-a.a [ṭe₃-e-mu] | |
| 8 | ina {uru}ku-li-im-⸢me⸣-[ri] | |
| 9 | i-ha-ra-aṣ\dt ina [E₂].⸢GAL⸣ | |
| 10 | ki-i ⸢ha⸣-[an]-ni-ma [e-pu-šu₂] | |
| 11 | [x x x u₂]-⸢ṣa⸣-bi-tu₂ [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni | |
| 12 | [x x x x] šu-u-tu₂ [x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x] i-sa-[x x] | |
| 14 | [x x {giš}UR₃]-MEŠ {giš}ŠU₂.A-MEŠ | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ka⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | {[giš}ŠU₂.A-MEŠ ut]-ru\d-te [ina] ⸢ID₂⸣ | |
| 3' | [a-kar-ra-ar₂ a]-⸢za⸣-bil₂\d a-⸢da⸣-an | |
| 4' | {⸢lu₂v}ERIM⸣-[MEŠ] gab-bu\p ina KUR-e | |
| 5' | ina {giš}MURUB₄-MEŠ be₂-te {giš}ŠU₂.A-MEŠ | |
| 6' | be₂-te {giš}UR₃-MEŠ i-ba-šu₂\d-ni | |
| 7' | i-na-ki-su\t | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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