ABL 0538 (P334368)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0538 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334368 |
| 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 Nabû-šumu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | 41 Kushite [horse]s from [...]na; |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | 42 cavalry mounts, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | 5 mules: |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313– | 47 in all from Si'immê; |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | 7 cavalry mounts from Dur-Šarruken: |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | a total of 41 Kushite horses and 49 cavalry mounts — |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | 90 horses and 5 mules altogether — |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | a grand total of 95 horses and mules 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}{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 be-li₂-ia | |
| 7 | lik-ru-bu | |
| 8 | 41 {[anše}KUR.RA]-MEŠ | |
| 9 | {kur}ku-sa-a-a | |
| 10 | ša {uru}[x x]+⸢x⸣-na | |
| 11 | 42 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL-li | |
| 12 | 05 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 13 | PAB 47 {uru}si-iʾ-me-e | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 07 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL-li | |
| 2 | ša {uru}BAD₃—MAN—GIN | |
| 3 | PAB 41 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 4 | {kur}ku-sa-a-a | |
| 5 | 49 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL-li | |
| 6 | PAB 90 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 7 | 05 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 8 | PAB 95 KUR-MEŠ | |
| 9 | {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 10 | UD-mu an-ni-u₂ | |
| 11 | e-tar-bu-u₂-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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