ABL 0563 (P334385)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0563 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334385 |
| 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 [1:9] o 2'2'– | ......] my [troops are scarce. [My prefects] went to (fetch) the men at their command; I have been waiting for them ever since I came back from the king my lord's presence, but they have not come. |
| Reverse [1:10] r 22–r 1010 | I wrote to the king, my lord, but only got [2]60 horses and [13] small boys. [2]67 horses and 15 men — I have 527 horses and 28 men, all told. I have been writing to wherever there are king's men, but they have not come. The scribe is with the king, my lord; the king, my lord, should ask him. |
| Reverse [10:14] r 1111–r 1414 | The horses of the king lord had grown weak, so I let them go up the mountain and graze there [...... |
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' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [e-mu-qi]-ia e-⸢ṣa {lu₂v⸣}[GAR-nu-MEŠ-ia] | |
| 3' | [ina] UGU {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ ŠU.2-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 4' | [it]-⸢tal⸣-ku TA@v\m mar | |
| 5' | [TA@v\m] IGI LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 6' | ⸢al⸣-li-kan-ni a-da-gal | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ina] ⸢IGI⸣-šu₂-nu la-aš₂-šu la i-li-ku-ni | |
| 2 | [ina] UGU LUGAL EN-a a-sap-ra | |
| 3 | 02 me 60 {anšey}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 4 | 13 {lu₂v}TUR-MEŠ qal₃-lu-te ak-ta-ša₂-da | |
| 5 | 02 me 67 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ 15 {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 6 | PAB 05 me 27 KUR-MEŠ 28 {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ina IGI-e šu-nu E₂ {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ—MAN-ni {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ—MAN-ni | |
| 8 | a-sa-ta-par la-aš₂-šu <la> i-li-ku-ni | |
| 9 | {lu₂v}A.BA ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 10 | LUGAL be-li₂ liš-al-šu | |
| 11 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ ša\d LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 12 | e-ta-an-šu a-na KUR-e | |
| 13 | ⸢u₂-se⸣-li-šu₂-nu e-kul\d-lu | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ri | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ma | |
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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