ABL 0575 (P334395)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0575 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334395 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [To the king, my lord: your] servant [Nabû-šumu-iddina]. The very best of [hea]lth to the k[in]g, m[y lo]rd! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [x] Kushite [ho]rses [from] Si'immê; |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | [x] Kushite [horse]s [from] the deputy [...]: |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111– | [x in all from] Guzana — |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | a total of 29 horses have come in today. |
| Reverse [3:8] r 44–r 88 | The horses which are in the palace that are to be hitched up, about which the king, my lord, issued me instructions, |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | What is it that the king, my lord, c[ommands]? (What) [are his ins]tructions for me? |
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-ia₂] | |
| 2 | ARAD-[ka {1}{d}AG—MU—AŠ] | |
| 3 | [lu DI]-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL EN-ia₂⸣ | |
| 4 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL | |
| 6 | be-li₂-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | [x {anše]}KUR-MEŠ ku-sa-a-a | |
| 8 | [ša] {uru}si-iʾ-me-e | |
| 9 | [x KUR]-MEŠ ku-sa-a-a | |
| 10 | [ša {lu₂v}x x x] 02-u | |
| 11 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {uru}gu-za-na | |
| r | ||
| 1 | PAB 29 KUR-MEŠ | |
| 2 | u₂-mu-um-ma | |
| 3 | e-tar-bu-u₂-ni | |
| 4 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ša ina ŠA₃ E₂.GAL | |
| 6 | ša a-na ra-ku-si | |
| 7 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 8 | ⸢iš⸣-ku-na-ni-ni | |
| 9 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ li [x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | mi-i-nu ša LUGAL be-li₂ i-[qab-bu-u-ni] | |
| 2 | [ṭe₃-e-mu i-šak]-ka-na-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
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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