ABL 0578 + (P334397)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0578 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334397 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | T[o the king, my lord: your] servant [Aššur-bani]. |
| Obverse [2:13] o 1616– | But [......] how are we supposed to do the work on [...]? Whence shall we raise the materials needed for the temple of Ištar, the Kidmuri temple, the Sebettu temple and the temple of Adad-of-the-Rain? |
| Reverse [6:12] r 77–r 1212 | Let them write to Kiṣir-Aššur that he should make available the straw in the Merchant Town and Šitabni, so we can use it for the work. |
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}aš-šur—ba-ni] | |
| 16 | u₃ [x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | a-na ⸢ur⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 18 | du₆-li [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-ke-e ne₂-pu-uš | |
| 2 | a-na bat-qi\t ša E₂—{d}15 [o] | |
| 3 | a-na E₂—kad-mu-ri [o] | |
| 4 | a-na E₂—{d}7.BI [o] | |
| 5 | a-na E₂—{d}IM—ša₂—zu-un-ni [o] | |
| 6 | TA\m a-a-ka ni-na\d-ši-⸢a⸣ | |
| 7 | a-na {1}ki-ṣir\tp—aš-šur liš-pu-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 8 | {še}IN.NU ša\d URU—ša₂—{lu₂}DAM.⸢QAR⸣ | |
| 9 | ša URU—ši-i—tab-ni | |
| 10 | lu-ra-am-mi | |
| 11 | du₆-lu ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 12 | ne₂-pu\p-uš | |
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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