ABL 0579 (P334398)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0579 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334398 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king, my lord: your] servant [Gabbu-ana-Aššur]. |
| Obverse [2:8] o 33–o 88 | As to the news of Ura[rṭians], I wrote: "Wha[t] is the news of them?" They were reported to have captured six [of our] soldier[s] who were moving provisions up to the forts. |
| Obverse [8:18] o 99– | I wrote to the major-domo: "Don't try to take them by force. (Instead) write to Abilê: 'Why have you seized our men?' and quickly write me what he replies." |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | I moved the bull colossus to the river bank on the 17th. |
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}[gab-bu—ana—aš-šur] | |
| 3 | UGU ṭe₃-me ša\d {kur}⸢URI⸣-[a.a] | |
| 4 | a-sa-par nu-uk\dp mi₃-i-[nu] | |
| 5 | ṭe₃-en-šu₂-nu ma\p-a 06 {lu₂v}ERIM-[MEŠ-ni] | |
| 6 | ša\d {zid₂}e-ṣi-di-a-te | |
| 7 | a-na\t {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ | |
| 8 | u₂-še-lu-u-ni u₂-ṣab-bi-tu₂ | |
| 9 | a-na\t {lu₂v}GAL—E₂ {lu₂v}GAL—E₂ a-sa-par | |
| 10 | nu-uk\dp A₂\p.2-ka | |
| 11 | ina ŠA₃-šu₂-nu la tu-bal | |
| 12 | nu-uk\dp šu-up\d-ru | |
| 13 | UGU {1}a-bi-le-e | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ma⸣ a-ta-a {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ-ni | |
| 2 | tu-ṣa-bi-ta nu-uk\dp | |
| 3 | mi-nu ša\d e-pal-ka-ni | |
| 4 | ar₂-hiš šup\d-ra\t | |
| 5 | UD 17-KAM\p {na₄}{d}ALAD.{d}LAMA | |
| 6 | ⸢UGU⸣ ID₂ uq\dp-ṭa-ri-ib | |
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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