ABL 0580 (P334399)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0580 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334399 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | [Concerning the chief of] the masons [about whom you wrote] to me: I have now issued an order. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 5'5'–o 8'8' | And concerning the ... about which you wrote to me: they should make them with cedar. |
| Obverse [8:17] o 9'9'– | And concerning the golden waters about which you spoke to me: write to Marduk-šarru-uṣur, Marduk-eriba, Nergal-šarru-uṣur, the 'third man,' and Issar-šumu-ereš (that) they should go; if it can be done, they will make the gold available; they will also inspect those Flood monsters. |
| Reverse [6:11] r 77–r 1111 | And concerning the bronze and iron about which you wrote to me: write me how much the Flood monster of [...]. |
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' | [i-na UGU {lu₂}GAL]—⸢u₂⸣-ra-si {lu₂}GAL]—⸢u₂⸣-ra-si | |
| 2' | [ša₂ taš-pur]-an-ni | |
| 3' | an-nu-rig ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 4' | as-sa-kan | |
| 5' | u₃ i-na UGU | |
| 6' | {giš}na-as-ra-me-e | |
| 7' | ša taš-pur-an-ni | |
| 8' | ša {giš}eri-ni le-pu-šu₂ | |
| 9' | u₃ ina UGU A-MEŠ KUG.GI | |
| 10' | ša taq-bu-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MAN—PAB | |
| 2 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—SU {1}{d}U.GUR—MAN—PAB | |
| 3 | {lu₂}03-šu₂ {1}15—MU—KAM₂ | |
| 4 | KIN-ra DU-MEŠ BE DU₃-še | |
| 5 | SAG KUG.GI-ma i-na-aš₂-ši-u | |
| 6 | a-bu-ba-nim-ma am-mu-te em-mur | |
| 7 | u₃ ina UGU UD.KA.BAR | |
| 8 | u₃ AN.BAR ša₂ taš-pur-an-ni | |
| 9 | ⸢ki⸣ ma-aṣ-ṣi a-bu-ub | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] šup-ra | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ud PAB | |
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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