ABL 0582 (P334401)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0582 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334401 |
| 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 [0:11] o 1'1'– | We [are ready] to set out for the review, but Išme-ilu, the cohort commander, brings us the (king's) golden stamp seal and holds us up continually, saying: "Bring barley rations to Mazamua!" |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | What does the king, my lord, say? |
| Reverse [3:9] r 44–r 99 | [...] horses |
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' | nu-[x x]-⸢ki-da⸣ | |
| 2' | ša\dy nam-⸢mu⸣-ši | |
| 3' | a-na ma-šar\m-te | |
| 4' | {1}iš-me—DINGIR {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 5' | un-qu KUG.GI | |
| 6' | na-aṣ\d ina UGU-hi-ni | |
| 7' | ik\d-ta-na-la\p-a-na-ši | |
| 8' | ma-a {še}PAD-MEŠ | |
| 9' | zi-ib-la | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na KUR—za-mu-u | |
| 2 | mi₃-nu ša\dym LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 3 | ⸢i-qab⸣-bu-u-ni | |
| 4 | [x x x] {anše}KUR-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [x x x x]-⸢u₂⸣-te | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x] ⸢EN-ia₂⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
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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