ABL 0592 (P334407)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0592 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334407 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [the plate] of the scu[lptor ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | which was made [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | a (piece of) ivory a palm (wide) [...] |
| Obverse [4:10] o 5'5'– | On the 3rd of Ni[san] (I) we fit[ted] the gold plate of the scul[ptor] on the wood. The plating of the couch measured 6 cubits [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [......] the king |
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' | [x x] pa ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ZU] ša {lu₂v}⸢BUR⸣.[GUL x x x] | |
| 3' | ša e-piš-u-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ši-in pu-us-ki a-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | UD-mu UD 03-KAM ša {iti}⸢BARAG⸣ [o] | |
| 6' | le-ʾu-u KUG.GI ša BUR.⸢GUL⸣ | |
| 7' | ina UGU e-ṣi ni-ik-ta-⸢ra⸣-[ar] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ZU\t ša ne₂-me-di [x x] | |
| 2 | 06 ina 01 KUŠ₃\p i-ta-lak [x x] | |
| 3 | an-⸢x x x x x⸣ LUGAL | |
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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