ABL 0593 (P334408)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0593 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334408 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | his [...] (and) his whole equipment (are) with him. Nobody has gone near his equipment. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 5'5'– | Now, if it is acceptable to the king, my lord, I will ask Idri-aha'u and Qurdi-Issar |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] his sons |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | [...] here |
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 x⸣-MEŠ-⸢šu₂ a-nu-su⸣ | |
| 2' | gab-bu i-si-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [in₆]—ni-di [in₆]—ni-di a-nu-ti-šu₂ | |
| 4' | me-me-e-ni la iq-ri-bi | |
| 5' | u₂-ma-a šum-ma ina IGI LUGAL | |
| r | ||
| 1 | EN-ia ma-hi-ir | |
| 2 | [a]-⸢na⸣ {1}id-ri—a-ha-u₂ | |
| 3 | [a-na {1}qur-di—{d}15 la-aš₂-al | |
| 4 | [x x] DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ an-na-ka | |
| 6 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ ši | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
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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