ABL 0599 (P334412)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0599 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334412 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | I have sent [......]. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | [NN], a servant of the go[vernor of ...] and his family are [st]aying on the [other] side (of the river). Wha[t ar]e the king my lord's orders? |
| Obverse [7:13] o 8'8'–o 13'13' | Likewise, there are some criminals (whom) Nimarkayu, a [serv]ant of the Crown Prince, seized and brought to the Palace: |
| Obverse [13:19] o 14'14'– | Abi-ram and Dala-Il, in all two Arzuhinaeans, and with them two Arraphaeans; they have questioned them in the Palace. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | I am [no]w s[ending over] the criminals who were their accomplices. |
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]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | u₂-se-bil₂ {1}x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢ARAD-šu₂⸣ ša\dy {lu₂vy}⸢EN⸣.[NAM] | |
| 4' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ šu-u₂ [u₃] | |
| 5' | ⸢E₂⸣-su\t ina ba\t-⸢ti⸣ [am-mi₃-ti] | |
| 6' | [kam]-mu-su\t mi₃-⸢i⸣-[nu] | |
| 7' | ša\dy LUGAL be-li₂ <$x x$> | |
| 8' | i-⸢qa⸣-bu-u-ni i-se-niš | |
| 9' | {lu₂vy}LUL-MEŠ šu₂-nu | |
| 10' | {1}ni-mar-ka-a.a | |
| 11' | ⸢ARAD⸣-šu₂ ša DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 12' | ⸢u₂⸣-ṣa-bi-ti\t | |
| 13' | ⸢ina⸣ E₂.GAL na-aṣ\t-ṣa | |
| 14' | {1}AD—ra-me | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}da-la—DINGIR PAB 02 | |
| 2 | {uru}ur-zu\t-hi-na-a.a | |
| 3 | 02 {uru}arrap-ha-a.a i-si-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | ina E₂.GAL u₂-sa\m-ni-qu-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | {lu₂vy}LUL-MEŠ ša\dy i-si-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | [an-nu]-⸢rig⸣ u₂-⸢se⸣-[bi]-⸢la⸣ | |
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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