ABL 0602 (P334415)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0602 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334415 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1'1'–o 8'8' | [...] s[ervants] of the king, my [lo]rd, both Assyrians and Tabaleans who have been sold here for money — (even) those who brought (only) 4 or 5 shekels have been sold — |
| Obverse [8:18] o 9'9'– | I have brought forth (a total of) 180 'souls,' Assyrian and Tabalean, from the villages and from Sadiru, and am herewith sending them in charge of my messenger to the ki[ng, my lord]. |
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' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}[ARAD-MEŠ x x] | |
| 2' | ša LUGAL [be]-li₂-ia | |
| 3' | lu-u {kur}aš-šur-a.a | |
| 4' | lu-u {kur}ta-bal-a.a | |
| 5' | ša\dm an-⸢na⸣-ka ina kas-pi | |
| 6' | ta-da-nu-u-ni | |
| 7' | ša\dm ina ŠA₃ 04 GIN₂ ta-din | |
| 8' | ša\dm ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ 05 GIN₂ ta-din | |
| 9' | 01 me 80 ZI-MEŠ | |
| 10' | {kur}aš-šur-a.a | |
| 11' | {kur}ta-bal-a.a | |
| 12' | TA@v\m {uru}ŠE-MEŠ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13' | TA@v\m {uru}sa-di-ri | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₂\m-se-ṣi-a | |
| 2 | ina ŠU.2 {lu₂v}A—⸢KIN-ia⸣ {lu₂v}A—⸢KIN-ia⸣ | |
| 3 | ina UGU ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | 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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