ABL 0603 (P334416)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0603 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334416 |
| 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 [0:12] o 1'1'– | May Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad and Marduk grant [...] life (and) long days to the king, my lord, (and) [may] they [ma]ke the outcome of your good deeds pleasing [to a]ll the gods. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | There is [a certain matt]er that [I would like to te]ll [to the king], my [lo]rd. |
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' | ba-la-ṭi UD-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 2' | ar-ku-u₂-te | |
| 3' | {d}aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU | |
| 4' | {d}IM u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 6' | li-iš-ru-ku | |
| 7' | ši-pir ep-še-te-ka | |
| 8' | da-an-qa-a-te | |
| 9' | [ina] UGU-hi DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ka]-⸢la⸣-me | |
| 2 | [lu]-⸢ṭi⸣-ib-bu | |
| 3 | [da-ba]-bu | |
| 4 | [šu-u₂ u₂]-ma-a i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 5 | [a-na LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-ia₂ | |
| 6 | [la-aq]-bi | |
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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