ABL 0605 (P334418)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0605 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334418 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1'1'–o 6'6' | May they grant to the king, my lord, lo[ng life] and fulfillment of wishes. May they grant you the [en]tirety of the four quarters. May all the lands be obedient to the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [6:13] o 7'7'– | Yesterday and the day before yesterday, I did not bother the king, my lord, since there was nothing (wrong). Now, when we did not pour out the straw |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] with Nabû |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [... x] liters of beer |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] of the day |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [... o]f 22 |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] my presence |
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' | la-⸢bur⸣ [ba-la-ṭi] | |
| 2' | ṣu-mu-ru ⸢ka-ša⸣-[du] | |
| 3' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia li-qi-šu₂ | |
| 4' | ⸢kip⸣-pat erbe-ti liš-ru-uk-nik-ka | |
| 5' | ⸢kal⸣ KUR.KUR a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 6' | lu ma-ga-ru | |
| 7' | i—ti-ma-li i—ti-ma-li iš—ša₂-šu₂-me iš—ša₂-šu₂-me | |
| 8' | ki-i la-aš₂-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 9' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| r | ||
| 1 | la u₂-na-ri-ṭi | |
| 2 | u₂-ma-a E₂ {še}IN.NI | |
| 3 | la ni-di-bu-ku-ni | |
| 4 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ša₂-ni TA {d}AG | |
| 5 | [x x x x] qa KAŠ-MEŠ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša UD-me | |
| 7 | [x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ 22 | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] IGI-ia | |
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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