ABL 0607 (P334420)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0607 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334420 |
| 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 [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | [...] No[w] do the [wo]rk. The [...] of Aššur [will act as]intercessor. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 6'6'– | And concerning Bel-le'i about whom you wrote: "Bel-le'i [will do] the work." I will personally examine his report. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | The metalworker of the Assyrians is saying: "They are not denouncing the horse trainer. You mustn't seize (him)." They are exami[ning] the [...]-owner's horses. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | Now you, [...], do your [wo]rk, and [make your] name [good befo]re me. |
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 x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] mi₃-ši-[x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]-⸢ta⸣ u₂-ma-[a] | |
| 4' | [dul]-lu ep-ša₂ ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 5' | ⸢ša₂⸣ {d}⸢aš-šur a⸣-bu-tu₂-ma [x x] | |
| 6' | u ina UGU {1}EN—DA ša₂ ⸢taš⸣-[pur-a-ni] | |
| 7' | {1}EN—ZU dul-lum-ma [ep-pa-aš₂] | |
| 8' | ana-ku dib-bi-šu₂ a-bi-⸢ar₂⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | te-bi-ru ša₂ aš-šur-a.a [o] | |
| 2 | ma-a ša₂ {lu₂v}{giš}GIGIR kar-⸢ṣi⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 3 | la in-nak-ku-lu ⸢ma⸣-[a] | |
| 4 | la ta-ṣa-tab-bat EN [x] | |
| 5 | {anše}KUR-ME-šu₂ em-mu-[ru] | |
| 6 | u₂-ma-a at-ta ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢dul⸣-la-ka DU₃ MU-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 8 | [ina] ⸢IGI⸣-ia₂ [dam-mi₃-iq] | |
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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