ABL 0626 (P334432)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0626 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334432 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1'1'–o 6'6' | I shall finish the king's [.....] before the king my lord (comes); the king [my lord] can be glad. |
| Obverse [6:15] o 7'7'– | I have no reeds for the king's work, (so) I have no work of [the king] (to do). |
| Reverse [2:12] r 33–r 1212 | They should speak to the governor of Calah; there is reed in the wadi of Ubasê; let him give me a wineski[n raft (loaded) with r[eeds ...... |
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' | ⸢ša\m⸣ LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia] | |
| 2' | ina pa-na-at ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 3' | be-li₂-ia | |
| 4' | u₂-ga-am-mar | |
| 5' | ⸢lib⸣-[bu] ša\m LUGAL | |
| 6' | ⸢EN⸣-[ia] ⸢lu⸣ DUG₃.GA | |
| 7' | {⸢giš⸣}[ap]-⸢pa⸣-ru | |
| 8' | a-na ⸢du₆⸣-li | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | ša\d LUGAL | |
| 10' | ina IGI-ia | |
| 11' | ⸢la⸣-a-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢du₆⸣-lu ⸢ša\m⸣ [LUGAL] | |
| 2 | ina IGI-ia ⸢la⸣-[a]-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 3 | a-na {lu₂vy}EN.NAM | |
| 4 | ša\m {uru}kal-ha | |
| 5 | liq-bi-u₂ {giš}ap-pa-ru | |
| 6 | ina na-ah-li | |
| 7 | ša\m {uru}u₂\m-ba-se-e | |
| 8 | i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 9 | {kušt}maš-ku-[ru] | |
| 10 | ša\m {giš}⸢ap⸣-[pa-ri] | |
| 11 | ⸢lid⸣-[di-na-ni] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x] | |
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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