ABL 0631 (P334436)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0631 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334436 |
| 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/saa11 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1'1'–o 8'8' | [... Ya]-rapâ, [cohort co]mmander, will bring the [fugitives] of the Arabs [up t]o the lady Samsi; (and) he will bring those [o]f the lady Samsi up to the Arabs. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Ya-rapâ, cohort commander; |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | Hašilanu, cohort commander; |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Gannabu, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | Tamranu: |
| Obverse [12:15] o 13'13'– | in all, four people for the fugitives. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | 62, Hašilanu; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | 63, Ya-rapâ: |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | in all, 125 stray camels. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [They have been c]ollected. |
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 {1}ia]—ra-pa-a | |
| 2' | {[lu₂v}GAL]—⸢ki⸣-ṣir {[lu₂v}GAL]—⸢ki⸣-ṣir | |
| 3' | [x x] ša\d {kur}ar-ba\t-a.a | |
| 4' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {mi₂}sam\dm-si | |
| 5' | ⸢u₂⸣-ba\t-al | |
| 6' | ⸢ša\d⸣ {mi₂}sam\dm-si | |
| 7' | ina UGU {kur}ar-ba\t-a.a | |
| 8' | u₂-ba\t-⸢la⸣ | |
| 9' | {1}ia—ra-pa-a GAL—ki-⸢ṣir⸣ GAL—ki-⸢ṣir⸣ | |
| 10' | {1}ha-šil-a-nu GAL—ki-ṣir GAL—ki-ṣir | |
| 11' | {1}ga-na-bu | |
| 12' | {1}ta-am-ra-a-nu | |
| 13' | PAB 04 {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na ZAH₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 2 | 62 {1}ha-šil-a-nu | |
| 3 | 63 {1}ia—ra-pa-a | |
| 4 | PAB 01-me-25 {anše}gam-mal-MEŠ | |
| 5 | pa-ṣu-u-te | |
| 6 | [x]-te-si-ru\d | |
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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