ABL 0682 (P334480)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0682 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334480 |
| 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 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, [my lord]: your servant Nabû-šu[mu-iddina]. The very best of health to the king, [my lord]! May Nabû and Marduk bless the [king], my lord! |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | 9 horses trained to the yoke, the commander-in-chief, complete; |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | 8 horses trained to the yoke, the palace herald, complete; |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313– | (those from) the deputies are not coming in; |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | 62 horses trained to the yoke, from Arrapha, complete; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | (r 5) (Rest destroyed) |
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 | a-na LUGAL [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—⸢MU⸣—[AŠ] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU a-na [LUGAL] | |
| 6 | be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | 09 KUR-MEŠ ša ni-i-ri | |
| 8 | {lu₂v}tur-tan-nu | |
| 9 | gam-ma-ru-u₂-ni | |
| 10 | 08 KUR-MEŠ ša ni-i-ri | |
| 11 | {[lu₂v]}600—E₂.GAL {[lu₂v]}600—E₂.GAL | |
| 12 | gam-ma-ru-u₂-ni | |
| 13 | {lu₂v}02-u₂-te | |
| r | ||
| 1 | la e-ra-bu-ni | |
| 2 | 62 KUR-MEŠ ša ni-i-ri | |
| 3 | ša {uru}arrap-ha | |
| 4 | gam-ma-ru-[u₂-ni] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6 | [x 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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