ABL 0686 (P334484)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0686 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334484 |
| 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-šumu-iddina. The very best of he[alth] to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | ...[... day x]+3 |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | ...[......]...s |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | 90 [......] from the town of [...]: |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | a total of 164 Kushite horses, 35 cavalry mounts, and 6 mules — |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | 207 horses and mules in all — have come in today. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [Month of N]isan (I), 6[th] day. |
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 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x UD x]+3-KAM₂ | |
| 8 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | 90 [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša {uru}[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | PAB 01 me 64 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 4' | {kur}ku-sa-a-a | |
| 5' | 35 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL-li | |
| 6' | 06 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 7' | PAB 02 me 07 KUR-MEŠ {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 8' | UD-mu an-ni-u₂ | |
| 9' | e-tar-bu-u-ni | |
| 10' | {[iti]}⸢BARAG⸣ UD 06-[KAM₂] | |
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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