ABL 0737 (P334525)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0737 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334525 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | [To the king], my [lo]rd: [your servant T]abnî. [Good health to] the king, my lord! [May Nabû and Marduk bless] the king, my lord! May [Aššur] and Šamaš make your royal sceptre good [for Assyria]! [May ... subdue your enemies] beneath your feet! |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | The village managers bring [...]; we shall let [the king, my lord], hear [whatever] we have to report. [Now, wh]at is it that the king, my lord, [or]ders? |
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}⸢tab⸣-ni-i | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na] LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | {[d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU] a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | [lik-ru-bu aš-šur] {d}ša₂-maš {giš}PA LUGAL-u₂-ti-ka | |
| 6 | [ina UGU KUR—aš-šur{ki]} ⸢lu⸣-ṭi-i-bu | |
| 7 | {[lu₂}KUR₂-MEŠ-ka ina] KI.TA GIR₃.2-ka | |
| 8 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ku e | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| 2' | [x x x {lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣—URU-MEŠ-te {lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣—URU-MEŠ-te | |
| 3' | [x x x] u₂-bu-lu | |
| 4' | [mi-i-nu] ⸢ša₂⸣ ṭe₃-e-mu-in-ni | |
| 5' | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] nu-sa-aš₂-ma | |
| 6' | [u₂-ma-a mi-i]-nu ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 7' | [i-qab]-⸢bu⸣-u-ni | |
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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