ABL 0800 (P334562)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0800 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334562 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the king], my [lo]rd: [your servant] Šamaš-belu-uṣur. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! The city of Der and the fort [are well]. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | [Perhaps] the king, my lord, [will say: "Any new]s of the king of Elam?" He is in the mountain. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | [......] When |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...... incr]eased |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...... mu]ch |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] the king, my lord |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...... to]day |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] does |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...... the ...]nians |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] they are [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Concerning what the king, my lord], wrote to me |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [......] before them |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'– | [......] are excellent |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 12r.e. 12–r.e. 12r.e. 12 | two [...]... |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1313–r.e. 1313 | [...] did |
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-ia₂ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}UTU—EN—PAB | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI-mu a]-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | [DI-mu a-na] {uru}de-ri | |
| 5 | [DI-mu a-na] {uru}HAL.ṢU | |
| 6 | [is—su-ri] LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 7 | [i-qab-bi ma-a] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 8 | [mi-i-nu ṭe₃-en]-⸢šu⸣ ina KUR-u₂\m šu-u₂\m | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] a—ki-ma a—ki-ma | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x]-še | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x in-ti]-⸢i-du⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x ma]-aʾ-da | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ BE-ia₂ | |
| 4' | [x x x UD]-⸢mu⸣ an-ni-i | |
| 5' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ lu-u₂\m | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-nu e-pa-sa-an-ni | |
| 7' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni-a.a | |
| 8' | [x x x x]-a-te-e šu-nu | |
| 9' | [ša LUGAL be-li₂] iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 10' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina pa-na-te-šu-nu | |
| 11' | [x x x x]+⸢x da⸣-an-qa | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | [x x x]-⸢lu⸣-tu 02 | |
| 13 | [x x x] ⸢e⸣-pu-uš | |
| 14 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-a-ti\t | |
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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