ABL 0821 (P334574)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0821 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334574 |
| 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/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1– | We kept [wat]ch on the 13th day; [we did not see the moon] and sun, there were [clou]ds. [...] the moon, there were clouds. |
| Bottom [0:6] b.e. 7b.e. 7– | On the 14th [day] the moon and sun saw each other. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king my lord! |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [From] Nabû'a [of] Assur. |
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 | [UD] 13-KAM₂ | |
| 2 | [ma-ṣar]-tu ni-ta-ṣar | |
| 3 | {[d}30 u] {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 4 | [la ne₂-mur IM].⸢DIRI⸣ ša₂-kin₂ | |
| 5 | [x x x] iš {d}30 | |
| 6 | ⸢IM⸣.DIRI ša₂-kin₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7 | [UD] 14-KAM₂ {d}30 u {d}UTU | |
| 8 | [a]-he-iš e-tam-ru | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[d]}AG u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 2 | [a]-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 3 | ⸢lik⸣-ru-bu | |
| 4 | [ša {1}na-bu-u-a | |
| 5 | [ša] {⸢uru⸣}ŠA₃—URU | |
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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