ABL 0830 (P334583)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0830 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334583 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the governor, my lord: a tablet from Šamaš-abu-uṣur. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | Ra'iwanu, the nephew of Bel-iddina from Nagiati has come and told me (this): |
| Obverse [6:19] o 77– | "The son of Zerî is crossing over at Bab-bitqi. The Itu'u, the Rubu'u, and the [Li]ta'u [have c]rossed [over be]fore them [at] the town Apallâ. The Rahihu [are spen]ding the night at the town Nunak." |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | Report it to the Palace! I have sent you in[fo]rmation! |
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 {lu₂vy}EN.NAM EN-ia₂ | |
| 2 | IM {1}{d}UTU—AD—PAB | |
| 3 | {1}ra-ʾi-u₂\dm-a-nu | |
| 4 | DUMU—PAB-šu₂ DUMU—PAB-šu₂ ša\ydm {1}EN—AŠ | |
| 5 | {uru}na-gi-a-ta-a.a | |
| 6 | i-tal-ka iq-ṭi₂-bi-a | |
| 7 | ma-a DUMU—{1}NUMUN\d-i | |
| 8 | ina KA₂—bit-qi | |
| 9 | e-ta-na-bir | |
| 10 | {kur}i-tu-ʾu | |
| 11 | {kur}ru-bu-ʾu | |
| 12 | {[kur}li]-ta-a.a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ina {uru]}ap-al\d-la-a | |
| 2 | [ina pa]-⸢na⸣-tu₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 3 | [e]-⸢tab⸣-ru-u-ni | |
| 4 | [ma-a] {kur}ra-hi-ha | |
| 5 | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ {uru}nu-nak | |
| 6 | [be₂]-⸢e⸣-de | |
| 7 | ⸢ṭe₃⸣-mu ina E₂.GAL | |
| 8 | te-e-re | |
| 9 | ⸢ba-ti⸣-iq-tu₂ | |
| 10 | ši-⸢i⸣ a-sa-par-ak-ka | |
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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