ABL 0847 (P334590)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0847 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334590 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-sagib, the son of Parruṭu, a goldsmith of the household of the queen. Good health to the king, my [lord]! May Nabû and Marduk bless [the ki]ng, my lord. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | It is [x y]ears (now) [since the king, my lord, in]quired [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...... o]f the month [...] |
| Reverse [1:7] r 2'2'–r 7'7' | of agate, its width 3 inches, (and) a piece of egizaggû-stone. I gave them to the gate guard, Atanha-ilu, along with a letter, saying, "Deliver them to the king, my lord!" |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | May the king, my lord, enquire whether or not he has delivered them. |
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}PA—sa-gi-ib | |
| 3 | A {1}pa-⸢ru⸣-ṭi {lu₂}SIMUG.KUG.GI | |
| 4 | ša₂ E₂ MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL | |
| 5 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 6 | [be-li₂]-ia₂ {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 7 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 8 | [x x MU].AN.NA TA@v E₂ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] ⸢iš⸣-al-u-ni | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {iti}[x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢KUG⸣.UD | |
| 2' | {⸢na₄⸣}BABBAR.DIL 03 ŠU.SI ru-up-ša₂-ša₂ | |
| 3' | DAG.GAZ ša₂ {na₄}IGI.ZAG.GA | |
| 4' | a-na {1}a-tan-ah—DINGIR | |
| 5' | {lu₂}I₃.DU₈ a-ti-din | |
| 6' | e-gir₂-tu is-se-niš | |
| 7' | mu-uk a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 8' | ⸢di⸣-ni šum-ma it-ti-din | |
| 9' | šum-ma la id-din | |
| 10' | LUGAL EN liš-al | |
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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