ABL 0868 (P334596)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0868 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334596 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... g]ave [...]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [I am herewith s]ending her [to the king], my lord. |
| Obverse [4:14] o 5'5'– | Further: the legate of Der has written to me: "Send me 2,000 men!" But the men from here do not suffice (even) for the fortresses! Whence should I take the men to send to him? |
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' | [x x x x x]-an-ni [o] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ta-na-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 3' | [ina IGI LUGAL] be-li₂-ia | |
| 4' | [u₂-se]-bi-la-aš₂-ši | |
| 5' | u₃ {lu₂v}qe-e-pu | |
| 6' | ša {uru}de-e-ri | |
| 7' | is-sa-pa-ra ma-a | |
| 8' | 02 lim {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 9' | še-bi-la u₃ ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 10' | TA@v an-na-ka | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ | |
| 2 | la i-sa-pi-qu | |
| 3 | TA@v a-a-ka ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 4 | lu-še-bi-la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
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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