ABL 0875 (P334602)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0875 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334602 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | I have [n]ot seen [...]. As to [......] |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | who (are) to be given [...] to tut[orship ...] (or) t[o c]ourtiership [...]. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | Furthermore, he says: "[PN], the entrance supervisor (and) Man[nu-ki-...], the supervisor of the storehouse, who [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | to him alone good [...] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'– | are appointing [...] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | But Nabû-šallim-[..., the ...] in charge of the main buildings, [has laid] his arm in [...]. |
| Reverse [3:10] r 44–r 1010 | Balassu, the [...], Bel-šarru-uṣur, [the ...], Nabû-remanni, [the ...], Adunu-Mil[kuti, the ...] (and) Pan-Nabû-la[mur, the ...]; all these five (men) [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | The king knows [that ...] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | A servant who is not [loyal] to his lords [...]. |
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⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢la⸣ a-mur [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | ina [x x]-u₂-te ta-[x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša [x x] a-na mu-rab-[ba-nu-te x x] | |
| 5' | a-⸢na⸣ [ma]-za-az—pa-nu-te [ma]-za-az—pa-nu-te ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | a-na ta-da-ni u₃ ma-a ša {1}x x x x] | |
| 7' | {lu₂v}ša—IGI—ne₂-re-bi {1}man-[nu—ki—x x] | |
| 8' | {lu₂v}ša—IGI—E₂—ŠU.2 ša [x x x x] | |
| 9' | in-nu-di-šu in-nu-di-šu SIG₅ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | i-ba-qi-du-⸢šu₂-nu⸣-[ni x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ {1}{d}PA—šal-lim—[x {lu₂v}x x x] | |
| 2 | ša IGI E₂ dan-na-[te x x x] | |
| 3 | A₂.2-šu₂ ina [x x x x] | |
| 4 | {1}ba-la-su {lu₂v}[x x x x] | |
| 5 | {1}EN—MAN—PAB {[lu₂v}x x x] | |
| 6 | {1}{d}PA—rem₂-a-ni {[lu₂v}x x x] | |
| 7 | {1}a-du-nu—mil-[ku-ti {lu₂v}x x x] | |
| 8 | {1}IGI—{d}PA—la-[mur {lu₂v}x x x] | |
| 9 | PAB 05 an-nu-te [x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | LUGAL u₂-da ši-[x x x x] | |
| 2 | ARAD ša TA@v EN-MEŠ-šu₂ la [ke-nu-ni x x x] | |
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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