ABL 0889 (P334611)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0889 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334611 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | [To the king, my lord], your servants: [NN] and [...]...[...]. Good health to the king, [my lo]rd. May Nabû, Marduk, Si[n], Ištar of Nineveh, and Ištar of Arbela very greatly bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010– | (10) (Break) |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | When ... [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | He/they [...] the temples |
| Reverse [2:9] r 33–r 99 | The day before yesterd[ay] the meal was offered to the god [...]. The customary leftovers of Ašš[ur] have come to the pal[ace]. |
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-MEŠ-ka {1}{d}[x x x] | |
| 3 | {1}x]+⸢x⸣-ri—⸢ur⸣-[x] | |
| 4 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-[li₂-ia] | |
| 5 | {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU {d}EN.[ZU] | |
| 6 | {d}15 ša {uru}ni-nu-[a] | |
| 7 | {d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 8 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 9 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš lik-ru-bu | |
| 10 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]-bi | |
| 11 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]-ti | |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]-ti | |
| 13 | la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-i nab bi ⸢la⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | E₂.KUR-MEŠ u₂-da-[x x] | |
| 3 | a-na šal-ši-⸢UD⸣-[me] | |
| 4 | nap-tu-nu ina IGI {d}[x] | |
| 5 | iq-ṭi-ri-ib | |
| 6 | re-ha-a-ti | |
| 7 | ka-a-a-ma-na-tu₂ | |
| 8 | ša pa-an {d}aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 9 | ina E₂.⸢GAL⸣ | |
| 10 | it-tal-ka-a-⸢ni⸣ | |
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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