ABL 0891 (P334613)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0891 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334613 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Šulmu-beli. Good health to the king, [my] lord! |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | Urzana is staying in Alamu on the 10th ; on the [11th] he will be in Hiptuna, [on the 12th] in Muši, [on the 13th] in Issete, [on the 14th in Arbe]la. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | We have se[nt ...] 56 horses, [x oxe]n, and 2,000 sh[eep]; 100 [...], the audience gift, [...]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | Let the king, [my] lo[rd, decide] what his [orders are] and write [me]. |
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 EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}DI-mu—EN | |
| 3 | lu-⸢u DI⸣-mu a-na\t LUGAL EN-[ia] | |
| 4 | {1}⸢ur-za⸣-na\t UD 10-KAM₂ | |
| 5 | ina {uru}a-⸢la⸣-mu iz-za-az | |
| 6 | ⸢UD⸣ 11-KAM₂\t] ina {uru}hi\p-ip-tu₂-ni | |
| 7 | [UD 12-KAM₂\t] ina {uru}mu-ši | |
| 8 | [UD 13-KAM₂\t ina] {⸢uru⸣}01-te | |
| 9 | [UD 14-KAM₂\t ina {uru]}⸢arba⸣-il₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | 56 KUR-MEŠ [x x x]+⸢x-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3' | 02 lim ⸢UDU⸣.[NITA₂-MEŠ x x] | |
| 4' | ni-sa-⸢ap⸣-[ra x x] | |
| 5' | 01 me {giš}[x x x x] | |
| 6' | na-⸢mur⸣-[tu₂ x x x x] | |
| 7' | mi-nu [ša ṭe₃-mu-ni] | |
| 8' | LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂ lip-ru-us] | |
| 9' | ⸢liš-pu⸣-[ra] | |
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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