ABL 0927 (P334627)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0927 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334627 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king], my lord: [your servant] Nabû-da''inanni. [May Nabû] and Marduk [bl]ess the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | As to Babilayu (and) his [servant]s about whom the king, my lord, [g]ave me [orders ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | The king, my lord, [may be glad] indeed. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | I have given cl[ear] instructions to P[N ab]out them, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [and they are] constant[ly ...] their [wor]k. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] they are laying [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [they] are riding a [hor]se [...] |
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}PA—KALAG-in-an-ni | |
| 3 | {[d}PA] u {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | [lik-ru]-bu TA@v UGU {1}KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣-[a].a | |
| 5 | {[lu₂}ARAD]-MEŠ-šu₂ ša LUGAL be-li₂-<$ia$> | |
| 6 | [ṭe₃-mu iš]-ku-na-an-ni [x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu e-⸢ta⸣-[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ŠA₃-bu ša] LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ a—dan-niš [lu] | |
| 2' | [DUG₃.GA] ⸢bir⸣-ti IGI.2 ša {1}{d}[x x x] | |
| 3' | [ina UGU]-hi-šu₂-nu un-ta-ad-[di-di] | |
| 4' | [a-na] ⸢dul⸣-li-šu₂-nu ka-a.a-ma-[nu x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] i-kar-ru-ru [x x x] | |
| 6' | {[anše]}⸢KUR⸣.RA i-ra-ak-ku-⸢bu⸣ [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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