ABL 0940 (P334636)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0940 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334636 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To] the king, my lord: [your servant], Bel-šarru-uṣur, [priest of] Ekur. [May DN bl]ess the king, [my lord]. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | The 12 [...]s which he/they [...] to the king, my lord. [NN and Be]l-ušabši |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | May [...] bless [...] |
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}{d]}EN—MAN—PAB | |
| 3 | {[lu₂}SANGA ša] E₂.KUR | |
| 4 | [x x x x] a-na LUGAL | |
| 5 | [EN-ia lik-ru]-ub | |
| 6 | [x x x x] 12 ša a-na LUGAL EN-a | |
| 7 | [x x x x]-du-u-ni | |
| 8 | [x x x {1}{d]}⸢EN⸣—GAL₂-ši | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x x su⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] lik-ru-ub | |
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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