ABL 0955 (P334644)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0955 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334644 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:10] o 1'1'–o 10'10' | As to the work [on ... about which I wrote] to the king, [my] lord, I have gathered the master-builders who [...], and made them take up the first [cornerstone]. They go from the Gate of Šamaš to the no[rth] and then make a turn here. After they have finished these two directions, they will go and lay the limestone wherever we give it. |
| Obverse [10:15] o 11'11'–o 15'15' | Perhaps the magnates will say in the Palace: "They have deprived us of master-builders." As [I wro]te to the king, my lord, the limestone sla[bs ...... |
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' | [ina] UGU dul-lu [ša x x x] | |
| 2' | [ša] a-na LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia aš₂-pur-an-ni] | |
| 3' | {⸢lu₂⸣}TIN-MEŠ ša\d pu-[x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢ak⸣-ti\t-ri-ki 01-⸢en⸣ [pu-lu] | |
| 5' | [u₂]-sa-aṣ-bit-su\t-nu | |
| 6' | [TA] ŠA₃ KA₂.GAL {d}UTU a-na šu-[me-li] | |
| 7' | ⸢il⸣-lu-ku i-la-bu-ni | |
| 8' | [ki]-ma 02 ša\d-ra-ni an-nu-te | |
| 9' | [ug]-da\d-me-ru E₂ pu-lu ni-dan-⸢nu⸣-[ni] | |
| 10' | ⸢il⸣-lu-ku i-kar-ru-ru | |
| 11' | [i]—su\t-ri {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ ina E₂.GAL | |
| 12' | [i]-qa-bi-u ma-a {lu₂}TIN-MEŠ | |
| 13' | ⸢ip⸣-tu-gu-na-ši [o] | |
| 14' | [ki]-⸢i⸣ ša\d a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 15' | [aš₂-pu]-⸢ru⸣-ni pu-la-[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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