ABL 0957 (P334646)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0957 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334646 |
| 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 [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | [I have brought] stone thre[sholds acr]oss (the river), but five [of them] remain [the]re. [I have appoi]nted [the chief...] in charge of them, saying: "Bring [them] across!" |
| Obverse [7:15] o 8'8'– | On the first day [I to]ok [x] king's men with [me] and went to [Tas]tiate to raise the bull colossus. It has been hewn and [...]. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | I am [n]ow spreading poles against [the qu]ay and raising the [bu]ll colossus. We will do it all right; the king, my lord, can be glad. |
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' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3' | še [x x x x x] ⸢x x-ma⸣ | |
| 4' | {na₄}I.⸢DIB⸣-[MEŠ u₂-se]-⸢bir⸣ | |
| 5' | 05 {na₄}[I.DIB-MEŠ ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi | |
| 6' | re-e-⸢hu⸣ {[lu₂v}GAL—x x]-MEŠ | |
| 7' | ina pa-ni [ap-ti-qi-di] | |
| 8' | muk ⸢še-bir⸣-[šu₂-nu x {lu₂v]}⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ—MAN {lu₂v]}⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ—MAN | |
| 9' | ina qa-ti\t-[ia at]-ti\t-ši | |
| 10' | UD 01-KAM₂ ina {[uru}tas]-⸢ti-a⸣-ti\t | |
| 11' | ina UGU {na₄}{d}ALAD.{d}LAMA | |
| 12' | ša\dm-at-bu-⸢e a-ta⸣-lak | |
| 13' | ba-ti\t-qi ⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [an]-nu-rig ir-ti\t o | |
| 2 | ⸢KAR⸣ ra-pa-ni a-ta-ra-aṣ\dp | |
| 3 | {[na₄}{d]}⸢ALAD⸣.{d}LAMA u₂-ša\ydm-at-ba | |
| 4 | [gab]-⸢bu⸣ ne₂-pa-aš₂ | |
| 5 | [ŠA₃]-bu ša\ydm LUGAL EN-ia lu DUG₃.GA | |
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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