ABL 0962 (P334648)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0962 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334648 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...... Ašš]ur |
| Reverse [0:15] r 1r 1– | Three tailors of the son of Zerî ran away here, but they have sold them for money to Tešî-eṭir, son of Badaya. If my lord submits a report to the Palace, my lord should write (about it). I will bring Yadi' the Itu'ean with 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' | [x x x x—aš]-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-su | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 03 {lu₂v}ka-ṣir\t-MEŠ\m | |
| 2 | ša DUMU—{1}NUMUN-i | |
| 3 | ih-tal-qu-u-ni | |
| 4 | a-na {1}SUH₃—KAR-ir | |
| 5 | DUMU {1}ba-da-a.a | |
| 6 | ina kas-pi i-ta-nu-šu-nu | |
| 7 | šum₂\p-mu ina E₂.GAL be-li₂ | |
| 8 | ṭe₃-mu u₂-ta-ra | |
| 9 | be-li₂ liš-pu-ra | |
| 10 | {1}ia-di-iʾ | |
| 11 | {lu₂v}i-tu₂-ʾa-a.a | |
| 12 | is-si-ia | |
| 13 | lu-bi-la | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | <$x$> ku ⸢su⸣ [x x x 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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