ABL 0976 (P334654)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0976 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334654 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | The king, my lord, should give an order to Dari-šarru, Ašš[ur-...], Urdu-Ea, Kiṣir-Aššur, and [NN]. We should go, and [they] should [sta]rt the work before the performance of the sacrifices of the [Inner City] is upon us. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77– | The king, my lord, knows that if they [have not started it], the people will get gl[oomy] the very first day. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | How do I know it? It is what Nabû-[... sa]id to me, so this time we shall do as it is appropriate to do. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | As soon as we have [...] something, we shall vi[sit] the work and wr[ite]. |
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 {1}da₃-ri—LUGAL a-na {1}aš-⸢šur⸣—[x x x x] | |
| 2 | a-na {1}ARAD—{d}60 a-na {1}ki-ṣir—aš-šur a-na {1}x x x] | |
| 3 | LUGAL be-li ṭe₃-e-mu liš-⸢kun⸣ [o] | |
| 4 | ni-il-lik A₂.2-šu₂-nu ina UGU dul-li ⸢liš⸣-[ku-nu] | |
| 5 | a-di na-sah {udu}SISKUR.SISKUR-MEŠ ša {uru}[ŠA₃—URU] | |
| 6 | la i-kaš-ša₂-da-nin-[ni o] | |
| 7 | LUGAL be-li u₂-da ki-ma A₂.2-šu₂-nu [x x] | |
| 8 | UD-mu 01-en UN-MEŠ u₂-ta-⸢ad⸣-[du-ru] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ina ŠA₃⸣ mi₃-nim u₂-⸢da⸣-šu₂-u ša₂ {1}{⸢d}AG—x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2 | [iq]-⸢ba⸣-ni bi-is UD-mu ha-an-ni-[u o] | |
| 3 | [ki]-i ša₂ ana DU₃-še DUG₃-u-ni DU₃-[aš₂] | |
| 4 | ki-ma mi-i-nu ni-it-⸢ta⸣-[x x] | |
| 5 | pa-ni ša₂ dul-li ne₂-[em-mar] | |
| 6 | ni-šap-[pa-ra] | |
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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