ABL 0981 (P334659)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0981 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334659 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [T]o the king, my lord: your [servant] Adad-dan. [Good hea]lth to the king, my lord! May [Aššur (and) Šamaš] bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [... hap]piness [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] Marduk [...] |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'– | [Ri]ght now [I] am sending 2 infer[ior] caravans and [x] well equipped caravans to the king, my lord. Let the king do as it [ple]ases him. |
| Right [1:4] r.e. 66– | [...] Now, if it is acceptable to the king, my lord, [...] |
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 EN-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-ka {1}10—KALAG-an | |
| 3 | [lu DI]-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | [aš-šur {d}UTU] a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ŠA₃-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x {d}AMAR⸣.UTU a-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [u₂]-ma-a an-nu-rig 02 KASKAL-MEŠ-⸢tu₂⸣ ma-ki-[u-te] | |
| 3' | [x] KASKAL-MEŠ a-ša₂-re-du-te a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4' | [u₂]-se-bi-la ki-i ša ina IGI LUGAL | |
| r.e. | ||
| 5 | [ma]-⸢hi⸣-ru-u-ni le-pu-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [x x]-tu₂ u₂-ma-a šum₂-ma ma-hi-ir | |
| 7 | ina IGI MAN EN-ia | |
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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