ABL 1017 (P334678)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334678 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | May [DN and DN] give to the king, my lord, [lo]ng [days and ever]lasting ye[ars] of well-being, happiness, joy and endurance of reign! |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | 122 horses trained to the yoke from the [commander]-in-chief; |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | 58 from the palac[e herald]; |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | 89 from ...[...]...[...]; |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | 28 from [......]; |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | 12 from [......]...[...]; |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | 130+[x from ......]...[...]; |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | 69 [from ......]; |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | 13 [from ......]; |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | 28 [from ......]; |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | 41 from Dur-Šarruken [...]: |
| Obverse [15:23] o 16'16'– | in all 5[90+x horses] trained to the yo[ke, (from) ...], which [are] in the surroundings of [GN], and about which [I have written] to the king, [my lord], in [this] letter, have come in today. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Concerning the tablet which the [...s] sent [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' | [UD-me ar]-ku-⸢u₂⸣-tu₂ MU.⸢AN⸣.[NA-MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [da]-⸢ra⸣-a-te ša ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi | |
| 3' | [ša] hu-ud ŠA₃-bi ša i-li-iṣ ŠA₃-[bi] | |
| 4' | u₃ lu-bur BALA-MEŠ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5' | lid-di-nu 01 me 22 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 6' | ša ni-i-ri ša {[lu₂}tur]-tan-ni | |
| 7' | 58 ša {lu₂}[NIGIR₂—E₂].GAL {lu₂}[NIGIR₂—E₂].GAL [o] | |
| 8' | 89 ša {anše}[x x x] {anše}[x x] | |
| 9' | 28 ša [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | 12 ša [x x x x x x] še [x x] | |
| 11' | 01 me 30 [x ša x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 12' | 69 [ša x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | 13 [ša x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | 28 [ša x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | 41 ša {uru}BAD₃—MAN—GIN [x x x] | |
| 16' | PAB 05-[me-90-x {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša ni-i-[ri x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ša ina bat-ta-bat-⸢te⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | ša ina ŠA₃ e-gir₂-tu₂ [an-ni-te] | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [aš₂-pu-ru-ni] | |
| 5 | UD-mu an-ni-u₂ [o] | |
| 6 | e-tar-bu-u₂-[ni] | |
| 7 | ina UGU IM ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8 | iš-pur-u₂-[ni-ni x x x] | |
| 9 | ša [x x x 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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