ABL 1035 (P334688)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334688 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...... Ari]ye |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | "I shall not giv[e the ...]... |
| Reverse [3:9] r 4'4'–r 9'9' | [On acco]unt of this matter [NN] wrote: "[... is] against me; [make it known] in the Palace," and for that reason I wrote [to] my [lord]: "I shall write to find out [what] he has [in m]ind." |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | The [...] of the Ukkean are [...] with him. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [... A]riyazâ has brought carnelian |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] to Silim-Aššur |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] good |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] second best |
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 {1}a-ri]-ia-e | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢ta x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ 01-⸢en⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x re]-⸢ha⸣-ti la ⸢a-da-na⸣ | |
| 4' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ a-bi-te an-ni-te | |
| 5' | [x x x]-⸢i⸣ i-sa-par | |
| 6' | [ma-a x x] ina UGU-hi-ia ina E₂.GAL | |
| 7' | [ša₂-aš₂-me] ina UGU-hi šu₂-u | |
| 8' | [a-na EN]-ia a-sa-par nu-uk la-aš₂-pur | |
| 9' | [ša ŠA₃]-bi-šu₂ la-ah-ki-im | |
| 10' | [x x x] ša\y {kur}uk-ka-a.a šu₂-nu i-si-šu₂ [x x] | |
| 11' | [x x {1}a]-ri-ia-za-a {na₄}GUG\t na-ṣa [o] | |
| 12' | [x x x] a-na {1}si-lim—aš-šur | |
| 13' | [x x x] ⸢rig⸣ SIG₅-tu₂ | |
| 14' | [x x x x] ⸢ši-ih-li\d⸣ [o] | |
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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