ABL 1043 (P334694)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334694 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [As to the ... of] the [Hubu]škian, the sc[outs whom I sent] have r[eturned] from his presence, (reporting): |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | "He is [in front of] the city, opposite [...]. They [have atta]cked the rest of the [Urarṭian] cam[p]; now, [......]." |
| Reverse [5:9] r 6'6'–r 9'9' | [As to] the Ur[arṭian] spies [about whom the king], my lord, wrote me: "Has the [comman]der of the fort [not] held [them] back?" — [...] the Hubuškian [...] said: |
| Reverse [9:12] r 10'10'–r 12'12' | "[Whichever] spie[s sa]ved themselves [have entered] the towns; we [are sending] fire (signals) [in m]y [country ...]." |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'–r 14'14' | I said: "No [......] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x {kur}hu]-⸢buš⸣-ka-a.a {⸢lu₂v}da⸣-[a.a-li] | |
| 2' | [ša aš₂-pur-u]-ni TA@v\m pa-ni-šu₂ i-⸢suh⸣-[ru-ni] | |
| 3' | [ma-a ina IGI] URU šu-u pu-u-tu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x ma]-a re-eh-ti\t ma-⸢dak⸣-[ti x x x] | |
| 5' | [i-zu]-⸢qu⸣-pu ma-a u₂-ma-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | [ina UGU] {⸢lu₂v⸣}da\d-a.a-li\d {kurd}⸢URI⸣-[a.a] | |
| 7' | [ša LUGAL] be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni [ma-a] | |
| 8' | [la {lu₂v]}⸢GAL⸣—HAL.ṢU {lu₂v]}⸢GAL⸣—HAL.ṢU ik-la-[šu₂-nu-u] | |
| 9' | [x x {kur]}hu-buš-ka-a.a [x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x] ⸢ma⸣-a {lu₂v}da\d-a.a-⸢li⸣ [am—mar] | |
| 11' | [u₂-še]-zib-u-ni URU-MEŠ-ni [e-tar-bu] | |
| 12' | [ina ma-ti]-⸢ia⸣ i-ša₂-tu\t ni-[x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x] nu-uk la [x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x] ⸢al⸣ [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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