ABL 1045 (P334696)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334696 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] they call him |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...... in ch]arge of Gadyâ |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] of Kar-Šarrukin |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] saying, "Where |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] he is [... o]f the Palace |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [......] has not entered |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] (he) is a carpenter instead of |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...... de]portees from Til-Barsip |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] before |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] he is [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] Šulmu-bel-ašme |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | [......] seized |
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]+⸢x x⸣+[x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] i-qa-bu-ni-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢ŠU⸣.2 {1}gad-ia-a | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša\yd {uru}kar—{1}MAN—GIN | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢ma⸣-a ina E₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ E₂.GAL šu-u | |
| 7' | [x x x x x]+⸢x la⸣ e-ru-ba\t | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢du⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x]-u-ni | |
| 2' | [x x x x {lu₂v]}NAGAR šu-u TA@v\m qa-an | |
| 3' | [x x x x ga]-⸢li⸣-tu₂ TA@v\m {uru}tar-bu-si-bi | |
| 4' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-qi ina pa-ni | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x]-me šu-u | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] {1}DI—EN—aš₂-me | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ iṣ-bu\t-tu₂ | |
| 8' | [x x 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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