ABL 1050 (P334700)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334700 |
| 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 [0:15] o 1'1'– | [Even] b[efore th]ey were here, the letter was read in their presence and they were told to inform the king about anyone who is seen in his company, so he may be [pun]ished." |
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' | ⸢u₂⸣-[di-ni šu]-nu | |
| 2' | la an-na-kan-ni | |
| 3' | e-gir₂-ti ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 4' | is-si-si-u₂ | |
| 5' | ki-i an-ni-u | |
| r | ||
| 1 | iq-ṭi₂-bi-u₂ | |
| 2 | ma-a man-nu ša ina pa-ni-šu₂ | |
| 3 | in-na-mar-u-ni | |
| 4 | ina IGI LUGAL li-iq-bi-u | |
| 5 | [šip]-ṭa le-mi₃-du-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [x x x]-⸢a⸣-ni-ni | |
| 7 | [x x x x] ⸢AM⸣-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x]-ru | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x]-⸢x⸣-te-ra | |
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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