ABL 1057 (P334704)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334704 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king], my [lord: your servant Aššur-belu]-taqqin. [Good health to] the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | [The messenger o]f Šamaš-taklak [...] (and) Nabû-taklak [have co]me here (on their way) [to the king], my lord, [with a letter] in their hands. I am [right now] dispatching them to [the king], my [lord]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [News of] Merodach-Bal[adan ......] |
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 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-ia₂ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—U]—LAL | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na] LUGAL\t be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {[lu₂v}A—KIN] {[lu₂v}A—KIN] ⸢ša⸣ {1}{d}UTU—tak-lak | |
| 5 | [x x x {1}{d}PA—tak-lak | |
| 6 | [e-gir₂-tu₂] ina ŠU.2-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | [ina UGU LUGAL] be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 8 | [it-tal]-ku-ni | |
| 9 | [an-nu-rig] ina pa-an | |
| 10 | [LUGAL be-li₂]-ia₂ a-sap-raš-šu₂-nu | |
| 11 | [ṭe₃-mu ša {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—⸢A—AŠ⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]-nu | |
| 3' | [x x x x lil]-⸢li⸣-ku-ni | |
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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