ABL 1066 (P334711)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334711 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:9] r 2'2'–r 9'9' | I [cannot] do [the work. There is] very [little] sissoo wood in Babylon for use in the work, (and) what they bring me from the city Birati [...] is all moist. [The king, my lord], knows that this work requires [a great deal] of sissoo wood. Eṭiru and Bel-ibni [......]. Since nobody [...s] the matter to [them], it does not exist in their hearts. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 10'10'–r 12'12' | Now, [let them fetch] sissoo wood from Ki[ssik] or from wherever it is to be found [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] let them make [......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] the king, [my] lo[rd, ...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] to us, [...] there. |
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 x x] ⸢x-ni⸣ i-ma-qu-tu-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [la] ep-pa-aš₂ {giš}MES.MA₂.GAN\m.NA [x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢a⸣-na DIB KIN ina KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} [e-ṣe] | |
| 4' | a—dan-niš ša TA@v\m {uru}bi-ra-ti\t [x x x] | |
| 5' | ub-ba-lu-ni-ni gab-bu raṭ-⸢bu⸣ [LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 6' | u₂-da ki-i {giš}MES.MA₂.GAN\m.[NA ma-aʾ-da] | |
| 7' | ina ŠA₃ dul-lu an-ni-u₂ il-⸢la⸣-[ku-ni] | |
| 8' | {1}e-ṭe₃-ru\d {1}EN—ib-ni [x x x] | |
| 9' | ki-i me-me-ni a-bu-tu₂ ina UGU-hi-[šu₂-nu la x x] | |
| 10' | ina UGU ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu la-aš₂-šu₂ u₂-ma-a [o] | |
| 11' | {giš}MES.MA₂.GAN\m.NA ina {uru}ki-[is-sik] | |
| 12' | lu ina be₂-et i-ba-aš₂-šu-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x]-⸢ti⸣ le-pu-šu₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL ⸢EN⸣ [x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]-a-na-ši ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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