ABL 1080 (P334722)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334722 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [The earth] quaked [again ......]; the relevant interpretation is as follows: |
| Obverse [4:11] o 5'5'– | If the earth quakes in the month Sivan (III), settlements in abandoned outlying regions will become settled again at the command of Illil. |
| Reverse [1:7] r 22–r 77 | Let them find out where the evil (portended by) the eclipse has materialized, and eradicate it. Somebody should g[o] and [perform (the rituals)] in Nine[veh]. |
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] | |
| 2' | ir-tu-[bu-u-ma] | |
| 3' | ki-i an-ni-i | |
| 4' | pi-še-er-šu | |
| 5' | 01 er-ṣe-tu₂ ina {iti}SIG₄ | |
| 6' | i-ru-ub | |
| 7' | šu-bat na-me-e | |
| 8' | na-du-u-ti | |
| 9' | ina a-mat {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | uš-ša-bu | |
| 2 | ša AN.MI be₂-et | |
| 3 | lum-nu i-ba-aš₂-šu-ni | |
| 4 | lu-ba-ʾi-i-u₂ | |
| 5 | li-is-sa-hu-u-ni | |
| 6 | me-me-ni lil-[lik] | |
| 7 | ina {uru}ni-nu-[a le-pu-uš] | |
| 8 | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ina ŠA₃ ša i-mat-⸢ta⸣-[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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