ABL 1082 (P334724)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1082 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334724 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king], my [lo]rd: your servant [NN. Good] health to the king, [my] lord! |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | [Concerning] the Hittite(s) about whom the king, [my] lord, [wrote to me]: "You wrote [that his ......] the previous [consignments] of stored corn [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | they have changed [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | at their disposal [...] |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | I asked him: "Why have [your ...] eaten the previous [consignments? ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | which to the king, [my] lord, [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | their word [......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [I] wrote [......] |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | [...] a seah [......] |
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-a ARAD-ka⸣ {1}x x x x] | |
| 2 | [lu-u] DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-[a ina UGU] | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}ha-ta-a.a ša LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ [iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 4 | ma-a at-ta ta-sap-ra [ma-a ša\d-za-bu-sa-te] | |
| 5 | pa-ni-a-te ša\d {še}tab-ku ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6 | u₂-sa-ša\d-ni-u₂ ⸢ar⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša ina pa-ni-šu₂-⸢nu al⸣-du-[x x x] | |
| 8 | a-sa-al-šu₂ nu-⸢ku⸣ a-ta-[a x x x] | |
| 9 | pa-ni-a-te e-ku-lu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10 | ša\d a-na LUGAL be-li₂-[a x x x] | |
| 11 | pi-i-ša\d-nu-u₂\p-[ni x x x x] | |
| 12 | [a]-sap-ra [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x] {⸢giš⸣}BAN₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x] ni [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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