ABL 1122 (P334743)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1122 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334743 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [To the king], my [lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-idd]ina. [The ve]ry best of [health to the ki]ng, [my lord! May Nabû and] Marduk bless the king], my lord! |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [x horses trained] to the yoke [from Dur]-Šarruken; |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | [x] cavalry mounts [of] the ...-type [from] the commander-in-chief; |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313– | [x] cavalry mount[s from] the palace herald; |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 1515– | [... x horses] trained to the yoke; |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [... x] cavalry [mounts]; |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | [...]... 34 horses |
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 EN]-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—MU]—⸢AŠ⸣ | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 4 | [be-li₂-ia a—dan]-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {[d}AG {d]}AMAR.UTU | |
| 6 | [a-na LUGAL] be-li₂-ia | |
| 7 | [lik]-ru-bu | |
| 8 | [x KUR-MEŠ ša] ni-i-ri | |
| 9 | [ša {uru}BAD₃]—MAN—GIN | |
| 10 | [x x x] KUR BAD-HAL | |
| 11 | [ša] ⸢šul⸣-la-me | |
| 12 | [ša {lu₂]}tur-tan-nu | |
| 13 | [x KUR]-MEŠ BAD-HAL | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | [ša {lu₂]}NIGIR₂—E₂.GAL {lu₂]}NIGIR₂—E₂.GAL | |
| 15 | [x x x x] ša ni-i-ri | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] BAD-HAL | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣ 34 KUR | |
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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