ABL 1139 (P334749)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334749 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] we will c[ome ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] with [...] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [All the lands] from where the sun rise[s to where] it sets be[long] to the king. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [The people] of all the lands [are] obedient to [the king]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | The eunuchs (and) the bearded court[iers] eat bread [under the king's protection ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] and in the houses [...] |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | [...] quickly ... [...] |
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 x] 02 e kal ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]-i-ni ni-il-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ʾa-ka is-si-[x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] TA@v E₂ {d}UTU i-nap-pa-ha-[an-ni] | |
| 5' | [a-di E₂] ⸢i⸣-rab-bu-u-ni ša₂ LUGAL ⸢šu⸣-[nu] | |
| 6' | [UN-MEŠ] KUR.KUR gab-bu ARAD-a-nu-tu₂ ša₂ [LUGAL e-pu-šu₂] | |
| 7' | {lu₂}SAG-MEŠ {lu₂}ša₂—ziq-[ni-MEŠ ina GIŠ.MI] | |
| 8' | [LUGAL] NINDA-HI.A e-ku-lu [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-mu u₃ ina E₂-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ar₂-hiš ša₂ ma ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x] hi ⸢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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