ABL 1141 + (P334751)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1141 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334751 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [To the king, our lord: your servants Balasî and Nabû-ahhe-eriba. Good health to the] ki[ng, our lord! May Nabû and Marduk] bless the ki[ng], our lord! |
| Obverse [6:14] o 77–o 1414 | Concerning the trip to the city [...], about which the king, our lord, wrote to us — if the king stays indoors, it is good to go in Tishri (VII). Should the k[in]g, however, say: "[I will] not [...] |
| Reverse [0:10] r 1'1'–r 9'9' | [As the king previously] sa[id], the present month is intercalary; the matter should be dropped. Let the king go, kiss the ground and perform the sacrifices in the coming month. |
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-ni] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-MEŠ-ka {1}ba-la-si-i] | |
| 3 | {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—SU] | |
| 4 | [lu DI-mu a]-⸢na LUGAL⸣ [EN-ni] | |
| 5 | {[d}PA {d]}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU] a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 6 | EN-ni lik-ru-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 7 | ina UGU a-la-ki ša {uru}[x x] | |
| 8 | ša LUGAL be-li-ni | |
| 9 | iš-pur-an-na-ši-ni | |
| 10 | šum-ma LUGAL ina E₂-an-ni | |
| 11 | ina {iti}DU₆ ṭa-ba | |
| 12 | a-na a-la-ki | |
| 13 | u₂-la-a ⸢LUGAL⸣ i-qab-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 14 | ma-a la [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [iq]-⸢bu-u₂⸣-[ni o] | |
| 2' | ⸢ITI⸣ an-ni-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 2'a | ur-hu | |
| 3' | da-ri-ir | |
| 4' | lu-u ra-am-mu | |
| 5' | ITI e-ri-ib-a-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 6' | LUGAL lil-lik | |
| 7' | ka-qu-ru <$x$> liš-šiq | |
| 8' | {udu}SISKUR.SISKUR-MEŠ | |
| 9' | ⸢le-pu⸣-šu | |
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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