ABL 1145 (P334754)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1145 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334754 |
| 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' | "Since the planet V[enus] is shining [he]re, [the time is oppo]rtune for my reverence." |
| Obverse [4:19] o 5'5'– | The king, my lord, [kno]ws that the [Venu]s rituals of the "overseer's wife" are performed [...] the said [...]; now then Venus has risen [at] the (very) time of its (computed) [appearance]. [Tod]ay is favourable [to] do [...] |
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] an [x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ne₂⸣-me-el₂ {⸢mul⸣}[dil-bat] | |
| 3' | [an]-⸢na⸣-ka nap-ha-ta-ni | |
| 4' | [x x] a-na pa-la-hi-ia | |
| 5' | [ṭa-a]-⸢ba⸣ LUGAL be-li | |
| 6' | [u₂]-⸢da⸣ ki-i par-ṣi | |
| 7' | {[mul}dil]-⸢bat⸣ ša sin-niš ak-li | |
| 8' | [x x] ši-ti | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [in]-⸢ne₂⸣-pa-šu-u-ni | |
| 2 | [u₂-ma-a] an-nu-rig | |
| 3 | {[mul]}dil-bat | |
| 4 | [x x]-ti si-ma-an | |
| 5 | [ta-mar-ti]-ša₂ nap-ha-ta | |
| 6 | [u₂-ma]-a ṭa-a-ba | |
| 7 | [a-na] e-pa-[ši] | |
| 8 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL [x] | |
| 9 | [x x] ⸢al⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | [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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