ABL 1153 (P334759)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334759 |
| 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] lo[rd]: your servant [Nabû-šumu-iddina]. The very best of] health [to the king], my lord! May Nabû and [Marduk] ble[ss] the king, [my] lo[rd]! |
| Obverse [7:17] o 88– | Concerning the tea[m] of black (horses) charged to the people of Calah about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, saying: "Has it come in?" — it has not yet come in. |
| Reverse [5:14] r 66– | What (can I say)? May [I] not per[ish] because of the reminder of the king, my lord; the king will remember where [I am] stationed. May Nabû grant (even) broad(er) under[standing] to the king, my lord! |
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-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 | ina UGU u₂-⸢rat⸣ | |
| 9 | ša ṣal-mu-u-tu₂ | |
| 10 | ša pa-an | |
| 11 | {uru}kal-ha-a-a | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 2 | iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 3 | ma-a te-tar-ba-[a] | |
| 4 | u₂-di-i-[ni] | |
| 5 | la te-ra-⸢ba⸣ | |
| 6 | mi-i-nu | |
| 7 | TA@v pa-an hi-se-[te] | |
| 8 | ša LUGAL be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 9 | lu la-a hal-[qa-ku] | |
| 10 | E₂ pa-aq-⸢da⸣-[ku-ni] | |
| 11 | LUGAL ha-si-⸢si⸣ | |
| 12 | {d}AG uz-[nu] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ra-pa-aš₂-tu a-na LUGAL | |
| 2 | be-li₂-ia lid-din | |
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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