ABL 1164 (P334766)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1164 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334766 |
| 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 [0:13] o 1o 1– | Tomorrow Šatru-Ištar will arrive early from Milqia and enter before the king, and afterward the king will enter. Or the king will enter (first), and afterward Ištar will enter. As to which is acceptable to the king, my lord, the king, my lord, should write, and it will be carried out accordingly. Perhaps Ištar (will come) from there and the king from here (simultaneously). How will the king, my lord, fall under the gaze of Ištar? It is about this matter that I have written 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 | i—ši-a-ri i—ši-a-ri {d}ša-at-ru | |
| 2 | {d}INNIN TA@v {uru}mi₃-il-qi₂-a | |
| 3 | ta-har-ru-pu pa-an LUGAL te-e-rab | |
| 4 | i—da-a-ti i—da-a-ti LUGAL e-rab | |
| 5 | u₂-la-a LUGAL e-rab | |
| 6 | i—da-a-ti i—da-a-ti {d}INNIN te-e-rab | |
| 7 | ki-i ša₂ ina pa-an LUGAL EN-ia ma-hi-ru-ni | |
| 8 | LUGAL be-li liš-pur ina pit-ti le-e-pu-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | is—su-ri {d}INNIN TA@v am-ma-ka | |
| 2 | LUGAL TA@v an-na-ka | |
| 3 | a-ke-e LUGAL be-li ina ŠA₃ IGI.2 ša {d}INNIN | |
| 4 | i-ma-qut ina UGU-hi šu-u | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia a-sa-ap-ra | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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