ABL 1187 (P334778)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1187 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334778 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... Aši]pâ to [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] an exempt [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...]s and men [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...-rap]a' the [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... to] decide [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] work [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] you do not [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... Na]bû-belu-k[a''in ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] water [...] |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111– | [... Y]ou kno[w that ...] |
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 x] ba [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x {1}a-ši]-pa-a ina UGU [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]-pa {lu₂v}za-ku-u [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ ERIM-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 5' | {1}x—ra]-⸢pa⸣-aʾ {lu₂v}[x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] pa-ra-si ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7' | [x at-tu]-nu dul₆-lu [x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]-ma la te-[pa-aš₂ x x] | |
| 9' | [x {1}{d]}⸢AG⸣—EN—⸢GIN⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x] A-MEŠ la-li\d-[x x x] | |
| 11 | [x at]-⸢tu⸣-nu tu-⸢da⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x]-ni [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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