ABL 1199 (P334788)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1199 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334788 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Šamaš-metu-uballiṭ. Good hea]lth to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord, [very] greatly. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | [Concerning ... about whom] the king wrote to me, I went (and) asked him. He said: "Saggil-ramat, the wife [of] Abi-ili, the ša šēpi guard, (and) [PNf], the wife of Nabû-eṭir [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [......] her in |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212– | [...] should heal (them) |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | We shall perform [......], for [...]. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | Now, let Nergal-epuš stay until the woman comes. Should the aforementioned go? If not, the king should send definite (orders). |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | If the king commands, let the [...] be poured out on the 29th. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | [......] the shepherd |
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-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—UG₅.GA—TI.LA] | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI]-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | {[d]}PA u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 5 | [a—dan-niš a]—dan-niš lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | [ina UGU x x ša] LUGAL iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 7 | at-ta-lak as-sa-ʾa-al-šu₂ | |
| 8 | ma-a {mi₂}sa-an-gil₂—ra-mat MI₂-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [ša] {1}⸢a-bi⸣—i-li {lu₂}ša—GIR₃.2 | |
| 10 | {[mi₂}x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ MI₂-šu₂ ša {1}{d}PA—KAR-ir | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]-ka-ši i-na | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣-u₂-bal-liṭ | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]-hi-ti ne₂-ep-pa-aš₂ | |
| 2' | ša ⸢x x x u₂⸣-ma-a {1}{d}U.GUR—DU₃-uš | |
| 3' | li-iz-zi-iz a-di MI₂ tal-la-kan-ni | |
| 4' | am-mu-u₂-ti il-la-ku-u₂ u₂-la-a | |
| 5' | pa-ri-is-tu LUGAL liš-pu-ra | |
| 6' | šum-ma LUGAL i-⸢qab-bi ša⸣ UD 29-KAM | |
| 7' | mu-sa-ah-[x x x x x] lit-bu-ku | |
| 8' | [x]+⸢x⸣ an [x x x x x] SIPA | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x]-aš₂ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x] ma ⸢ta⸣ di ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ pa [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x] a [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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