ABL 1206 (P334793)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1206 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334793 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:5] o 2'2'–o 5'5' | [As to NN about wh]om the king, my lord, wrote [me], I had sent word on the very day that the previous lette[r] arrived: they are bringing him. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 6'6'–o 9'9' | As to the 1,000 rams about which the king, my lord, wrote me, I am herewith sending them over with my messenger. |
| Obverse [9:14] o 10'10'–o 14'14' | As to Qurdi-Iss[ar], the archer about whom the king, [my lord, wr]ote me: "Encou[rage him, and give him a house], a plough, and a field [......]" |
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 x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-[an-ni] | |
| 3' | ina ŠA₃-bi UD-mi ša\d e-gir₂-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 4' | pa-ni-tu₂ ta-li-kan-ni | |
| 5' | a-sa-par u₂-ba-lu-ni-šu₂ | |
| 6' | ina UGU UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ\t li-mi\d | |
| 7' | ša\d LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 8' | an-nu-rig ina ŠU.2 | |
| 9' | {lu₂v}DUMU—šip-ri-ia {lu₂v}DUMU—šip-ri-ia u₂\p-se-bi-la | |
| 10' | ina UGU {1}qur-di\d—{d}15 | |
| 11' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}ma-hi-ṣi ša\d LUGAL [be-li₂] | |
| 12' | ⸢iš⸣-pur-an-ni ma-a ŠA₃ [ša₂-aš₂-kin-šu₂] | |
| 13' | [E₂] {giš}APIN A.ŠA₃ a-[x x] | |
| 14' | [x x 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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