ABL 1211 (P334795)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1211 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334795 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | of the town [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Baga-parn[a ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | received [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | we wrote [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | tribute [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | but nothing [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | to us [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | tribute [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | not yet [......] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'– | when [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | he said: "[......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | of the king to [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | "thereaft[er ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | "I shall give [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | who entered yo[u ......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | they are building [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [cultivating] the[ir] fields [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | they are transport[ing ......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | "[......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | Wh[en .......] |
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' | ša\yd {uru}[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}ba-ag—par-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | i-tah\m-ra ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ni-sa-pa-ra ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-da-tu a-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ me-me-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ina UGU-hi-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ma-da-tu\tm [x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | u₂-di\d-ni [x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ki-i [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | iq-ṭi₂-bi ma-[a x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ša\y LUGAL a-na [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ma-a ha-ra-⸢ma⸣-[ma x x x x x] | |
| 4 | a-dan{an} {lu₂v}[x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ša\yd te-ru-ba-⸢ka⸣-[ni x x x x] | |
| 6 | i-ra-ṣi-pu [x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | {še}NUMUN\d-MEŠ\m-šu₂-[nu x x x x x] | |
| 8 | i-za-ab-bi-[lu x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ma-a [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢ki⸣-[i 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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