ABL 1212 (P334796)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1212 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334796 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | [When NN] and the men with him were bringing Šarrat-samme down from the temple, one of them slipped, and a leg of the ceremonial couch came in contact with the ground. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Now] there is [a ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] the ground [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [a]-di {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 2 | ša is-si-šu₂ | |
| 3 | {d}šar-rat—sa-am-me | |
| 4 | TA@v E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR us-se-ri-du-ni | |
| 5 | 01-en ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | it-ta-hal-ṣi | |
| 7 | ⸢kab⸣-lu ša {giš}ne₂-ma-ti | |
| 8 | [ina] kaq-qi-ri ta-te-mi₃-di | |
| 9 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 10 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ kaq-qi-⸢ri⸣ [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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