ABL 1224 (P334805)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1224 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334805 |
| 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' | a piglet [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | in the Hiritu river [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | threw [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | I kept asking, and he said: "[......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | "I will tell you [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | informers t[o ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Issar-na'di sai[d: "......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | "Let [......] me |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | "[lest] I shall die [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] transport [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | in Singi[butu ......] |
| Reverse [3:8] r 4'4'–r 8'8' | Nabû-ahu-uṣur (and) his brother we[nt to the house of] Aššur-remanni; they killed the man [and ...ed] the wife; indeed, they are inciting the people [......] and selling [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | I s[ent (word) ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | there be [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | "fez-make[rs ......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | fez-makers [......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | has sold [...]. N[N] |
| Reverse [13:16] r 14'14'–r 16'16' | maker of [......] |
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 x x x] | |
| 2' | ŠAH.TUR ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ina {id₂}hi-ri-te [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ur-ta-am-me i-[x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-sa-na-a-la ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x] | |
| 6' | la-qa-ba-ki ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x] | |
| 7' | ba-ti\t-qu-tu₂ ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {1}{d}15—I iq-ṭi-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x] a.a-ši lu-[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x] ⸢a⸣-mu-at [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x-za⸣-bil šu ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | ina {kur}si-in-gi-[bu-ti x x x] | |
| 4' | {1}{d}PA—PAB—PAB ŠEŠ-šu₂ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | {1}aš-šur—rem₂-a-ni it-⸢ta⸣-[x x x] | |
| 6' | LU₂ i-du-ku MI₂ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | i-ba-aš₂-ši UN-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 8' | u₂-ša₂-ad-bu-⸢bu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | id-du-nu ⸢as\d⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | am-ma-ka lu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ma-a {lu₂v}ša₂—U.SAG-MEŠ-[x x x x] | |
| 12' | {lu₂v}ša₂—U.SAG-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu [x x x] | |
| 13' | it-ti\t-din {1}{⸢d⸣}[x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | mu-pi-šu ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 15' | {1}⸢x x x⸣-šu₂ lu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 16' | ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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