ABL 1228 (P334808)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1228 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334808 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To the king, my lord]: your [servant] Adad-dan. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! May [Aššur], Šamaš, Sîn and Nikkal bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | All the [gods of hea]ven are ready (for battle). [May they march] in the presence of the king, my lord, and [bring] the enemies of the king, my lord, [quick]ly to submission before the feet of the king, m[y] lo[rd! May they let] the wishes of the king, [my] lord, [be fulfilled]. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | I am (only) a dog among (other) dogs. The king, my lord, [...] brightness [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] in the mouth |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] I di[d not] release [...]. |
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 ARAD]-ka {1}10—KALAG-an | |
| 2 | [lu DI-mu a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 3 | {[d}aš-šur] {d}ša₂-maš {d}30 {d}NIN.GAL | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu [DINGIR-MEŠ ša] ⸢AN⸣-e | |
| 5 | ka-li-šu₂-nu MURUB₄ ra-⸢ak⸣-[su]-⸢te⸣-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ina pa-na-at LUGAL EN-ia [lil-li]-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 7 | {lu₂}KUR₂-MEŠ-te ša LUGAL EN-ia [ar₂]-⸢hiš⸣ | |
| 8 | ina KI.TA GIR₃.2-MEŠ ša LUGAL ⸢EN-ia⸣ [lu]-⸢šak⸣-[ni-šu₂] | |
| 9 | ṣu-um-mu-rat ša LUGAL EN-[ia lu-šak]-⸢ši-du⸣ | |
| 10 | kal-bu qa-ni kal-ba-⸢a⸣-[ni a-na]-ku | |
| 11 | LUGAL be-li₂ na-ma-a-ru [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina pi-⸢i⸣ [x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x] {mi₂}KUR {mi₂}KUR ta | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x la]-a ap-ṭu-ra | |
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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