ABL 1270 (P334824)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1270 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334824 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | the troops [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [be i]t mare[s ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | or depor[tees ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | with the rest [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | in the service of the ch[ief ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | let me appoint [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | as far as Pa[...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | they say [...] |
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' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {⸢lu₂vy⸣}e-mu-qi ⸢i⸣-[x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢lu⸣ {mi₂}ANŠE\d.KUR.⸢RA⸣-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 4' | lu-u₂ ga-⸢lu⸣-[x x x] | |
| 5' | TA@v\m re-eh-ti\t [x x x] | |
| 6' | ina pa-an {lu₂vy}⸢GAL⸣—[x x x] | |
| 7' | la-ap-qid\d ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | a-du UGU {1}⸢pa⸣-[x x x] | |
| 9' | i-qa-bi-⸢u₂⸣ [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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