ABL 1276 (P334826)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1276 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334826 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To] the king, [my] lord: yo[ur servant] Aššur-[...]. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | [As to] the 'sons of bought (slaves)' of Ekallate [whom the king], my lord, sent to me, [...] king's [me]n [......] king's [me]n ... |
| Reverse [1:12] r 2'2'– | ..... I have wr]itten to him. [I]f the king my lord commands, [as soon as] the Chief Eunuch [has le]ft, [let the ma]sons [...] the 'sons of bought (slaves)', and let them supply for me [the materials needed for] the Inner City ...[...]. |
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] | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}aš-šur—⸢x x⸣+[x] | |
| 3 | [ina UGU] {lu₂vy}DUMU—ŠAM₂\d-MEŠ {lu₂vy}DUMU—ŠAM₂\d-MEŠ | |
| 4 | [ša] {⸢uru⸣}E₂.GAL-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [ša LUGAL] EN iš-pur-ni-ni | |
| 6 | [x x {lu₂vy}ERIM]-MEŠ—MAN {lu₂vy}ERIM]-MEŠ—MAN | |
| 7 | [x x x x x {lu₂vy}ERIM]-MEŠ—MAN {lu₂vy}ERIM]-MEŠ—MAN | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x ša₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [a]-⸢sa-bar⸣ ina UGU-hi-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 3' | [šum]-⸢ma⸣ LUGAL EN | |
| 4' | [i]-qab-bi | |
| 5' | [ki-ma] {lu₂vy}GAL—SAG {lu₂vy}GAL—SAG | |
| 6' | [it-ta]-lak | |
| 7' | [x {lu₂vy}u₂]-⸢ra⸣-si | |
| 8' | {[lu₂vy}DUMU]—ŠAM₂-MEŠ {[lu₂vy}DUMU]—ŠAM₂-MEŠ | |
| 9' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ o | |
| 10' | [bat-qu ša] {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | [x x] lik\d-ṣa-ru-ni | |
| 12 | [lu]-u₂-še-⸢še⸣-[ru-ni] | |
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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