ABL 1294 (P334835)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1294 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334835 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [......] Ka[r-Šarrukin ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] city-lords [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] Aya-barakka [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | the expedition to [......] |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | he came. I spo[ke] with him a[s the king my lord] had ord[ered me] and said: "The king, my lord, is here; [......]." |
| Reverse [5:9] r 6'6'–r 9'9' | He became very glad, saying: "[Now] I know that the rumour which I have hear[d] is a lie [...! From] now on [...]" |
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] {uru}⸢kar⸣—{1}MAN—GIN] | |
| 2' | [x x x x {lu₂v]}EN—URU-⸢MEŠ⸣ {lu₂v]}EN—URU-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x {1}⸢a⸣.a—BARAG [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢KASKAL.2 ina x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | it-tal-ka ⸢ki⸣-[i ša LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 3' | ṭe₃-e-mu ⸢iš⸣-[kun-an-ni-ni] | |
| 4' | is-se-e-šu₂ a-du-⸢bu⸣-[ub mu-uk] | |
| 5' | LUGAL be-li₂ an-na-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | ih-tu\t-du a—dan-niš ma-a [u₂-ma-a] | |
| 7' | u₂-da\d ki-i a-bu\t-tu₂ ša aš₂-mu-[u-ni] | |
| 8' | ⸢si⸣-li-e-tu₂ ši-ti\t-i-[ni x x] | |
| 9' | [TA] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ UD-mu an-ni-⸢i⸣ [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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