ABL 1295 (P334836)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1295 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334836 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [Ever since the king of Urarṭu] came [...], the country has been in a state of alarm. He has taken the governor with him to Ṭuruš[pâ]; he has been discharged. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'–r 8'8' | The deputy and the village manager have been discharged [as well]. The mighty of the land have been raging among themselves [...], saying: |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | "Why, [wh]en you [...], |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | [...] the overseer 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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢te ru⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | il-li-kan-ni ma-a-tu [o] | |
| 3' | e-ta\p-ka {lu₂}EN.NAM [o] | |
| 4' | i-si-šu ina {uru}ṭu-ur-uš-[pa-a] | |
| 5' | i-ti\t-ši pa-a-tu\tp [o] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}02-u {lu₂}GAL—URU-MEŠ-[ma] {lu₂}GAL—URU-MEŠ-[ma] | |
| 7' | ⸢pa⸣-tu\tp-u₂ KALAG-MEŠ\t ša\dm KUR [o] | |
| 8' | [ina] ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu ir-tu\tp-ʾu-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-tu₂ ma-a a-ta-a | |
| 10' | [ki]-⸢i⸣ at-tu\tp-nu tu-[x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x] {lu₂}ša₂—UGU—[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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