ABL 1297 (P334838)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1297 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334838 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Concerning [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | the king, my lord [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Concerning [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | when I/he ... [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | "The 10th day [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | on account of the ass[ignment ...]." |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Now ... [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | of the temple of Nabû [......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | and of the 5 royal body[guards ......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | who [many] days [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | A re[port ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | a writing-bo]ard ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | let him give [......] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | If the king ... [...], it is good not to ... [...]. |
| Reverse [5:13] r 6'6'–r 13'13' | And whoever wrote to the king, [my] lord, saying: "The day is not auspicious," does he in the same way tell the king the day which [...]? [...]. Now then, I have per[formed] the ritual [which the king] commanded me. [Let the king send] the royal bodyguard [...] who [...] the rituals. |
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' | na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ina UGU-hi [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | LUGAL be-li₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ka-li-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ina UGU-hi ši-[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ki-i u₂-ma-[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ma-a UD 10-KAM₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ina E₂ pi-⸢qi₂⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | u₂-ma-a ṣil ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ša E₂—{d}PA [x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | u₃ ša 05 {lu₂}qur-[bu-te x x x] | |
| 12' | ša UD-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ṭe₃-⸢e⸣-[mu x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {giš}le-⸢ʾu⸣-[u x x x x x] | |
| 3' | lid-di-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ki-ma LUGAL ad [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ṭa-a-bu a-na la da [x x x] | |
| 6' | u₃ man-nu ša a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 7' | iš-pur-an-ni ma-a UD-mu NU DI-[im] | |
| 8' | ki-i an-nim-ma-a UD-mu ša ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 9' | a-na LUGAL i-qab-bi ši [x x x] | |
| 10' | u₂-ma-a an-nu-ri dul-lu [ša LUGAL] | |
| 11' | iq-ba-an-ni e-ta-[pa-aš₂] | |
| 12' | {lu₂}qur-bu-tu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13' | ša dul-li [x x 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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