ABL 1310 (P334845)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1310 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334845 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...... the] commander-in-chief |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] they say |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] they do |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...... I] said |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] with the king |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] I (and) the brick masons |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] the chief ... |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... have gla]zed [bricks] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | [...] there are |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 12'b.e. 12'–b.e. 12'b.e. 12' | [...] the king made clear |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 13'13'–b.e. 13'13' | [...] asked |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] we asked |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [...] they said: "2 or 3 |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] there are |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...] with(in) 2 or 3 |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] we will go and [...] the face |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] said |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] in its place |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...] We shall clear up (who is) a friend |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [... and] tell [it to] the king. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [Perhaps the king will say: "Is yo]ur [...] an instigator?" |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [... that] I am [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [......] the c[ommander-in-c]hief |
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 x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x {lu₂]}tur-tan | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x i]-qab-bi-u₂ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x] kal e ru x | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ep⸣-pu-šu | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢aq⸣-ṭi-bi | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ TA@v LUGAL | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ana-ku {lu₂}u₂-ra-si | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x] {lu₂}GAL—LAM | |
| 10' | [x x x x x is]-⸢sa⸣-ah-ṭu | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x]-te i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ia LUGAL ih-tar-ṣa | |
| 13' | [x x x x x] is-sa-al | |
| 14' | [x x x x x]-du-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]-u₂-ni ni-sa-al | |
| 2 | [x x x x x]-u-ni ma-a 02 03 | |
| 3 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 4 | [x x x x x] ina ŠA₃-bi 02 03 | |
| 5 | [x x x x x] ni-il-lik pa-ni | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ iq-bu-u-ni | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina maš-kan-i-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] EN—MUN EN—MUN ni-ih-ru-uṣ-ṣa | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x] LUGAL ni-qab-bi | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x]-⸢ka⸣ mu-šam-hi-iṣ-ṣu-u | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]-hu-u a-na-ku-u-ni | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}⸢x⸣+[x x] tan | |
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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