ABL 1312 (P334846)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1312 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334846 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, [my lord]: your servant Nabû-[belu-ka''in]. Good health to the [king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | Concerning the repo[rt about which the king, my lord], wrote to me: "Write [to NN]" — I have written to hi[m, and as soon as] he has provided a detailed [report], I shall send t[o the king, my lord, whatever] there is to report. |
| Obverse [8:15] o 99–o 1515 | Concerning what the ki[ng, my lord, wrote to me: "Review] the implements and [...] in Bab-bitqi, [seal them with] your seals, and [entrust them in the hands] of Nergal-belu-uṣur!" — [now the]n I have revie[wed them ......] |
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}{d}AG—[EN—GIN] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | ina UGU ṭe₃-e-[me ša LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 5 | iš-pur-an-ni ma-a [a-na {1}x x x] | |
| 6 | šu-pur a-sap-raš-⸢šu⸣ [a-du ṭe₃-mu] | |
| 7 | i-har-ra-ṣu-u-⸢ni⸣ [mi-i-nu] | |
| 8 | ša₂ ṭe₃-mu-un-ni a-[na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 9 | a-ša₂-pa-ra ša\m ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 10 | ma-a {giš}til-li ur-[x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢ša⸣ ina {uru}KA₂\d—bit-⸢qi⸣ [a-šur] | |
| 12 | [ina ŠA₃] {na₄}KIŠIB-MEŠ-ka [ku-nu-uk] | |
| 13 | [ina ŠU.2 {1}{d}U.GUR—EN—PAB [pi-qid] | |
| 14 | [an-nu]-⸢rig⸣ a-ta-⸢šar\p⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 15 | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢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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