ABL 1328 (P334849)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | ABL 1328 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334849 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | hi[ther ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | the Puqu[dean ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | and because of [......] |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | Now he is in the city of [......] at your disposal. |
| Obverse [5:13] o 6'6'–o 13'13' | I am wr[iting to you] right [now: the day you] see this [letter of mine, go and tell] these words [to ...]. He should set out and go [to ...] in accordance with the report, [and tell him]: "I have re[ceived] the following royal order: '[......] have set [......" |
| Reverse [1:9] r 2'2'–r 9'9' | "[......] which [......] have robbed [......]; now if [......] has been made, [......]; and if t[hese] servants [......], why [should] I [......]? You w[rote that ......] are making [......].'" |
| Reverse [9:14] r 10'10'–r 14'14' | Now then [......] who [......] to his messenger [......] the order in [......] several times [...... |
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' | ha-an-ni-[ša₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {lu₂v}pu-qu-[da-a.a x x x] | |
| 3' | u₃ TA@v\m pa-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | u₂\m-ma-a ina {uru}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ina pa-ni-ku-nu šu-⸢u₂⸣ [x x x x x u₂-ma-a] | |
| 6' | an-nu-rig a-sap-[ra-ku-nu UD-mu ša e-gir₂-tu₂] | |
| 7' | an-ni-tu₂ ta-am-⸢mar⸣-[u-ni x x] | |
| 8' | di-ib-bi an-nu-⸢ti\t⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | ina pi-i ṭe₃-e-⸢mu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10' | lu-nam-mi₃-iš lil-⸢lik⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11' | ma-a a-bat LUGAL at-[ta-har x x x] | |
| 12' | is-sak\td-nu [x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢da⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ma-a [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ša\yd ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ih-tab-⸢tu⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-a u₂-ma-a ⸢šum₂⸣-[ma x x x x] | |
| 6' | e-pi-iš kal ⸢la⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | u₃ šum₂-ma ARAD-MEŠ\d ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ma-a a-ta-a a-na-ku ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 9' | ma-a at-ta taš-[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | e-pu-šu an-⸢nu⸣-[rig x x x x] | |
| 11' | ša\d a-na {lu₂v}A—KIN-⸢šu₂⸣ {lu₂v}A—KIN-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12' | ṭe₃-e-mu ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 13' | 02-šu₂ 03-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ša\yd ak-⸢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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.