ABL 1333 (P334850)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1333 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334850 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [Assyria is] w[ell], [the temples are] wel[l], [...] i[s] well. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | (The servant) who hears [that his lord] is well, [...] his own health in [...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Who [angers] the gods? |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | He who [defects] from [his own country] to the enemy country, [commits] a crime which the go[ds ...]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Who [...s] the gods? |
| Obverse [11:14] o 12'12'– | What I [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] their/them [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | i[n the m]orning [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | as soon as Ištar of [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | their tongues [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | their ears [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | in the morning [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | before [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | the 'sons' of A[rbela ......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | there [......] |
| Reverse [14:16] r 15'15'–r 16'16' | I cir[cled ......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢šul⸣-[mu a-na x x x x] | |
| 2' | šul-⸢mu⸣ [a-na x x x x] | |
| 3' | šul-mu a-[na x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša šul-⸢mu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | i-ša₂-am-mu-[u-ni x x x] | |
| 6' | šu-lam-šu₂ ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | man-nu DINGIR-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | ša TA@v [x x x x] | |
| 9' | ina KUR—na-ki-ri KUR—na-ki-ri [x x x] | |
| 10' | hi-ṭu ša DINGIR-[MEŠ x x x] | |
| 11' | man-nu DINGIR-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 12' | ša a-na-ku ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 13' | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] KUR [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ šu₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] ⸢ak⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x] ⸢mi x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti ša₂ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu [x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢ina⸣ [ša₂—še]-⸢ra⸣-a-⸢ti⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8' | a-⸢du⸣ {d}15 ša₂ pa-[x x x] | |
| 9' | EME-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10' | PI.2-MEŠ-šu₂-nu [x x x x] | |
| 11' | ina ša₂—še-ra-ti [x x x x] | |
| 12' | ina pa-an [x x x] | |
| 13' | DUMU-MEŠ {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 14' | ina ŠA₃-bi [x x x x x] | |
| 15' | al-ti-[bi x x x x x] | |
| 16' | [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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