ABL 1346 (P334855)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1346 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334855 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [O]f the augu[rs ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [the] (king) of Hamath, the sister [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [At] the beginning of the reign [...], |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | the year which [...] |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | I brought him here, and [p]ersonally [spoke] as [follows] in the presence of [...]: "[Let] the augur[s le]arn [...]." Therea[fter ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | they deposite[d ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | and y[ou ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | loyally [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | s[end ...] to me! [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 9r.e. 9–r.e. 9r.e. 9 | [bef]ore the (king) of Hamath [...] |
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 | ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂v}da-gil₂—⸢MUŠEN⸣-[MEŠ {lu₂v}da-gil₂—⸢MUŠEN⸣-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 2 | {[lu₂v]}ha-mat-a.a NIN [x x x] | |
| 3 | [ina] SAG LUGAL-te up-[x x x] | |
| 4 | MU.AN.NA ša da ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5 | at-ta-ṣa-aš₂-šu₂ ki-i [an-ni-i] | |
| 6 | ⸢qar⸣-ba-ti-ia ina IGI [x x x x] | |
| 7 | [nu]-uk {lu₂v}da-gil₂—MUŠEN-[MEŠ {lu₂v}da-gil₂—MUŠEN-[MEŠ x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢lil⸣-mu-du id-da-[x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ik-te-⸢ru⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | u₃ at-⸢ta⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ki-i ke-nu-ti [x x x x] | |
| 4' | ina UGU-hi-ia še-[bi-la x x] | |
| 5' | [x x] šu₂ ma ma ⸢ki⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | [x ina] IGI {lu₂v}ha-mat-[a.a x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]-⸢ši⸣ {1}ur-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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