ABL 1351 (P334860)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1351 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334860 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the ki[ng, my lord]: yo[ur] servants [Nabû-ra'im-nišešu] (and) Salam[anu. Good health] to the king, [my lord! May] Nabû (and) Ma[rduk bless the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | 4 days [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Against the locu[sts ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | staff/sceptre [......] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'– | st[ored] grain [...] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 7r.e. 7–r.e. 7r.e. 7 | the 1[xth] day [...] |
| Right [1:3] r.e. 88–r.e. 99 | give [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...] has passed [...] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [That is why] we have written [to the king], my lord. |
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-MEŠ-⸢ka⸣ {1}{d}PA—AG₂—UN-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 3 | {1}sa-la-⸢ma⸣-[nu lu-u šul-mu] | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 5 | {d}PA {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 6 | 04 UD-MEŠ-te ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7 | ina UGU er-⸢bi⸣-[e x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | hi [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {giš}PA [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša tap [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ša tap [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {še}⸢tab⸣-[ku x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 7 | UD 10+[x-KAM₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | di-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ša [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] e-te-tiq | |
| 2 | [x x a-na LUGAL] EN-ia ni-is-sap-ra | |
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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