ABL 1368 (P334867)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1368 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334867 |
| 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/saa04 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [I as]k you, [Ma]nlaharbanuni, |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | about this rumor of insurrection which was reported to Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, thus: |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | "They are making an insurrection against you." |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66– | Will Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, survive and escape this insurrection? |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | Will he prevail over those who are making the insurrection against him, and will they fall, [and ...]? |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Disregard that a woman has wri[tte]n and placed it before you. |
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 | {[d}ma]-an-la-ha-ar-ba-nu-ni | |
| 2 | [a-ša₂]-⸢ʾa⸣-al-ka TA@v ŠA₃ da-ba-bi | |
| 3 | [an]-ni-i ša si-hi ša a-na {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A | |
| 4 | LUGAL KUR—aš-šur DUMU {1}aš-šur—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur-ma | |
| 5 | iq-bu-u-ni ⸢ma⸣-a si-hu ina UGU-hi-ka | |
| 6 | ep-pu-šu₂ {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A MAN KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-bal-la-ṭa₂ u₂-še-za-⸢ba⸣ | |
| 2 | TA@v ŠA₃ si-hi an-ni-i | |
| 3 | ina UGU ša si-hu ina UGU-hi-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 4 | e-pa-šu₂-u-ni iz-za-a-⸢za⸣ | |
| 5 | i-ma-qa-tu-u [x x x] | |
| 6 | e-zib ša MI₂ ta-⸢aš₂⸣-[ṭu-ru]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7 | ina ma-ha-⸢ri⸣-ka taš-⸢ku-nu⸣ o | |
Sources & licences
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