ABL 1379 (P334875)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1379 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334875 |
| Museum no. | BM 099004 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | 4 Kushite horses from the treasurer of the queen mother; |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | [7] Mesean horses trained to the yoke from Dur-Šarrukku; |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212– | [14] Mesean [horse]s trained to the yoke, |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 13b.e. 13–b.e. 13b.e. 13 | 34 cavalry mounts, |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 1414– | 2 mules: |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | 50 in all from Tillê: |
| Reverse [1:8] r 22–r 88 | a total of 4 Kushite horses, 21 Mesean horses trained to the yoke, 34 cavalry mounts, and 3 mules — 53 [horses and mule]s in all — have come in. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | 15th day. |
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 be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—MU—AŠ | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL | |
| 6 | be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | 04 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ {kur}ku-sa-a-a | |
| 8 | ša {lu₂v}IGI.DUB ša AMA—LUGAL AMA—LUGAL | |
| 9 | 7 KUR-MEŠ {kur}me-sa-a-a | |
| 10 | ša ni-i-ri | |
| 11 | BE {uru}BAD₃—MAN-uk-ka | |
| 12 | 14 KUR]-MEŠ {kur}me-sa-a-a ni-i-ri | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | 34 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL-li | |
| 14 | 02 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | PAB 50 ša {uru}til-le-e | |
| 2 | PAB 04 KUR-MEŠ ku-sa-a-a | |
| 3 | 21 KUR-MEŠ me-sa-a-a | |
| 4 | ša ni-i-ri | |
| 5 | 34 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL-li | |
| 6 | 03 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 7 | PAB 53 [x x x]-MEŠ | |
| 8 | e-tar-bu | |
| 9 | UD 15-KAM₂ | |
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
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