ABL 1392 (P334882)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1392 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334882 |
| Museum no. | BM 099124 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:13] o 1'1'– | Concerning the watch for the eclipse about which the king, our lord, wrote — we kept the watch; the clouds were dense. On the 14th day, during the morning watch, the clouds dispersed, and we were able to see. The eclipse took place. |
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' | ina UGU ma-ṣar-ti | |
| 2' | ša AN.MI | |
| 3' | ša LUGAL EN-in-ni | |
| 4' | iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 5' | ma-ṣar-tu₂ ni-ta-ṣar | |
| 6' | ur-pu da-na-at | |
| r | ||
| 1 | UD 14-KAM₂ | |
| 2 | i-[na] ma-ṣar-te | |
| 3 | ša in—na-ma-ri in—na-ma-ri | |
| 4 | ur-pu ih-te-pi | |
| 5 | ne₂-ta-mar | |
| 6 | AN.MI ša₂-kin₂ | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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