ABL 1408 (P334889)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1408 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334889 |
| 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/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | (1) (Beginning destroyed) |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [On the 29th day], a possible solar eclipse. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [In the month ..., on the 1st day], the moon became visible. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [... The night] of the 11th day [was cloudy; in the] morning [watch] the moon came out. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [In the daytime of] the 11th day there was much [...], the moon set. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88– | [The ni]ght of the 12th day [was cloudy; in] the morning [watch] the moon came out. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [The daytime of the 1]2th day was cloudy, the setting of the moon was not visible. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | The night of the 13th day [was cloudy, in] the morning [watch] the moon came out. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [The daytime of the 1]3th day was cloudy, (the moon) was not visible; [... an eclipse of] the moon passed by. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | The night of the 14th day [was cloudy, in the mor]ning [watch] the moon came out; the disk did not wane. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [... On the 1]5th day the setting of [the moon] was not visible; solstice. |
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 | [x x x x x] u ni ri | |
| 2 | [UD 29-KAM₂] AN.MI {d}UTU GAR-an | |
| 3 | {[iti}x UD 01-KAM₂\t 30 IGI | |
| 4 | [x x x MI] ša₂ UD 11-KAM₂ | |
| 5 | [IM.DIRI EN.NUN—UD].ZAL 30 E₃ | |
| 6 | [x x UD-mu ša₂] UD 11-KAM₂ | |
| 7 | [x x x x]-i ma-ʾa-ad 30 ŠU₂ | |
| 8 | [x x x x] ⸢MI⸣ ša₂ UD 12-KAM₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9 | [IM.DIRI EN.NUN]—UD.ZAL 30 E₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [UD-mu ša₂ UD] 12-KAM₂ IM.DIRI GAR ŠU₂-u ša₂ 30 NU IGI | |
| 2 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ MI ša₂ UD 13-KAM₂ | |
| 3 | [IM.DIRI EN.NUN]—UD.ZAL 30 E₃ | |
| 4 | [UD-mu ša₂ UD] 13 IM.DIRI GAR NU IGI | |
| 5 | [x x x AN.MI] 30 DIB | |
| 6 | [x x x] MI ša₂ UD 14 | |
| 7 | [IM.DIRI EN.NUN]—⸢UD⸣.ZAL 30 E₃ NIGIN₂-rat la iš-šur | |
| 8 | [x x UD] 15-KAM₂\t ŠU₂ 30 ⸢NU⸣ IGI 20 DU | |
Sources & licences
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