ABL 1412 (P334890)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1412 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334890 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] the king [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] come d[own ...] |
| Reverse [2:7] r 3'3'–r 7'7' | [...] his men are coming down and living [with] his people. [I]f the king, my lord, commands, [I will fe]tch them (and) release him [to] his [...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... who] do [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] will [cer]tainly run aw[ay ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... one of] my king's [men] ...[...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] he got afraid [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] he watched [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] com[es down wit]h her [...] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] com[es down ...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] LUGAL u₂\m-[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂\m-ra-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂\m-ra-du-u-⸢ni⸣ [o] | |
| 4' | [x x] UN-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂\m-šu-bu [x x] | |
| 5' | [šum₂]-⸢mu⸣ LUGAL be-li\d i-qab-bi [o] | |
| 6' | [la-aš₂]-ši-a-šu-nu a-na\t ša₂-a-šu [o] | |
| 7' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-e-šu lu-ra-am-me ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 8' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-nu e-pa-aš₂-<$x$>-šu-ni [o] | |
| 9' | [x i]-⸢ba⸣-aš₂-ši i-hal-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 10' | [x {lu₂v}ERIM]—MAN-ia {lu₂v}ERIM]—MAN-ia šu-u a-na\t ki-[x x] | |
| 11' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ip-ta-la-ah [x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x] ih-te-ri-di [x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x]-⸢e⸣-ša₂ u₂\m-ra-[x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂\m-ra-[x x x x] | |
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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