ABL 1416 (P334894)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1416 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334894 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To [the king, my lord]: your servant [Adad-issiya]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | As to what the king, [my] lo[rd, wrote me]: "Why have you [not sent me] an[y news] of the Mannean that you have h[eard]?" — |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | [he has come] to our border, [made] his sacrifices, and returned (home); [the ... have gone] to greet him. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | The messengers o[f ... have come] from Bar[..., and presented him] the greetings of [...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] where they are [...]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | As to [NN] about whom the king, [my] lo[rd, wrote me]: "Wh[y does he not ...] to m[y] presen[ce]?" |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | He does not [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | he does not [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | of the [......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | Šulm[u-Bel ......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | in their expedition [......] |
| Reverse [13:16] r 14'14'– | to [......] |
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 EN-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{[d}IM—KI-ia] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-⸢mu⸣ [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | ša\ty LUGAL ⸢EN⸣ [iš-pur-an-ni ma-a] | |
| 5 | a-ta-a mi₃-⸢i-nu⸣ [ši-ti-ni] | |
| 6 | ša\ty {kur}man-na-a.a ⸢taš⸣-[me la taš-pu-ra] | |
| 7 | ina ta-hu-mi₃-i-ni [it-tal-ka] | |
| 8 | {udu}SISKUR-MEŠ\m-šu₂ [e-tap-ša₂] | |
| 9 | i-su\t-hu-ru ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10 | ina UGU-hi-šu₂ a-na DI-[me it-tal-ku] | |
| 11 | {lu₂vy}A—šip-ri-MEŠ\m {lu₂vy}A—šip-ri-MEŠ\m ⸢ša⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | TA@v\m {uru}MAŠ-⸢da⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 13 | DI-mu\p ša\tym [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | E₂ i-ba\t-aš₂-[šu]-u-ni [x x x] | |
| 3' | TA@v\m UGU {1}{d}[x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša\tym LUGAL ⸢EN⸣ [iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 5' | ma-a a-ta-[a x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina ⸢pa⸣-ni-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | la ⸢i-ma⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | la ⸢i⸣-ma-[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ša\ty {lu₂vy}[x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | iq-⸢qi⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | i-⸢ta⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | {1}DI-⸢mu⸣—[EN x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | i—KASKAL-šu₂-nu i—KASKAL-šu₂-nu [x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ina UGU [x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 15 | i-[x x x x 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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