ABL 1421 (P334897)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1421 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334897 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...... o]f the crown prince |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...... o]f the chief judge |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...... the m]agnates |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] Assyrian [...]s |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] to Damascus |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...... the ...]s of Damascus |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...... which] they give |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] the (city) gates |
| Obverse [8:11] o 9'9'–o 11'11' | [...... will re]ceive |
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] ⸢ša⸣ DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂}sar-tin-ni | |
| 3' | [x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ aš-šur-a.a | |
| 5' | [x x x x] a-na {uru}di-maš-qi | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ti ša {uru}di-maš-qi | |
| 7' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ id-da-nu-u-ni | |
| 8' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KA₂.GAL-MEŠ | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢mah⸣-har | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-u-ni | |
| 11' | [x x x 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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