ABL 1434 (P334905)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1434 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334905 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:12] o 2'2'– | He spoke [... with u]s: "They [must not] deport us! [... wi]ll go and say [...] to our brothers, and we shall bring [a]ll of them to the [king], my lord." [Now then I am s]ending all four of them [to] the king, my lord [in ch]arge of my messenger. |
| Reverse [2:9] r 33–r 99 | [NN], a Chaldean, has said to me: "[The] Puqudu [who] live in Bit-Amukani [...]. They are shutting in [...] Kunaya and me. They [...] have become extremely afraid, saying: '[...] they will deport us.' They are returning [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [......] very |
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]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ i-du-bu-ub | |
| 3' | [ma-a lu la] u₂-šag-ga-lu-na-ši | |
| 4' | [x x x] ⸢il⸣-lak a-na ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ni | |
| 5' | [x x x]—AŠ i-qab-bi | |
| 6' | [ma-a] ⸢gab⸣-bi-šu-nu a-na pa-an | |
| 7' | [LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂-ia nu-ub-ba-la-aš₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 8' | [an-nu]-⸢rig⸣ ar-bi-tu-šu₂-nu | |
| 9' | [ina] ⸢qa⸣-at {lu₂v}A—KIN-ia {lu₂v}A—KIN-ia | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-na pa]-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | [u₂-se]-bi-la-aš₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 3 | {1}x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}kal-da-a.a iq-ṭi-bi-a | |
| 4 | [ma-a {lu₂v]}pu-qu-da-a.a | |
| 5 | [ša ina] ⸢E₂⸣—{1}u₂-ka-ni kam-ma-su-u-ni | |
| 6 | [x x x]-⸢i⸣ {1}ku-na-a.a i-si-ia e-si-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x] gab-bu ip-tal-hu a—dan-niš | |
| 8 | [ma-a x x u₂]-šag-ga-lu-na-ši | |
| 9 | [x x x x x]-tu₂ u₂-sa-hu-ru | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢x⸣-du | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x a]—dan-niš | |
Sources & licences
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