ABL 1435 + (P334906)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1435 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334906 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | An order of the 'farmer' [to] Adad-šumu-uṣur and Marduk-šakin-šumi: I am [we]ll. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | Speak again with the comman[der-in]-chief (as follows): "Will you assume the responsibility fot the eclipse of the sun? Perhaps ..." |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010– | Surely there will be an eclipse of the sun? Send me definite word! |
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-bat {lu₂}ENGAR [a-na] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}IM—MU—[PAB] | |
| 3 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—GAR—[MU] | |
| 4 | [DI]-mu ia-a-ši | |
| 5 | ⸢ša⸣-ni-ʾa TA@v {lu₂}tur-⸢x⸣-ni | |
| 6 | ⸢du⸣-ub-ba ma-a | |
| 7 | ⸢pu⸣-tu-hu ta-na-aš₂-ši-ia-a | |
| 8 | ina UGU AN.MI {d}ša₂-maš | |
| 9 | ma-a is—su-ur-ri | |
| 10 | pi-iq-ta-a-te | |
| 11 | AN.MI {d}UTU i-šak-[kan] | |
| 12 | a-bu-tu₂ ba-⸢ri-is⸣-tu₂ | |
| 13 | šu-up-ra-a-ni | |
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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