ABL 1451 (P334914)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1451 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334914 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | I will as[k] about the corn, [...] |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | As [long as] we are on the alert, [...]. We will climb up (and) [k]eep watc[h]. |
| Obverse [7:18] o 8'8'– | Let the chief baker [of DN] be ord[ered] to release u[s] so we [can put] (one) half of [...] on the top of the ziggur[ats] and the other half of [...] on the roof [of ...]; we will climb up and keep watch. |
| Reverse [5:12] r 66–r 1212 | Furthermore, let them send bod[yguards] to the Inner [City], Cal[ah], Arbela, (and) Dur-Šarrukin; |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...] the chief [...] |
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' | ki-[x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | ina UGU ŠE la-aš₂-⸢al⸣ | |
| 3' | ⸢x⸣-ru-⸢qu⸣ | |
| 4' | a-[du] e-ta-ka-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | ne₂-⸢e⸣-[li] | |
| 6' | ma-ṣar-[tu] | |
| 7' | ni-⸢na-ṣa-ar⸣ | |
| 8' | a-na {lu₂}GAL—NINDA {lu₂}GAL—NINDA {d}[x x] | |
| 9' | ṭe₃-e-[mu] | |
| 10' | liš-ku-[nu] | |
| 11' | lu-ra-ma-an-na-[ši] | |
| 12' | meš-lu te [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina UGU ziq-qur-⸢ra⸣-[te] | |
| 2 | meš-lu te ni [x x] | |
| 3 | ina UR₃ ⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4 | ne₂-⸢e-li⸣ | |
| 5 | ma-ṣar-tu ni-iṣ-⸢ṣur⸣ | |
| 6 | u₃ {lu₂}⸢qur⸣-[bu-te] | |
| 7 | a-na {uru}ŠA₃—[URU] | |
| 8 | {uru}kal-[ha] | |
| 9 | {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 11 | {uru}BAD₃—{1}LUGAL—GI.NA | |
| 12 | liš-pu-ru | |
| 13 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂}GAL—⸢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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