ABL 1462 (P334919)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1462 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334919 |
| 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/saa03 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [To] the right ...[......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | who created you [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [and who ...]ed the kingship [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | You glorify [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Those who entreat [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | In Egašankalamma [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Her eyes on [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Your deeds [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | choicest oil [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | A deceitful woman, who [......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | loves yo[u ......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | vie[s ......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | Nabû-bel-šumati [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | who with treachery [......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | your [...] ... [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Nabû-[bel-šumati ......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | with his servant [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | speaks [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | You will keep me alive [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | the web [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Who is ...[......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Their nonexistence [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Assurbanipal [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | His enemies [......] |
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' | [ina] im-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša₂ tab-nu-ka [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | LUGAL-tu₂ tu-še-[x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | tu-šar-ri-hi [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-hi-ru-te {⸢d⸣}[x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina E₂.GAŠAN.KALAM.[MA x x x x x] | |
| 7' | IGI.2-MEŠ-ša₂ UGU [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ep-še-te-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | u₂-lu I₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | e-le-nit ⸢ša₂⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | i-ra-an-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | i-ša₂-an-na-⸢an⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 13' | {1}{d}PA—EN—MU-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ⸢ša₂⸣ ina ṣi-lip-[ti x x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x]-⸢pa⸣-ka an [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | maš [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {1}{d}PA—[EN—MU-MEŠ x x x x x] | |
| 4' | it-⸢ti ARAD⸣-šu₂ ⸢la⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | i-dab₂-bu-ub ⸢du⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | tu-bal-laṭ-an-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | še-ta-a-te ⸢la⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | man-nu mu-ša₂-an-[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | la GAL₂-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A [x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | a.a-bi-šu₂ [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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