ABL 1463 (P334920)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1463 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334920 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...... o]f the son of Yakin |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...... hor]ses |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...... gr]ound |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] bridge |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] "they are readying |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] Bit-Imbî |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] "... |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......] is crossing over |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] of the king of Elam |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...... E]lam |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...... the son] of Yakin |
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] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ DUMU—{1}ia-ki-ni | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x {anše}KUR].⸢RA⸣-MEŠ\m | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x]-bu | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x kaq]-qu-ru | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ti\t-tur-ru | |
| 3' | [x x x x x i]-rak-ku-su ma-a | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] {urud}E₂—im-bi-ia | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x]-hu-ru ma-a | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] ⸢e⸣-bir | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x] ša\m LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x x x x {kur]}⸢NIM⸣.MA{ki} | |
| 10' | [x x x x x DUMU]—{1}ia-ki-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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