LAS 347 (P336239)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | LAS 347 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336239 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [......] in the temp[le ......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [at the tu]rn of the day [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Tammuz is [wailed]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [On the 27]th is the rel[ease]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [On the x]th, at the t[urn of the day], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [Tammu]z [...] the head. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] the god is [......] |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88– | [......] they perform [......] |
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] ina E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣ E₂—⸢DINGIR⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | [ina sa-ha]-ar UD-me [x x x x] | |
| 3 | [a-na {d]}DUMU.ZI i-[bak-ki-u] | |
| 4 | [UD 27-⸢KAM₂⸣ pa-[ša₂-ru] | |
| 5 | [UD x]-⸢KAM₂⸣ ina ⸢sa⸣-[ha-ar UD-me] | |
| 6 | {[d}DUMU].ZI SAG [x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x] DINGIR i-[x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x] ⸢ep-pu-šu₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9 | [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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