TCL 09, 068 (P337151)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 09, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P337151 |
| Museum no. | AO 04506 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) |
| Coordinates | 36.5100, 43.2283 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | A tablet of Aššur-zeru-ibni to Nergal-eṭir. I am well; may my brother be well. |
| Obverse [4:13] o 55–o 1313 | My messenger is n[ow] on his way to the chief eunuch. He has left on account of the claim of the governor of Halziatbar concerning the Ehimaneans: "You are my servants!" |
| Obverse [13:18] o 1414– | Now that the messenger is going to the chief [eunuch, ...]; |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | You [...]; write to anybody! |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | Are you not my brother? Let my brother write (me) whatever the news (may be). |
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 | IM {1}aš-šur—NUMUN\d—DU₃ | |
| 2 | a-na {1}U.GUR—KAR-ir PAB-u-a | |
| 3 | DI\d-mu a.a-ši | |
| 4 | lu-u DI-mu a-na PAB-u-a | |
| 5 | u₂-ma-a an-nu-⸢rig₂⸣ | |
| 6 | {lu₂vy}A—KIN-ia {lu₂vy}A—KIN-ia i-la-ka | |
| 7 | ina UGU-hi {lu₂vy}GAL—SAG {lu₂vy}GAL—SAG | |
| 8 | it-tal-ka ina UGU-hi | |
| 9 | de-ni ša {lu₂vy}EN.NAM | |
| 10 | ša {kur}hal-zi—AD.BAR | |
| 11 | ina UGU-hi {uru}e-hi-man-a.a | |
| 12 | ma-a {lu₂vy}ARAD-MEŠ\m-ia | |
| 13 | at-tu-u₂-ni | |
| 14 | u₂-ma-a {lu₂vy}A—KIN {lu₂vy}A—KIN | |
| 15 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi {lu₂vy}GAL—[SAG] {lu₂vy}GAL—[SAG] | |
| 16 | ⸢il-lak⸣-a | |
| 17 | it-[x x]-si-i | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢at⸣-ta [x] mu u ku mi | |
| 2 | a-na ma-ni-ma šup\d-ra | |
| 3 | la-a ŠEŠ-a.a ⸢at⸣-ta-a | |
| 4 | mi-nu ša₂ ṭe₃-mu-u-ni | |
| 5 | PAB-u-a li-iš-pur | |
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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