ABL 0623 (P393867)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0623 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393867 |
| 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/saa21 · 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 the magna[tes of Assurbanipal] to the eunuch of [NN] and the deputy [...] of the city [...]: |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The horses [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | horses [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | the interest o[f ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | mules [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Don’t be negligent! ... |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | Guard the letter, it must be present with the horses at the review. They will read [it] in the ki[ng’s] presence, it is evidence. |
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 {lu₂}⸢GAL⸣-[MEŠ ša {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A] | |
| 2 | a-na {lu₂}SAG ša {1}[x x x] | |
| 3 | a-na {lu₂}02-u₂ [x x x] | |
| 4 | ša {uru}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 6 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 7 | ṣi-ib-te ⸢ša⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | {anše}ku-din-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | la ta-ši-ṭa ta-ha-[ṭa-a] | |
| 2' | e-gir₂-tu uṣ-⸢ra⸣ 0 | |
| 3' | TA@v\dm {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ a-na ma-šar-[te] | |
| 4' | lu qur-bat ina pa-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 5' | i-sa-si-u₂-[ši] | |
| 6' | ši-i mu-kin-⸢tu⸣ 0 | |
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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