K 01496 (P393904)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 01496 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393904 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | ... when she sen]t me |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | ...] she placed me |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | ...] constellation |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | ...] she blessed me there. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | ... At] that [time], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | ... did not] bring the audience gift |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | but ...] offered strife. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | ...] golden [...], b[ron]ze bracelet |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | ... I p]resented [...] |
| Obverse [9:12] o 10'10'–o 12'12' | ...] he utter[ed ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | ......ed] me |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | ......] perfec[t] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | ......] like a cr[ippled m]an |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | ... se]nt. Last year, |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | ...] my [...] weakened, and half of |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | ... in neces]sities |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | ... w]as taken way |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | ...] great [...] |
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 taš]-⸢pur-an-ni⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x] taš-kun-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ lum-ma-a-ši | |
| 4' | [x x x ina] ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ tak-ru-ban-ni | |
| 5' | [x x ina UD]-me-šu₂ na-mur-tu₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ u₂-qar-rib | |
| 7' | [x x x] ⸢ṣal⸣-tu₂ uq-ter-rib | |
| 8' | [x x x x] KUG.GI HAR ⸢si-par⸣-ri | |
| 9' | [x x x uq]-tar-rib ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ iz-⸢za⸣-[kar x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ kar ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x] a ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]-in-ni 0 | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] šuk-lu-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] ʾa ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x]-ka a-ki {⸢lu₂v⸣}[GIR₃].⸢AD₄⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-bil šad-daq-⸢da⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-⸢ia⸣ i-te-ni-ši ⸢maš⸣-li | |
| 8' | [x x x x]-⸢ki⸣-a-te | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ⸢in⸣-na-ši | |
| 10' | [x x x x x] ra-⸢bi-tu₂⸣ | |
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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