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ABL 1283 (P394574)
CANONICAL > Historiography > Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1283 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394574 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Historiography > Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 13' | ... to the lands like(?) of |
| obverse 16' | May they give... to your land, to... |
| reverse 11' | ... the intercession of the sea |
| reverse 3' | ... his payment |
| reverse 14' | ... his payment |
| reverse 16' | ... let me return. |
| reverse 5' | ... they shaved... and.. elephants |
| obverse 4' | of Kar-Dunia |
| obverse 5' | ... without interruption,... that is to be destroyed. |
| reverse 13' | ... the man(?) |
| reverse 17' | ... my fathers |
| obverse 17' | ........ may he not.... in the eyes and.... |
| obverse 8' | ... their kings |
| obverse 12' | ... the regular offerings which from... |
| reverse 10' | ... in the sanctuary of ama |
| reverse 9' | ...-bala and the Gibalaeans |
| reverse 19' | ... and to go(?) |
| obverse 6' | ... may they greatly bless you... |
| reverse 12' | ... and the Ita- |
| obverse 15' | ... of justice to your kingship. |
| reverse 4' | ... you recite... and the foundation of the sea |
| reverse 7' | ... and ebony |
| reverse 2' | ... you spoke(?) |
| obverse 9' | ... the Takkaru canal... Nippur |
| reverse 8' | ............. |
| obverse 19' | ....... |
| reverse 18' | ... Kar-Dunia |
| obverse 3' | ... which I took... |
| obverse 14' | ... I have kept you awake..... |
| obverse 20' | ......... |
| obverse 18' | ... their |
| reverse 20' | ...-muttu |
| obverse 2' | ... the king another(?) |
| obverse 7' | ... my abbuttu-offerings are like ninû-plants, and |
| reverse 15' | ... and the brewer |
| reverse 6' | ... of wool, takkiltu-disease and wool, |
| obverse 11' | ... the Arahtu canal... |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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