1883-01-18, 0511 unpublished unassigned ? (P452718)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1883-01-18, 0511 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452718 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [......] this no-brother of mine has done [......] to me, and I [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | I swear [by Aššur and M]arduk, my gods, [that] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] ... Šamaš ... [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] into my hands, [before ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | has lighted up on him. And if [...], |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] in the place where he goes [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] I shall brea[k] his ...[... Now then] |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | [I have written to y]ou. [Let me] quickly [see] an answer to [my] l[etter! Your] fr[eedom] is [in] m[y hands]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢x u₂ x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x la]—ŠEŠ-u₂-a šu-u ⸢da⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] i-pu-ša₂-an-ni u ana-ku ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | [ina ŠA₃ AN.ŠAR₂ {d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU DINGIR-MEŠ-ia₂ at-te-me [ki-i] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] ⸢qaq⸣-qad-us-su {d}UTU ana ⸢IGI⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x a]-⸢na⸣ mu-še a-na ŠU.2-ia [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-šu₂ it-tap-ha u ki-[i x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x] ina aš₂-ri il-la-ku [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x]-⸢ku⸣-ti-iš-šu₂ a-he-ep-[pi en-na a-du-u₂] | |
| 10' | [al-tap-rak-ku]-nu-šu₂ ha-an-ṭiš gab-ri ⸢ši⸣-[pir-ti-ia] | |
| 11' | [lu-mur ina ŠU.2-⸢ia⸣ ib-ba-ši za-[ku-ut-ku-nu] | |
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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