ABL 0527 (P237905)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0527 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237905 |
| 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/saa17 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Tablet of Šuma-ukin to Nergal-naṣir: |
| Obverse [2:9] o 33–o 99 | (Concerning) what you wrote, "Give Arrabatu to Qallatu!" — Binitu, Tu'atu, Huluttu and Arrabatu (already) are at her disposal. Why did you during these 8 years think of Arrabatu (only now)? |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010–o 1414 | (As to) what you wrote earlier, "You gave me silver during good times of the land, but during the destruction of the land you took it back" — what you wrote is correct. But as to the payment of silver that you made: |
| Obverse [14:21] o 1515– | In the second year of King Merodach-Baladan, the silver that you wanted to have, (namely) 10 minas, was given to the Cuthaeans by Ina-qibi-Bel and Nabû-ušallim son of N[i...]. |
| Reverse [0:10] r 1r 1–r 1010 | In addition, the dame Namirtu was given 10 minas by Lu-ha'il and Bel-naṣir; 3 minas were weighed to Erešu son of Dabibu, the supervisor of Bel-naṣir; 6 minas (were given) to Ašaredu son of Ṭabiya; 1 mina to Nabû-šarra-uṣur, the messenger of the king; 1 mina to Erešu, the messenger of the king of Elam, 10 shekels to [...]ê; and 1 2/3 minas to the Urukeans placed at your disposal. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111–r 1313 | 1 mina is the price of the she-camels that was given to Sagibi, 1 mina and 1/3 shekels are in the hand of Ima'in the eunuch, 1/3 mina and 5 shekels were weighed for Dummuqu son of Ir'anni. |
| Reverse [13:18] r 1414–r 1818 | Finally, there are 5 minas silver brought to Namirtu by Ṣillâ son of Belaya and [...] silver that [...] in the second year of [Merodach-Baladan]. Until now |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | [...] silver of the eunuchs |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | [...] of the eunuch and silver |
| Reverse [20:22] r 2121– | [...] as an interest-free loan |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 22r.e. 22–r.e. 22r.e. 22 | [...] as an advance payment |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 2323–r.e. 2323 | [...] you did not give it. |
| Right [2:5] r.e. 2424– | These words are not yours, they are Bel-naṣir's. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Why [...] to [...] to [...]? |
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 | ṭup-pi {1}MU—GI.NA | |
| 2 | a-na {1}{d}U.GUR—ŠEŠ-ir | |
| 3 | ša₂ taš-pu-ra um-ma {mi₂}ar-ra-ba-ti | |
| 4 | a-na {mi₂}qal-la-ti i-din | |
| 5 | {mi₂}bi-ni-ti {mi₂}tu-ʾa-a-ti | |
| 6 | {mi₂}hu-lu-ut-ti u {mi₂}ar-ra-ba-ti | |
| 7 | ina pa-ni-ši u₂-šu-uz-za | |
| 8 | mi-nam-ma i-na 08 MU-MEŠ | |
| 9 | a-ga-a it-ti {mi₂}ar₂-ra-ba-ti | |
| 10 | ta-ah-su-sa i-na mah-ri-i | |
| 11 | ša₂ taš-pu-ra um-ma i-na šu-lum-me-e KUR | |
| 12 | KUG.UD ki-i ta-ad-di-na | |
| 13 | ina ha-pe-e KUR KUG.UD tam-da-har-ra-ni | |
| 14 | ša₂ taš-pu-ra ki-it-ti man-di-ti KUG.UD | |
| 15 | ša₂ ta-ad-di-na i-na MU 02-KAM₂ | |
| 16 | ša₂ {d}AMAR.UTU—A—MU LUGAL KUG.UD ša₂ ta-ah-⸢ha-za⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | 10 MA.NA ina ŠU.2 {1}ina—qi₂-bi—{d}⸢EN⸣ | |
| 18 | u₃ {1}{d}AG—GI DUMU {1}⸢ni⸣-[x x a-na] | |
| 19 | {[lu₂]}GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} it-⸢tan⸣-[nu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 10 MA.NA ina ŠU.2 {1}lu—ha-ʾi-il u₃ [o] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}EN—ŠEŠ-ir a-na {mi₂}na-mir-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 3 | it-tan-nu 03 MA.NA {1}e-re-ši | |
| 4 | DUMU {1}da-bi-bi ša₂ UGU {1}{d}EN—ŠEŠ-ir | |
| 5 | ih-ti-ṭu 06 MA.NA {1}a-ša₂-re-du | |
| 6 | DUMU {1}DUG₃.GA-ia 01 MA.NA {1}{d}AG—LUGAL—ŠEŠ | |
| 7 | {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri ša₂ LUGAL 01 MA.NA {1}e-re-ši | |
| 8 | {[lu₂}DUMU—šip]-ri {[lu₂}DUMU—šip]-ri ša₂ LUGAL {kur}NIM.MA{ki} 10 GIN₂ | |
| 9 | [x x]-e 01 2/3 MA.NA UNUG{ki}a.a | |
| 10 | [i-na] ⸢ma⸣-har GIR₃.2-ku-nu iš-ku-nu | |
| 11 | 01 MA.NA ŠAM₂ na-qa-ti ša₂ a-na {1}sa₁₆-ga-bi | |
| 12 | ⸢na⸣-ad-na-tu 01 MA.NA 1/3 GIN₂ ina ŠU.2 | |
| 13 | {1}I—ma-ʾi-in {lu₂}SAG 1/3 05 GIN₂ {1}du-um-mu-qa-a | |
| 14 | ⸢DUMU⸣ {1}ir-a-ni ih-ti-ṭu 05 MA.NA KUG.UD EGIR-u₂ | |
| 15 | ša₂ ina ŠU.2 {1}ṣil-la-a DUMU {1}{d}EN-a.a | |
| 16 | a-na {mi₂}na-mir-ti u₂-še-bi-lu-ma | |
| 17 | ta-[x x x]-a KUG.UD ša₂ ina MU 02-KAM₂ | |
| 18 | ša₂ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A—MU x x]-⸢su⸣-ma a-di UGU en-na | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x] KUG.UD ša₂—re-ša₂-ni | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x] ša₂—re-ši u₃ KUG.UD | |
| 21 | [x x x x x] ki-i hu-bu-tu-tu | |
| r.e. | ||
| 22 | [x x x x x x] ki-i ni-is-hu | |
| 23 | [x x x x x x] ul ta-ad-di-na | |
| 24 | [dib]-bi an-nu-ti ul ša₂ pi-i-ka | |
| 25 | ša₂ pi-i {1}{d}EN—PAB šu₂-nu | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | am—mi₃-ni am—mi₃-ni a-na [x x x] a-na [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
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