KAV 113 (P285573)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAV 113 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285573 |
| Museum no. | VAT 11511 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | Letter of Taqiša to Aššur-šarru-uṣur. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Good health to my brother. |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | Concerning the (offering) pipes of Adad and Babu, I have written to the palace. They said the following: "The first day of Shebat is good. Let them break through and set to work. Let them apply themselves and perform the work quickly." |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | I am now writing to you: instruct the carpenters about the woods which we selected and make (everything) clear to them. |
| Obverse [14:18] o 1515– | Let them set to work and do a good job on the first day (of Shebat). |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Also for the rest of your work, don't be negligent. Apply yourselves and do a good job. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | What else? As I have (already) written to you, don't be negligent. |
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 {1}ta-qi₂-⸢ša₂⸣ | |
| 2 | a-na {1}aš-šur—LUGAL—PAB | |
| 3 | lu-u šul-mu a-na ŠEŠ-ia | |
| 4 | ina UGU {giš}ra-ṭe-e-te | |
| 5 | ša {d}IM u ša {d}BA.U₂ | |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃ E₂.GAL as-sap-ra | |
| 7 | iq-ṭi-bu-u-ni ma-a UD 01-KAM₂ | |
| 8 | ša {iti}ZIZ₂ DUG₃.GA li-ip-ru-ṣu-ni | |
| 9 | A₂.2-šu₂-nu ina UGU-hi liš-ku-nu | |
| 10 | ma-a ar₂-hiš li-iṣ-ri-mu | |
| 11 | le-pu-šu u₂-ma-a as-sap-rak-ka | |
| 12 | GIŠ-MEŠ ša ne₂-mur-u-ni | |
| 13 | a-na {lu₂}NAGAR-MEŠ šah-kim | |
| 14 | bir-ti IGI.2-šu₂-nu mad-di-id | |
| 15 | UD 01-KAM₂ A₂.2-šu₂-nu ina UGU-hi | |
| 16 | liš-ku-nu lu-dam-me-qu | |
| 17 | le-pu-šu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃ a-na re-eh-te | |
| 2 | dul-li-ku-nu la ta-ši-ṭa | |
| 3 | ṣi-ir-ma dam-me-qa ep-ša₂ | |
| 4 | mi₃-i-nu ah—hur | |
| 5 | as-sap-rak-ka la ta-ši-aṭ | |
Sources & licences
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