ABL 0049 (P334001)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0049 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334001 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, my lord: your servant Akkullanu. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | Concerning the priest about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, now then — today is the third day already — he has thought it over and said to me as follows: |
| Obverse [6:11] o 77–o 1111 | "What is this? It should be cleared up! If there is anything left of it, let them send it to me, and I will make it double at once. Within [......] has not sent [...] as to where it would be. |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212–o 1414 | "Concerning what the ki[ng said, viz. 'Three years ago you [......],' is this not what [......]? |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | "The container for firewood [......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | "white frit [......] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | of the son of the priest [......] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | in the pa[pāhu chapel ......] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | and the head [......] |
| Obverse [19:22] o 2020–o 2222 | inside it [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | "the river ordeal on accou[nt of ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | "Let me [......] this |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | "Now [......] |
| Reverse [6:10] r 7'7'–r 10'10' | Also let them have a word with the governor [of GN]; why are the king's [...]s negligent? The [......]s have left their work. |
| Reverse [10:14] r 11'11'–r 14'14' | Let the king inquire [about ...] the sacrifices of the deputy governor of [GN]: "Why [have you not provided them]?" The king should make it crystal-cl[ear to him] that these days of the kanūnu (festival) must not be left loose! |
| Reverse [14:17] r 15'15'–r 17'17' | The kanūnu is on the evening of the 10th. Huge sacrifices will be (performed) on the 11th and the 12th day. |
| Reverse [17:20] r 18'18'–r 20'20' | Furthermore, as regards the priest of the temple of Sibitti of Nineveh about whom I wrote to the king, my lord: "He wants to tell something — he should be questioned" — |
| Reverse [20:25] r 21'21'– | the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Let him be in attendance." So far nobody has questioned him. |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 2525–r.e. 2525 | The name of the son of the priest of the Šamaš temple is Zarî, (he is) the son of Nadin-apli. |
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 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}a-kul-la-nu | |
| 2 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ {d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 3 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu ina UGU {lu₂v}SANGA | |
| 4 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni-ni | |
| 5 | an-nu-rig 03-šu₂ ina UD-me an-ni-i | |
| 6 | TA@v ŠA₃-šu₂ i-du-bu-ub ki-i an-ni-i | |
| 7 | iq-ṭi-bi-a ma-a mi-i-nu | |
| 8 | an-ni-u li-ih-hi-kim ma-a re-eh-tu-šu₂ | |
| 9 | šum-ma i-ba-aš₂-ši lu-še-bi-lu-u-⸢ni x x⸣ | |
| 10 | ba-a-si lu-ta-im ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 11 | ša a.a-ka šu-tu-u-ni u₂-[x x x x] | |
| 12 | la u₂-še-bi-la ma-a ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [iq-bu-u-ni] | |
| 13 | ma-a ina ra-bu-še-ni tu-[x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ma-a la an-ni-u šu-u ša [x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ma-a E₂—gi-ṣi-te E₂—gi-ṣi-te ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | ma-a hu-luh-hu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | ša DUMU {lu₂v}SANGA [x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | ina ŠA₃-bi ina E₂—pa-[pa-hi E₂—pa-[pa-hi x x x x x] | |
| 19 | u₃ SAG.DU [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | ina ŠA₃-bi-ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | ina UGU-hi [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 22 | ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-a ša ⸢an⸣-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | hur-sa-an ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-a an-ni-u lu-u ana-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ma-a a-kan-ni ⸢ah⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | u₃ TA@v {lu₂v}EN.⸢NAM⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | lid-bu-bu a-ta-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ša LUGAL še-e-ṭu {lu₂}[x x x x] | |
| 10' | dul-la-šu₂-nu ur-tam-me-u ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11' | SISKUR-MEŠ ša {lu₂v}02-e ša {⸢uru⸣}[x x x] | |
| 12' | LUGAL liš-al ma-a a-ta-a [x x x x] | |
| 13' | LUGAL bir-ti IGI-MEŠ-<šu₂> lu-ma-[di-di] | |
| 14' | UD-MEŠ-te an-na-a-te ša ka-nu-ni | |
| 15' | lu la u₂-šap-hu-zu UD 10-KAM₂ | |
| 16' | ina nu-bat-ti ka-nu-nu UD 11-KAM₂ UD 12-KAM₂ | |
| 17' | SISKUR-MEŠ dan-na-a-te | |
| 18' | u₃ ina UGU {lu₂}SANGA ša E₂—{d}07.BI | |
| 19' | ša {uru}NINA ša a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 20' | aš₂-pur-a-ni mu-uk da-ba-bu ina pi-i-šu₂ | |
| 21' | i-ba-aš₂-ši liš-u₂-lu-šu₂ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 22' | is-sap-ra ma-a lu qu-ru-ub | |
| r.e. | ||
| 23 | a-di a-kan-ni | |
| 24 | me-me-e-ni la iš-al-šu₂ | |
| 25 | ša DUMU {lu₂v}SANGA ša E₂—{d}UTU | |
| 26 | {1}za-ri-i MU-šu₂ DUMU {1}na-din—A | |
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