ABL 0091 (P334040)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0091 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334040 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-ṣill-Ešarra. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur and Mullissu bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | The stands of both bronze panthers are quite attractive; they are working on minor improvements in their finish. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | As to the wood store for the iron brazier in the palace of the Inner City about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, I consulted the mayors, masons and elders (who told me this): |
| Obverse [13:24] o 1414– | "The chief of public works will do the demolition and the brickwork; the sons of the palace maids will supply the materials needed and plaster its roof; if a beam is broken, the masons of the Inner City will supply the replacement." |
| Reverse [3:8] r 44–r 88 | Now, I have told the chief of public works to pull it down and buid it up, but he does not agree (but says): "[.....] I will supply the replacement for its broken beams." |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | This year may (well) pass (before the work is done); the king my lord will come in Shebat (XI) and settle (the issue). |
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\t LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}DUG₃.GA—ṣil\m—E₂.ŠAR₂.RA | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | aš-šur {d}NIN.LIL₂ a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | {d}nam-ra-ni URUDU | |
| 6 | ki-la-li ma-za-su-šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | dam-qa-at a—dan-niš | |
| 8 | dul-la-šu₂-nu i-ba-ši ša dam-mu-qi | |
| 9 | e-pu-uš u₂-da-mu-qu | |
| 10 | ina UGU E₂—GIŠ-MEŠ E₂—GIŠ-MEŠ E₂—GIŠ-MEŠ ša ka-nu-ni AN.BAR | |
| 11 | ša ina E₂.GAL ša {uru}ŠA₃—URU ša LUGAL EN iš-pur-ni | |
| 12 | a-na\t {lu₂v}ha-za-na\t-te | |
| 13 | a-na\t {lu₂v}u₂-ra-si {lu₂v}AB.BA-MEŠ\m | |
| 14 | a-sa-al ma-a {lu₂v}GAL—pil₂-ka-ni {lu₂v}GAL—pil₂-ka-ni {lu₂v}GAL—pil₂-ka-ni | |
| 15 | u₂\m-pa-ṭar i-ra-ṣip\m | |
| 16 | ma-a DUMU GEME₂—E₂.GAL GEME₂—E₂.GAL GEME₂—E₂.GAL | |
| 17 | bat-qu i-ka-ṣur | |
| 18 | ma-a u₂-ri i-si-ru-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | ma-a šum₂-mu {giš}UR₃ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ka-si-ip ma-a | |
| 2 | {lu₂v}u₂-ra-si ša {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 3 | bat-qu i-ka-ṣur | |
| 4 | u₂-ma-a a-na\t {lu₂v}GAL—pil₂-ka-ni {lu₂v}GAL—pil₂-ka-ni {lu₂v}GAL—pil₂-ka-ni | |
| 5 | mu-ku pa-ṭi₂-ir ri-ṣip la-a i-ma-gur₂ | |
| 6 | ⸢ma-a la-a⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ | |
| 7 | {giš}UR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ ša\m ka-sa-pu-ni | |
| 8 | bat-qu a-ka-ṣar\m MU.AN.NA\t | |
| 9 | an-ni-tu lu-u te-ti-qi\t | |
| 10 | LUGAL EN a-na\t {itim}ZIZ₂ | |
| 11 | DU-ka u₂-ka-na\t | |
Sources & licences
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