ABL 0099 (P334048)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0099 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334048 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To the king], my lord: your servant Ṭab-ṣill-Ešarra. Ešarra is well, the [temple]s are well, the Inner City is [well, Assyri]a is we[ll, may] the king, my lord, be well! |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | [As to] what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Let these [...]ians of Ekal[late ......] who are being deported build the queen's palace in [the city with the] Pal[ace Manager]", |
| Obverse [8:16] o 99–o 1616 | the Palace Manager petiti[oned the Palace] in Shebat (XI), saying: "Let [the ...] build the palace in [......]!" Now the Inner City [... 'son]s of bought (slaves)' [......] |
| Reverse [1:9] r 2'2'–r 9'9' | In the past days, when the father of [the king my lord] was leading [...], I did not have to supply the deficits o[f the palace] of Ekallate, but now that the king, my lord, has exempted the Inner City and the ilku duty of the Inner City has been imposed on me, I have to supply (even) the deficits of the palace of Ekallate! |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | Are they 'sons of bought (slaves)' as they are called, or are they (in reality) exempts of the Palace Manager? |
| Reverse [11:16] r 12'12'–r 16'16' | I have just made a list of the 'sons of bought (slaves)' and the 'sons of palace maids' on a writing board and am sending it herewith to the king, my lord. They are 370 men: 90 are king's men, 90 are reserves, 190 should do the king's work. |
| Reverse [16:19] r 17'17'–r 19'19' | Let either a royal bodyguard or a (royal) guard come, and let me give him these [....] men so they will do the king's [work]. |
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-ia ARAD-ka {1}DUG₃.GA—ṣil\m—[E₂].ŠAR₂ o | |
| 2 | [DI-mu a]-⸢na\t⸣ E₂.ŠAR₂.RA DI-mu [a-na E₂.KUR]-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [DI-mu] a-na\t {uru}ŠA₃—URU ⸢DI⸣-[mu a-na KUR—aš-šur]{ki} KUR—aš-šur]{ki} | |
| 4 | [lu] DI-mu a-na\t LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia ina UGU] | |
| 5 | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ iš-⸢pur⸣-[a-ni ma-a {lu₂v}x-x]-a.a | |
| 6 | ha-nu-te ša {uru}E₂.[GAL-MEŠ x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 7 | ša i-na-sah-u-[ni TA@v {lu₂v}GAL—E₂].⸢GAL⸣ {lu₂v}GAL—E₂].⸢GAL⸣ {lu₂v}GAL—E₂].⸢GAL⸣ | |
| 8 | ma-a E₂ MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL ša\m [x x x li]-ir-ṣi-pu | |
| 9 | ina {⸢itim}ZIZ₂ {lu₂⸣}GAL—E₂.GAL {lu₂⸣}GAL—E₂.GAL {lu₂⸣}GAL—E₂.GAL ⸢a⸣-[na x x it]-tah-ra | |
| 10 | ⸢ma⸣-[a E₂ MI₂]—E₂.GAL MI₂]—E₂.GAL MI₂]—E₂.GAL ša [x x x] ⸢li⸣-ir-ṣi-pu | |
| 11 | ⸢u₂⸣-[ma-a {uru]}⸢ŠA₃⸣—URU ⸢x⸣+[x x DUMU]-MEŠ—ŠAM₂-MEŠ DUMU]-MEŠ—ŠAM₂-MEŠ DUMU]-MEŠ—ŠAM₂-MEŠ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-MEŠ | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-sa-al\d | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-lu | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ la-šu₂ la e-pu-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-šu₂-nu ⸢e⸣-[x x x i—ti-ma-li] i—ti-ma-li] i—ti-ma-li] | |
| 3' | [i]—ša₂-šu-me [i]—ša₂-šu-me [i]—ša₂-šu-me ki-i ⸢AD-šu₂⸣ [ša LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4' | i-ra-di-u-ni bat-qu ⸢ša⸣ [E₂.GAL] | |
| 5' | ša {uru}E₂.GAL-MEŠ la a-⸢ka-ṣur⸣ | |
| 6' | u₂-ma-a ki-i LUGAL EN {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 7' | u₂\m-za-ku-ni il-ku ša {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 8' | ina UGU-hi-a ka-ri-ru-u-ni | |
| 9' | a-na\t-ku bat-qu ša E₂.GAL ša {uru}E₂.GAL-MEŠ a-ka-ṣar\m | |
| 10' | DUMU-MEŠ—ŠAM₂-MEŠ-e DUMU-MEŠ—ŠAM₂-MEŠ-e DUMU-MEŠ—ŠAM₂-MEŠ-e i-qa-bu-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 11' | u₂-la-a za-ku-te ša {lu₂v}GAL—E₂.GAL {lu₂v}GAL—E₂.GAL {lu₂v}GAL—E₂.GAL an-nu-rig | |
| 12' | {giš}le\d-ʾu ša DUMU-MEŠ—{lu₂v}ŠAM₂-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ—{lu₂v}ŠAM₂-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ—{lu₂v}ŠAM₂-MEŠ | |
| 13' | ša DUMU-MEŠ GEME₂—E₂.GAL GEME₂—E₂.GAL GEME₂—E₂.GAL a-sa-ṭar ina pa-an LUGAL | |
| 14' | be-li₂-ia u₂-se-bi-la 03 me 70 šu₂-nu ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 15' | 90 {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ—LUGAL {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ—LUGAL {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ—LUGAL šu₂-nu 90 ša ku-tal | |
| 16' | 01 me 90 dul-lu ša LUGAL le\d-pu-šu₂ | |
| 17' | šum₂-mu {lu₂v}qur-bu-te šum₂-mu {lu₂v}ša—EN.NUN\m | |
| 18' | [lil]-⸢li⸣-ka {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ an-nu-te | |
| 19' | [x x-a].⸢a⸣ la-a-di-na-šu₂ | |
| 20' | [dul-lu] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL le\d-pu-šu₂ | |
Sources & licences
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