ABL 0150 (P334096)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0150 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334096 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] 11–66 | To the king, my lord: your servant, Sin-na'di, mayor of the Inner City, whom the king, my lord, appointed. May Aššur and Ešarra bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | ... of the thieves |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | gold. [...] ... |
| Obverse [10:21] 1111– | I interrogated (him and) recovered half a mina of gold. [W]hen I re[cove]red it, I wrote to the king, my lord. Now there is another thief. I arrested him on the 21st. I myself and Ṭab-šar-Sin interrogated him and recovered the gold. |
| Reverse [5:17] r 66– | Perhaps they [will sa]y to the king, my lord: "[He is] a st[aff-bearer]." (But) Nabû-ahhe-šallim captured temple thieves before me. This is the second time. Let Nabû-ahhe-šallim come and ask questions. But the city must not be wrecked on account of repressive measures. The king, my lord, should appoint a city overseer. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}30—I | |
| 3 | {lu₂}ha-za-nu ša {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 4 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ ip-qid-u-ni | |
| 5 | ⸢aš-šur E₂.ŠAR₂.RA⸣ a-na LUGAL | |
| 6 | EN-[ia lik]-ru-bu | |
| 7 | UD ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ me | |
| 8 | {giš}⸢x ša sa-ru-te⸣ | |
| 9 | an ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] ka | |
| 10 | KUG.GI ⸢x⸣+[x x x] zu | |
| 11 | as-sa-ʾa-⸢al⸣ KUG 1/2 MA.NA | |
| 12 | us-se-ṣi-a | |
| 13 | ⸢UD⸣-mu ša ⸢u₂⸣-[še]-⸢ṣu⸣-ni | |
| 14 | a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 15 | a-sap-⸢ra⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | an-nu-rig sa-⸢a⸣-[ru] | |
| 2 | ša₂-ni-iu-⸢um⸣-ma | |
| 3 | UD 21-⸢KAM₂⸣ a-ṣab-ta | |
| 4 | a-na-ku {1}⸢DUG₃.GA⸣—IM—{d}30 | |
| 5 | ⸢ni-sa-ʾa-al⸣ KUG.GI | |
| 6 | nu-⸢se⸣-ṣi-a ⸢is—su⸣-ri | |
| 7 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia [i-qab]-⸢bi⸣-u | |
| 8 | ma-a ša—{giš}hu-⸢ṭa⸣-[ri šu-u] | |
| 9 | sa-ru-te ša ⸢E₂⸣—[DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ⸢E₂⸣—[DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ [o] | |
| 10 | ina pa-ni-ia {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—DI | |
| 11 | u₂-ṣab-bit an-ni-u | |
| 12 | ša₂-ni-um-ma šu-u₂ | |
| 13 | {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—DI | |
| 14 | lil-li-ka | |
| 15 | li-iš-al | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | URU ina tuk-ka-ni lu la i-ha-pi-u | |
| 17 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}ša₂—UGU—URU LUGAL be-li₂ lip-qid | |
Sources & licences
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