ABL 0153 + (P334099)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0153 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P334099 |
| 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/saa15 · 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 Šamaš-taklak. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [2:10] o 33–o 1010 | Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Write down the number of your horses by [...] and by deserters, and [sen]d it to me" — [I have (already) given] over to the king, my lord, the horse(s) of the deserters [of las]t year. [This] year seven horses [have deserted to m]e. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | And concerning what the king, my lord, [wrote to me: "...] your men [...... h]orses" — [... the re]cruitment officers of my country |
| Bottom [0:6] b.e. 18b.e. 18– | [the ...] are in [his] cha[rge, and the horse]s are in charge of the prefects of the recruitment officers and of the scribe. |
| Reverse [3:11] r 44–r 1111 | Let the king, my lord, make it crystal-cl[ear] to them that they must b[ring] the men and ho[rses] to me. Not [one] recruitment officer should be late. Let them [quickly] bring [the men and] horses [to me]. |
| Reverse [11:15] r 1212–r 1515 | [...] from the fort [...] to the other side of the riv[er ... there are] n[o] men with me. They have been delayed in the country. |
| Reverse [15:18] r 1616– | We ke[ep] our watch. The king, my lord, can be glad. |
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 | |
| 2 | {1}{d}UTU—tak-lak lu šul-mu | |
| 3 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia ša LUGAL ⸢EN⸣ | |
| 4 | iš-pur-an-ni ma-a ni-bu | |
| 5 | ša {anšed}KUR.RA-MEŠ-ka ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6 | ša ma-aq-tu-ti šu-ṭur | |
| 7 | [še-bi]-⸢la⸣ {anše}KUR.RA ma-aq-tu-⸢te⸣ | |
| 8 | [ša MU].⸢IM⸣.MA a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 9 | [ur-ta-am]-mi ša MU.AN.NA | |
| 10 | [an-ni-ti] 07 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 11 | [it-tuq-tu]-⸢ni⸣ u ša LUGAL EN | |
| 12 | [iš-pur-an-ni ma]-a {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ-ka | |
| 13 | [x x x x x] {⸢anše⸣}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [x x x x x {lu₂v}mu]-⸢šar⸣-kiš-MEŠ KUR-a | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-e-ni | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | [x x x x] ina pa-[x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina pa-an [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}šak-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 2 | ša {lu₂v}mu-šar₂-kis-MEŠ\m | |
| 3 | u₃ ša {lu₂v}A.BA | |
| 4 | bir-ti IGI.2-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | LUGAL EN lu-ma-di-[id] | |
| 6 | {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ u₃ {⸢anše⸣}[KUR.RA-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | ina UGU-hi-ia ⸢lu⸣-[bi-lu-u-ni] | |
| 8 | {lu₂v}mu-šar\m-ki-⸢su⸣ 01-en] | |
| 9 | lu la i-mar-⸢ku⸣ {[lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ u₃] | |
| 10 | {anšed}KUR.RA-MEŠ [ar₂-hiš ina UGU-hi-ia] | |
| 11 | lu-bi-lu-u-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12 | TA@v\m {uru}bir-te [x x x x] | |
| 13 | a-na a-hu-la {⸢id₂⸣}[x x x] | |
| 14 | ERIM-MEŠ is-se-e-a ⸢la⸣-[aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 15 | ina KUR i-ta-mar-ku-u [o] | |
| 16 | EN.NUN-in ni-⸢na⸣-[ṣar] | |
| 17 | ŠA₃ ša LUGAL EN-ia [o] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 18 | lu-u DUG₃.GA [o] | |
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