ABL 0167 (P334113)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0167 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334113 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, my lord: your servant Ina-šar-Bel-allak. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the gods residing in Dur-Šarruken give the king my lord length of days! |
| Obverse [6:13] o 77–o 1313 | I went as far as Šabirešu to meet the people and oxen that were brought to me from Guzana; I checked them, received them, and provided them with shelter. Some of them were missing: |
| Obverse [13:18] o 1414–o 1818 | Kinâ, a wineskin-raft man, three persons; Sandapî, a vegetable gardener, three persons; Hulî, a farmer, five persons; Kuzâ, a belt-maker, four persons — in all 15 persons missing from my writing-board. |
| Obverse [18:26] o 1919– | I sent the bodyguard from Šabirešu back to Guzana for them, telling him: "Go and get the rest of the people, and come and bring them to me!" |
| Reverse [2:9] r 33–r 99 | Last year, (when) the king my lord was in Babylon, they urged me to give a shipment of 200 reed altars for the work of the Nabû temple; now Aha-lurši has told me to make available another 200 reed altars. |
| Reverse [9:15] r 1010–r 1515 | Ubru-Babili is at the moment in the presence of the king, my lord; let them ask him; if he is going to give, then I too will give. What does the king my lord say? |
| Reverse [15:20] r 1616– | Two liters of bread and two liters of beer for the exorcist; one liter of bread and one liter of beer for the lahhinu; in all, six liters of bread and beer being the surplus of the daily offerings of the Nabû temple. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 20r.e. 20–r.e. 20r.e. 20 | The king, my lord, should know this; it is not available for any (other) purpose. |
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 | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}ina—IM—EN—a-lak | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ šul-mu a-na MAN EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {d}PA {d}MES a-na MAN EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | DINGIR-MEŠ a-ši-bu\tdp-te {uru}BAD₃\m—MAN—GIN | |
| 6 | UD-MEŠ GID₂\tdp.DA-MEŠ a-na MAN EN-ia₂ lid-di-nu | |
| 7 | UN-MEŠ GUD-MEŠ ša\dm TA@v\m | |
| 8 | {uru}gu-za-na na-ṣu-ni-ni | |
| 9 | a-di {uru}ša\dm-bi-ri-šu₂ | |
| 10 | ina ir-ti-šu₂-nu at-ta-lak | |
| 11 | a-ta-šar\m a-ta-ha-ar₂ | |
| 12 | GIŠ.MI u₂-sa-aṣ\d-bit | |
| 13 | i-ba\d-ši LAL-e ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 14 | {1}ki-na-a {lu₂v}MA₂.LAH₄ {kuš}maš-kir 03 ZI | |
| 15 | {1}sa-an-da—pi-i {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ—ur-qi {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ—ur-qi 03 ZI | |
| 16 | {1}hu-li-i {lu₂v}ENGAR 05 ZI | |
| 17 | {1}ku-za-a {lu₂v}ša₂—sa-ga-te-šu₂ 04 ZI | |
| 18 | PAB 15 ZI LAL-e ša\dm {giš}ZU-ia | |
| 19 | TA@v\m ŠA₃ {uru}ša₂-bi-ri-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20 | {lu₂v}qur-bu\tdp-tu₂ ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu | |
| 21 | a-na {uru}gu-za-na <$ur$> | |
| 22 | u₂-sa-hi-ir | |
| r | ||
| 1 | nu-uk a-lik re-eh-te UN-MEŠ | |
| 2 | i-ṣa al-ka bi-la | |
| 3 | ina šad-daq₃-diš LUGAL EN ina KA₂.DINGIR | |
| 4 | ih-tar-du-u-ni ša₂-az-bu\tdp-su | |
| 5 | ša\dm 02 me {gi}DU₈-MEŠ\t | |
| 6 | a-na dul-li ša₂ E₂—{d}PA a-ti-din | |
| 7 | u₂-ma-a {1}PAB—TUKU-[ši] | |
| 8 | iq-ṭi₂-bi-⸢a⸣ ma-a ša\dm 02 me | |
| 9 | {gi}DU₈-MEŠ\t re-e-šu₂\d i-ši | |
| 10 | an-nu-rig {1}SUHUŠ—KA₂.DINGIR | |
| 11 | ina pa-an LUGAL EN-ia₂ liš\d-u₂-lu | |
| 12 | šum-ma šu-u i-da-an | |
| 13 | a-na-ku la-din-ni | |
| 14 | mi-i-nu ša\d LUGAL EN | |
| 15 | i-qa\d-bu\tdp-u₂-ni | |
| 16 | 02 qa\d NINDA-MEŠ 02 qa KAŠ-MEŠ\m ša\dm {lu₂v}MAŠ.MAŠ | |
| 17 | 01 qa\d NINDA-MEŠ\m 01 qa KAŠ-MEŠ\m ša {lu₂v}lah₂-hi-ni | |
| 18 | PAB 06 qa NINDA-MEŠ\m KAŠ-MEŠ\m gi-nu-u | |
| 19 | ut-ru ša₂ E₂—{d}AG | |
| t.e. | ||
| 20 | LUGAL EN lu u₂-di | |
| 21 | a-na me-me-ni la ra-qa\d | |
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