ABL 0212 (P334155)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0212 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334155 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-belu-[taqqin]. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | Concerning the people of Hazannu about whom the king, my lord, wrote me, I have now gathered them all, written them down by name, and am herewith sending them to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | Ubaru, his brother Nabû-bani, one suckling son, two women, total 5; |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Palihka-libluṭ; |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Nabû-aha-ereš, his brother, one son of 4 spans, two women, total 5; |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Zazaya, one son of 4 spans, one woman, two daughters, total 5; |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Harranû; |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Amat-Bel-uṣur, one son of 5 spans, three women, total 5; |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | Na'id-bit-Šeriga, his brother Nabû-nadin-ahi, three women, total 5; |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | Bel-lamur, his brother Anu-ereš, one woman, total 5; |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | Iqišaya and Rihani, fowlers, one son of 3 spans, two women, total 5; |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | the woman Paltaṣi and her sister, total 2 daughters of Hazannu. |
| Obverse [19:28] o 2020– | In all 12 able-bodied men, one son of 5 spans, two sons of 4 spans, one son of three spans, one suckling son, 15 women, two daughters, all told 35 men and dependents. Five out of them are missing; three have been sold for money to Babylon. [Wh]at has been given to the house of Il-yada' we don't know. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | However, there is definitely only one servant of his among all these people. As for the rest, the king, my lord, may ascertain by inquiring that they are not servants of his. |
| Reverse [6:11] r 77–r 1111 | I got afraid of punishment when the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Should you lose even one of them, know that you shall bear the blame on account of (all of) them," so I am bringing out and giving away all of them. |
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 be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—⸢U⸣—[LAL-in] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-⸢li₂-ia₂⸣ | |
| 4 | ina UGU UN-MEŠ ša {1}ha-za-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 5 | ša LUGAL\t be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 6 | an-nu-rig gab-bi-šu₂-nu up-ta-hir | |
| 7 | a-na šu-ma\d-a-ti a-sa-ṭar a-na pa-an | |
| 8 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ u₂-se-bi-la {1}u₂-ba\t-ra | |
| 9 | {1}{d}PA—ba\t-ni PAB-šu₂ 01 DUMU GA 02 MI₂ | |
| 10 | PAB 05 {1}pa-li-ih-ka—lib-luṭ | |
| 11 | {1}{d}PA—PAB—APIN-eš PAB-šu₂ 01 DUMU 04 | |
| 12 | 02 MI₂ PAB 05 {1}za-za-a 01 DUMU 04 | |
| 13 | 01 MI₂ 02 DUMU.MI₂ PAB 05 {1}har-ra-nu-u₂ | |
| 14 | {1}a-mat—EN—PAB DUMU 05 03 MI₂ PAB 05 | |
| 15 | {1}na-ʾi-id—E₂—še-ri-ga {1}{d}PA—AŠ—PAB PAB-šu₂ | |
| 16 | 03 MI₂ PAB 05 {1}EN—la-mur | |
| 17 | {1}{d}a-nu—APIN-eš PAB-šu 01 MI₂ PAB 03 | |
| 18 | {1}BA\t-ša₂-a {1}ri-ha-a-ni {lu₂v}MUŠEN.DU₃-MEŠ\m | |
| 19 | 01 DUMU 03 02 MI₂ PAB 05 {mi₂}pal-ta-ṣi NIN-sa | |
| 20 | PAB 02 DUMU.MI₂ {1}ha-za-nu PAB 12 ERIM KALAG-MEŠ\m | |
| 21 | 01 DUMU 05 02 DUMU 04 01 DUMU 03 01 DUMU GA | |
| 22 | 15 MI₂-MEŠ 02 DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ PAB-ma 35 | |
| 23 | ERIM-MEŠ ZI 05 TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 24 | ma\d-ṭi-i-u₂ 03 a-na TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 25 | ina kas-pu ta-dan-nu | |
| 26 | ⸢ša⸣ ina E₂ {1}DINGIR—ia-da-aʾ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | id-din-nu-ni la nu-u₂-da | |
| 2 | u₃ ket-ti ina ŠA₃-bi UN-MEŠ | |
| 3 | an-nu-tu₂ gab-bi 01-en u₂-de-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ARAD-šu₂ ina ŠA₃-bi u₃ re-eh-ti | |
| 5 | LUGAL be-li₂ liš-al ki-i | |
| 6 | la {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ šu-nu-u-ni | |
| 7 | a-na-ku TA@v\m IGI šip-ṭu ša LUGAL | |
| 8 | be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni ma-a 01-en TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | e-te-li\tdm-ka lu-u tu-da ki-i | |
| 10 | at-ta hi-ṭu ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu ta-na-aš₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 11 | ap-ta-lah₃ gab-bi u₂-se-ṣi | |
| 12 | at-ti-din | |
Sources & licences
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