ABL 0314 (P334202)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0314 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334202 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord! The fort is well. |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55–o 1414 | Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "What is the news of the son of Zerî?" Previously they told me that he has gone to the Puqudu. Now the second time they have told me that he is in Uruk. My messenger has gone to Sapia; after he has come back, I shall send a full report [to the king, my lord], wh[atever n]ews [there is. The king], m[y lord, can be] very [glad]. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | [The mes]senger |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] tax |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] Adinni |
| Reverse [3:9] r 4'4'–r 9'9' | [...]... there are fifty who came here and are building houses for themselves. I told them: "Everybody should build himself a house, enter it, and live in his house." |
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 | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}MAN—IGI.LAL-an-ni | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | DI-mu a-na {uru}bir-te | |
| 5 | i—su-ri LUGAL EN i-qa-bi | |
| 6 | ma-a mi₃-nu ṭe₃-mu ša DUMU—{1}NUMUN-i | |
| 7 | pa-nu-tu₂ iq-ṭi₂-bu-ni ma-a ina {kur}pu-qu-di | |
| 8 | i-ta-lak u₂-ma-a u₂-sa-ni-ʾu-u | |
| 9 | iq-ṭi₂-bu-ni ma-a ina {uru}u₂-ru-uk\td | |
| 10 | šu-u {lu₂vy}A—KIN-ia {lu₂vy}A—KIN-ia ina {uru}sa-pi-a | |
| 11 | i-ta-lak ki-ma i-tal-ka | |
| 12 | ⸢mi₃⸣-[nu ša] ⸢ṭe₃⸣-mu-ni ba-te-iq-tu₂ | |
| 13 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] a-šap-par | |
| 14 | [ŠA₃-bu ša LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣ a—dan-niš | |
| 15 | [lu-u DUG₃.GA-šu₂ {lu₂v}DUMU]—šip-ri {lu₂v}DUMU]—šip-ri | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] bil-tu₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x {uru]}a-di-ni | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-i-lu i-ba-ši | |
| 5' | 50 ša il-li-ku-ni-ni | |
| 6' | E₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu i-ra-ṣi-bu | |
| 7' | aq-ṭi₂-ba-šu₂-nu muk ia-mu-tu₂ | |
| 8' | E₂-su li-ir-ṣi-bi | |
| 9' | le-ru-bu ina E₂-šu₂ | |
| 10' | lu-še-bi | |
Sources & licences
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