ABL 0372 (P334248)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0372 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334248 |
| 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] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-iddina. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | 13 Kushite horses, |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | 3 ...-horses of Kushite stock: |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | 16 horses trained to the yoke in all; |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | 14 cavalry mounts: |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | 30 horses total; |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | 9 mules: |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414– | 39 [in all] from Qarnê; |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | 6 Kushite horses, |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [3] ...s of Kushite horses: |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | 9 trained to the yoke in all; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | 14 cavalry mounts: |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | 23 horses total; |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | 5 mules: |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | 28 in all from Dâna; |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | 19 Kushite horses, |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | 38 cavalry mounts: |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | 57 in all from Kullania; |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | 25 cavalry mounts, 3 mules: |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | 31 in all from Arpad, incomplete; |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | 13 cavalry mounts, |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | 10 mules: |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717– | 23 in all from Isana: |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [a total of 45] Kushite horses and 104 cavalry mounts — |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | 148 horses and 30 mules [all together] — a grand total of 178 have come in. |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | Month of Sivan (III), 2nd day. |
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}{d}AG—MU—AŠ | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL | |
| 6 | be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | 13 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ {kur}ku-sa-a-a | |
| 8 | 03 KUR-MEŠ ṣi-ib-te | |
| 9 | ša {kur}ku-sa-a-a | |
| 10 | PAB 16 KUR-MEŠ ša ni-i-ri | |
| 11 | 14 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL-li | |
| 12 | PAB 30 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 13 | 09 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [PAB] 39 {uru}qar-ne₂-e | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 06 KUR-MEŠ {kur}ku-sa-a-a | |
| 2 | 03 ⸢ṣi⸣-ib-tu ša KUR-MEŠ | |
| 3 | {[kur]}ku-sa-a-a | |
| 4 | [PAB] 09 ša ni-i-ri | |
| 5 | 14 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL-li | |
| 6 | PAB 23 KUR-MEŠ | |
| 7 | 05 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 8 | PAB 28 {uru}da-a-na | |
| 9 | 19 KUR-MEŠ ku-sa-a-a | |
| 10 | 38 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL | |
| 11 | PAB 57 {uru}kul-la-ni-a | |
| 12 | 25 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL-li 03 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 13 | PAB 31 {uru}ar-pad-da | |
| 14 | la gam-ma-ru-u-ni | |
| 15 | 13 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL-li | |
| 16 | 10 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ | |
| 17 | PAB 23 {uru}i-sa-na | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [PAB 45 KUR-MEŠ ku-sa-a-a 01 me 04 KUR-MEŠ ša BAD-HAL-li | |
| 2 | [PAB] 01 me 48 KUR-MEŠ 30 {anše}ku-din-MEŠ PAB 01 me 78 e-tar-bu-u-ni | |
| 3 | {iti}SIG₄ UD 02-KAM₂ | |
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