ABL 0413 (P334283)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0413 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334283 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šarru-uṣu[r]. Good health to the king, [my] lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [5:25] o 66– | As to what the king, my lord, wrote to his servant: "Ask Balasî about the robes and write me from where they will be delivered!" — I have asked Balasî (and he answered): "We will supply red wool from the palace and they will do as ordered." Moreover, I have asked Aplaya (and he said): "They will give us red wool. The weavers of Ištar of Arbela will come (and) make (fabrics) in Kurbail." |
| Reverse [11:16] r 1212– | Furthermore, we shall [...] the multi-coloured textiles (placed) before the breast [of] Adad. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | They have stopped the [...] of the king. |
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}{d}PA—MAN—⸢PAB⸣ | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-[ia] | |
| 4 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | ina UGU ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 7 | a-na ARAD-šu₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 8 | ma-a ina UGU {tug₂}BAR.DIB-MEŠ | |
| 9 | a-na {1}ba-la-si-i | |
| 10 | ša₂-ʾa-al TA@v a-a-ka | |
| 11 | id-da-nu-ni šup-ra | |
| 12 | a-na {1}ba-la-si-i | |
| 13 | as-sa-ʾa-al | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-a SIG₂.SA₅ SIG₂.SA₅ | |
| 2 | TA@v ŠA₃ E₂.GAL ni-dan | |
| 3 | ma-a šu₂-nu a-na ṭe₃-mi₃-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | ep-pu-šu₂ | |
| 5 | u₃ a-na {1}A-ia | |
| 6 | as-sa-ʾa-al ma-a SIG₂.SA₅ SIG₂.SA₅ | |
| 7 | id-da-nu-na-ši | |
| 8 | ma-a {lu₂v}UŠ.BAR-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ša {d}15 ša {uru}arba-il₃ | |
| 10 | il-la-ku-u-ni | |
| 11 | ina {uru}kur-ba-il₃ ep-pu-šu₂ | |
| 12 | u₃ bir-me ina IGI ir-te | |
| 13 | [ša] {d}IM nu-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ša LUGAL ib-ta-aṭ-⸢lu⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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