ABL 0447 (P334311)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0447 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334311 |
| 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/saa11 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Bel-aha-iddin, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Ṣallaya, |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | these two are reciting from the tablets. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | Ša-Nabû-šû is [not] present. He has been checking on the work assigned to Ukume. |
| Obverse [7:13] o 88–o 1313 | Ninurta-gamil, the son of the šandabakku has completed the series and has been put in irons. He is assigned to Banunu in the Succession Palace and there is no work for him at present. |
| Obverse [13:20] o 1414– | Kudurru and Kunaya have completed 'Evil Demons.' They are at the command of Sasî. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Marduk-šarrani, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Sulaya, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Balaṭu, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Naṣiru, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Sin-aha-iddin, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Remuttu, |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Iddin-ahhe, |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Bel-ušezib, |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Nabû-šar-ahhešu; |
| Reverse [9:14] r 1010–r 1414 | these nine have been serving with the scholars and are working on 'Sick Man's House.' |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Šamaš-iddin, |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | Per'u, |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Bel-epuš; |
| Reverse [17:19] r 1818–r 1919 | these three are finishing the series (with)in a one-year period. |
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 | {1}EN—PAB—AŠ | |
| 2 | {1}ṣal-la-a.a | |
| 3 | an-nu-te 02 | |
| 4 | ša li-gin₃-nu | |
| 5 | i-qab-bu-u₂-ni | |
| 6 | {1}ša₂—{d}PA—šu-u₂ [la] qur-bu | |
| 7 | dul-lu ina IGI {1}u₂-ku-me e-ta-mar | |
| 8 | {1}{d}MAŠ—ŠU DUMU {lu₂}GU₂.EN.NA | |
| 9 | EŠ₂.QAR ug-da-mir | |
| 10 | si-par-ri AN.BAR ša₂-kin | |
| 11 | ina E₂—re-du-te E₂—re-du-te | |
| 12 | ina IGI {1}ba-a-nu-ni pa-aq-qid | |
| 13 | dul-lu ina ŠU.2-šu₂ la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 14 | {1}ku-dur₂-ru | |
| 15 | {1}ku-na-a.a | |
| 16 | UDUG.HUL.A-MEŠ | |
| 17 | ug-dam-me-ru | |
| 18 | ṭe₃-en-šu₂-nu | |
| 19 | ina IGI {1}sa-si-i | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—LUGAL-a-ni | |
| 2 | {1}su-la-a.a | |
| 3 | {1}ba-la-ṭu | |
| 4 | {1}na-ṣi-ru | |
| 5 | {1}{d}30—ŠEŠ—SUM-na | |
| 6 | {1}ri-mu-tu | |
| 7 | {1}AŠ—PAB-MEŠ | |
| 8 | {1}EN—u₂-še-zib | |
| 9 | {1}{d}PA—LUGAL—PAB-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 10 | an-nu-te 09 | |
| 11 | ša TA@v um-ma-a-ni | |
| 12 | iz-za-zu-u₂-ni dul-lu | |
| 13 | ša E₂ {lu₂}GIG | |
| 14 | ep-pa-šu-u₂-ni | |
| 15 | {1}{d}UTU—SUM-na | |
| 16 | {1}pi-ir-ʾu | |
| 17 | {1}EN—DU₃-uš | |
| 18 | an-nu-te 03 | |
| 19 | ša a-di ṭup-pi-šu₂ | |
| 20 | EŠ₂.QAR u₂-gam-ma-ru-ni | |
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