ABL 0467 (P334322)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0467 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334322 |
| 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/saa05 · 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 NN. Good health to the king], my lord! May [Nabû and Marduk] bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [......] are distributing [...] to the magnates |
| Obverse [9:12] o 1010–o 1212 | [If it is acceptable to] the king, my lord, [the ...] should give orders [to ......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [......] they should come |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [I will] give them [...]. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [The ... which they have c]ut into shape |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [are] very [...]; |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | their [...] are [...]. |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818–o 1919 | I have listed their [...] and sent (this information) to the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [19:24] o 2020–o 2424 | The second-rate (logs) we [have been cut]ting into shape here are quite plentiful but, frankly, none of them will do for the job. |
| Obverse [24:31] o 2525– | There are [x] door-beams, each 1[2 cubits (6 m) long], a 'bone' (c. 32 cm) wide and a 'palm' (c. 8 cm) thick; they are of fir tree and much too thin. I have tried them out here but rejected them. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | Had they been of cedar, I would already have cut them into shape and installed them. |
| Reverse [4:12] r 55–r 1212 | Now, what are the king my lord's orders? If the king orders that they should use them, let the king, my lord, write specifically whether we should use them whole or whether we should cut them in two, and I will duly comply and give them over to the accounting of the palace superintendent. |
| Reverse [12:16] r 1313–r 1616 | I have finished the work, and will be waiting for the men of the officers of the magnates, until they come and I can check and give (it) to them. |
| Reverse [16:19] r 1717–r 1919 | As to the musku trees and the logs of the chief of trade that the 'Ateans of Iglî are lifting, they said as follows: |
| Reverse [19:26] r 2020–r 2626 | "There is no way we can come on the 10th of Ab (V). We shall go and get 30 wagons, and until the sickle [...] in its ..., either on the 20th [or the ...]th of Elul (VI) [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}x x x] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL] EN-ia | |
| 4 | {[d}PA {d}AMAR.UTU a]-na LUGAL EN-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-di-ru | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x]-a-ni | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [x x x x]-⸢ri⸣ a-na {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ | |
| 9 | [x x x x]-MEŠ u₂-za-ʾi-zu-u-ni | |
| 10 | [šum₂-ma ina IGI] LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 11 | [ma-hir x x x] ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 12 | [a-na {lu₂v}x x-MEŠ] liš-ku-nu | |
| 13 | [x x x x x] lil-li-ku-u-ni | |
| 14 | [x x x x la]-di-na-aš₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 15 | [x x x u₂-šar]-ri-mu-u-ni | |
| 16 | [x] an [x x x x] a—dan-niš | |
| 17 | ⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x]-ʾu-u | |
| 18 | ⸢x⸣+[x x]-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ ina bat-ta-ta-a.a | |
| 19 | a-sa-ṭar ina UGU LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 20 | u₂-se-bi-la ši-⸢ih⸣-li | |
| 21 | ša an-na-ka nu-[šar-ri]-⸢mu⸣-u-ni | |
| 22 | ma-aʾ-da [o] a—dan-niš | |
| 23 | ke-e-tu₂ 01-en ⸢TA@v⸣ ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 24 | a-na dul-li ⸢la⸣ il-lak | |
| 25 | [x] {giš}ŠU₂.A-MEŠ 12-a.a [ina KUŠ₃] ⸢GID₂⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 26 | GIR₃.PAD.DU DAGAL pu-⸢su-ku⸣ mu-bu-u | |
| 27 | ša {giš}me-eh-ri ši-na | |
| 28 | ra-qa-qa a—dan-niš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | at-ti-ši an-na-ka ur-ta-am-me | |
| 2 | lu ša {giš}ERIN ši-na | |
| 3 | a-ka-an-ni u₂-sa-ri-mi₃-ma | |
| 4 | e-ti-mi₃-si-na-ma u₂-ma-a | |
| 5 | mi-i-nu ša LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bu-u-<ni> | |
| 6 | šum₂-ma LUGAL i-qab-bi ma-a li-in-ta-hu-ši-na | |
| 7 | šum₂-ma šal-ma-a-ti ni-mat-ta-ah | |
| 8 | šum₂-ma 01-et a-na 02-šu₂ ni-ba-taq | |
| 9 | mi-i-nu ša ši-ti-i-ni LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 10 | liš-pu-ra ba-si la-aš₂-me | |
| 11 | ina UGU mi-ni-ti ša {lu₂v}ša₂—IGI—KUR | |
| 12 | la-ad-di-in-ši-na | |
| 13 | dul-lum ug-da-mir ina IGI {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 14 | ša {lu₂v}GAL.GAL-MEŠ šu-u a-da-gal | |
| 15 | a-du be₂-et il-la-ku-ni-ni | |
| 16 | a-šar-u-ni ad-da-na-aš₂-šu₂-nu-u-ni | |
| 17 | ina UGU {giš}mu-us-ki {giš}UR₃-MEŠ <$x$> a | |
| 18 | ša {lu₂v}GAL—ka-a-ri {lu₂v}GAL—ka-a-ri <$x$> 01 {kur}ʾa-ta-a.a | |
| 19 | ša {1}ig-li-i i-mat-ta-hu-u-ni | |
| 20 | ki-i an-ni-i iq-ṭi-bi-u ma-a la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 21 | la nu-ša-an-ṣa ma-a UD 10-KAM₂\t ša {iti}NE | |
| 22 | la ni-il-la-ka ma-a ni-il-lak | |
| 23 | ⸢ma⸣ 30 {giš}tal-lak-MEŠ ni-na-aš₂-ši | |
| 24 | [ma-a] a-du be₂-et {giš}in-gal-lu ina ši-ṭi-ri-ša₂ | |
| 25 | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ ma-a šum₂-ma UD 20-KAM₂ | |
| 26 | [ma-a šum₂-ma UD x]-⸢KAM₂⸣ ša {iti}KIN | |
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