ABL 0724 (P334513)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0724 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334513 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To the king], my lord: [your servant, D]adî. [Good health t]o the king, my lord. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:18] o 55– | Two oxen and 20 sheep, offerings of the king's heart (to be provided) by Diquqina, have not been delivered. The king, my lord, should inquire about them. Three rams are for the temple of Dag[an, x] are for the town of [... for the me]al of [...]. It has now been [x] years that they have not been delivering. They have ceased. The king, my lord [should ...] his soldiers. |
| Reverse [1:17] r 22– | The priest of Aššur consumes [(...)] 20 sheep from the [offerin]gs of Shebat (XI). Last year I wrote to the king, my lord, about it. The king, my lord, wrote back, saying: "Assign (them) to the storehouse for pickled meat." I assigned (them). Now the temple scribe is saying to me: "Give (them) to the harem governess of the Inner City." Now then, I have written to the king, my lord. What is it [that] the [ki]ng, my lord, commands? |
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}⸢da⸣-di-i | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5 | lik-ru-bu 02 GUD 20 UDU-MEŠ | |
| 6 | SISKUR-MEŠ ša ŠA₃ MAN ša {uru}di-qu-qi-na | |
| 7 | la na-ṣu-u₂-ni LUGAL be-li | |
| 8 | ina UGU-hi liš-al 03 UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ša E₂—{d}da-ga-[an x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 10 | ša {uru}[x x nap]-⸢ti⸣-ni [x x] | |
| 11 | an-nu-⸢rig⸣ [x] MU.AN.[NA-MEŠ] | |
| 12 | la u₂-ba-lu-u₂-[ni] | |
| 13 | ba-aṭ-lu i-sa-ak-nu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li | |
| 15 | {[lu₂]}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-bu | |
| 2 | [x x x x] 20 UDU-MEŠ | |
| 3 | ⸢TA⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ ša {iti}ZIZ₂ | |
| 4 | {lu₂}SANGA ša₂ aš-šur e-kal | |
| 5 | ina ša₂-daq-diš ina UGU-hi | |
| 6 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia as-ap-ra | |
| 7 | LUGAL be-li is-sa-ap-ra | |
| 8 | ma-a ina E₂ {uzu}me-di-li | |
| 9 | pi-qid-di ap-ti-qi-di | |
| 10 | u₂-ma-a {lu₂}A.BA E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR | |
| 11 | i-qa-bi-a ma-a a-na | |
| 12 | {mi₂}ša₂-kin₂-ti ša {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 13 | ⸢di⸣-i-ni an-nu-rig | |
| r.e. | ||
| 14 | [a-na] LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 15 | as-sa-ap-ra mi-i-nu | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li i-qa-bu-u₂-[ni] | |
Sources & licences
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