ABL 0813 (P334567)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0813 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334567 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-dammiq. Good health to the king! |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | I have imposed on the (people) of Nemed-Ištar 2,350 bundles of apple trees and 450 bundles of medlar trees, in all 2,[800] bundles; on the [...]th of Šebat (XI) I returned ... to Dur-Šarruken. |
| Obverse [12:16] o 1313– | [Na]nî and the (ruler) of Suhu [have come] to me; Ahu-illika and [Zab]ina-Il are with them. They are collecting saplings of almond, quince and plum trees and transporting them to Dur-Šarruken. |
| Reverse [5:12] r 66–r 1212 | The Suhaean and the local people are also bringing saplings from the country of Laqê — 1,000 bundles of apple trees; their vanguard has arrived and I have seen it, but their rearguard has not yet arrived. |
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\td LUGAL EN-a | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—SIG₅-iq | |
| 3 | lu DI\d-mu a-na\td LUGAL EN-a | |
| 4 | 02 lim 03 me 50 i-bi-su | |
| 5 | ša\tym {gišd}HAŠHUR-MEŠ\dm | |
| 6 | 04 me 50 i-bi-su ša\tym {giš}KIB | |
| 7 | PAB 02 lim 08 me] i-bi-su | |
| 8 | {uru}ne₂-⸢med—{d⸣}15-a.a | |
| 9 | e-⸢te⸣-me-di | |
| 10 | UD [x]-⸢KAM⸣ ša\ym {iti}ZIZ₂ | |
| 11 | ⸢x x x x⸣-u-a u₂-te-re | |
| 12 | ina {uru}BAD₃—{1}MAN—GIN | |
| 13 | {1}na]-ni\d-i u₃ {kur}su-ha-a.a | |
| 14 | [it-tal-ku]-ni {1}PAB—DU\d-ka | |
| 15 | {1}za]-⸢bi⸣-na\td—DINGIR i-si-šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[giš]}⸢ziq⸣-pu ⸢ša {giš}duq⸣-di | |
| 2 | [ša\ym] {giš}su-pur-gil₂-lum | |
| 3 | [ša] {giš}an-ga-še | |
| 4 | [i]-ma-tu-hu u₂-bal-u-ni | |
| 5 | [a]-⸢na⸣ {uru}BAD₃—{1}MAN—GIN | |
| 6 | ⸢u₃⸣ {giš}ziq-pu | |
| 7 | ⸢ša\ym⸣ TA@v\m {kur}la-qe-e | |
| 8 | {kur}su-ha-a.a TA@v\m UN-MEŠ\m KUR-ma | |
| 9 | 01 ⸢lim⸣ i-bi-su ⸢ša\tym⸣ {giš}HAŠHUR-MEŠ\m | |
| 10 | na\td-ṣu-ni pa-na\td-su-nu | |
| 11 | taq\p-ṭar-ba a-ta-mar | |
| 12 | EGIR\d-su-nu u₂-di\d-ni | |
| 13 | la ta-qa\d-ri-ba | |
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