ABL 0845 (P334589)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0845 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334589 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, our lord: your servants Kanunayu (and) Mannu-ki-Libbali. Good health to the king, our lord! |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | As to the works about which the king, [our] lor[d], wrote to his servants: "You are to do that alone" — be it work in the Inner City, Nineveh, [D]ur-Šarrukin (or) whatever work there is on the household of [our] lord, if we didn't do it, [who would]? |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | As to the farmer, the shepherd (and) the [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | t[o] the king, our lord, [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | of bricks (and) of re[ed ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | those [...] Arzî [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | the rest Ariri [...] |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | The servants of the king in the house [......] to the governor [......] |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | That is why [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | to [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Nabû-remanni [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Nabû-šumu-iddina [does] not [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | Ša-[...]-anenu [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | t[o the king], our lord, [......] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | Let the king, my lord, give an order to Issar-šumu-ereš about the remaining ones. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li-ni | |
| 2 | ARAD-MEŠ-ka {1}{iti}AB-a.a {1}man-nu—ki—ŠA₃—URU | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li-ni | |
| 4 | ina UGU dul-la-ni ša LUGAL be-⸢li⸣-[ni] | |
| 5 | a-na ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ iš-pur-an-ni ma-⸢a⸣ [o] šu-u | |
| 6 | u₂-de-šu te-ep-pa-ša₂ dul-lu ⸢ša⸣ [o] | |
| 7 | lu-u {uru}ŠA₃—URU {uru}NINA {uru}⸢BAD₃⸣—{1}MAN—GIN | |
| 8 | am—mar dul-lu-ni ša E₂—EN-[MEŠ-ni E₂—EN-[MEŠ-ni o] | |
| 9 | ki-ma a-ni-nu la ne₂-pu-uš [man-nu-ma ep-pa-aš₂] | |
| 10 | ina UGU {lu₂v}ENGAR {lu₂v}SIPA {lu₂v}[x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢a⸣-[na] LUGAL be-li₂-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ša SIG₄ ša {gi}ap-⸢pa⸣-[ri x x x x] | |
| 13 | am-mu-te {1}ar-zi-i [x x x x x] | |
| 14 | re-eh-tu₂ {1}a-ri-ri a-[x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ARAD-MEŠ-ni ša LUGAL ina E₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x]+⸢x⸣-ku a-na {lu₂v}EN.NAM [x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi šu-⸢u₂ x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | a-na IGI ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}{d}PA—rem₂-a-ni i-[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {1}{d}PA—MU—AŠ la [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | {1}⸢ša—{d⸣}[x]+⸢x⸣—a-ne₂-nu [x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL] be-li₂-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina UGU re-hu-u-te a-na {1}15—MU—APIN-eš | |
| 7' | LUGAL be-li₂ ṭe₃-e-mu liš-kun | |
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