ABL 0883 (P334606)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0883 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334606 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To the king, my lord: your servant Il-ya[da']. Good health to the king, [my lord]! The land and [the forts] of the king my lord are well. The king, [my lord], can be glad. |
| Obverse [5:23] o 66–o 2323 | The magnates have built the fo[rt] of Minu'. They raised 1,000 homers of barley from the fort of the Luhut[eans] and stored it there. I have placed there 10 homers of salt, 16 [...s] of kudimmu salt, 30 jugs of oil, 18 jugs of naphtha, 30 bows, 20,000 [...] arrows, 10,000 arrow-shafts, 100 [...], two talents of [...] wool, and three talents of ......., and have appointed my o[ff]icial there accompanied by 100 Itu'aens and the Gurreans of the Palace. |
| Obverse [23:36] o 2424– | The magnates finished marking off the Yazapu canal and set out from Minu' on the 11th day. They went to the mouth of the Patti-Illil canal and are constructing a f[o]rt there. 10 Gurreans of mine and 20 Itu'aeans of mine went with them(!); they will [en]ter it (after its completion). |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [There is] much [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | "I have [......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | in Minu' [......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | all that is there [...] |
| Reverse [13:16] r 1414–r 1616 | I will cultivate the arable fields there, and shall then set out and go to Dur-Kurigalzu for my guard. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}DINGIR—ia-[da-aʾ] | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL [be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 4 | DI-mu a-na ma-a-ti\t u₃ {[uru}bi-ra-a-te] | |
| 5 | ša\yd LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ŠA₃-bu ša LUGAL [be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 6 | lu DUG₃.GA-šu₂ {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ {uru}⸢bir⸣-[tu₂] | |
| 7 | ša\yd {uru}mi-nu-uʾ ⸢e-tap⸣-šu₂ [o] | |
| 8 | 01 lim ANŠE\t {še}PAD-MEŠ TA\dmy ŠA₃-bi | |
| 9 | {uru}bir-ti\t ⸢ša {lu₂v}lu⸣-hu-u₂-⸢ta⸣-[a.a] | |
| 10 | ⸢in⸣-ta\dm-at-hu ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢ik-tar-ru⸣ | |
| 11 | ana-ku 10 ANŠE\t ⸢MUN 16 me⸣ [x x] | |
| 12 | {še}ku-dim-me 30 {dug}⸢šap⸣-[pa]-⸢a-te⸣ | |
| 13 | ša\yd I₃.GIŠ 18 {dug}šap-⸢pa-a⸣-te | |
| 14 | ša\yd nap-ṭi 30 {giš}BAN-MEŠ⸣ 20 lim | |
| 15 | {gi}GAG.UD.TAG.GA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣-li-ti\t | |
| 16 | 10 lim {gi}šur-di 01 me ⸢x x⸣ u₂ | |
| 17 | 02 GU₂.UN {sig₂m}x 03 ⸢GU₂.UN⸣ | |
| 18 | šu-na-ga-a-te ⸢ša⸣ [x x]-MEŠ | |
| 19 | ina ŠA₃-bi a-sa-kan {lu₂v}⸢EN⸣—[pi]-qit-te-ia {lu₂v}⸢EN⸣—[pi]-qit-te-ia | |
| 20 | 01 me {lu₂v}i-tu-a.a i-si-šu₂ | |
| 21 | i-si-šu₂ TA\m {lu₂v}qur-mur-a.a | |
| 22 | ša\yd E₂.GAL ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 23 | ap-ti\t-qid-di | |
| 24 | {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ {id₂}ia-za-pu | |
| 25 | ik-ta-ad-ru\d | |
| 26 | ig-dam\t-ru\d | |
| r | ||
| 1 | UD 11-KAM₂ TA@v\my ŠA₃-bi | |
| 2 | {uru}mi-nu-uʾ ut-tam-me-šu₂ | |
| 3 | ina UGU {id₂}pi-ia-a-ti\t | |
| 4 | ša\y {id₂}pa-a-ti\t—{d}BE | |
| 5 | it-tal-ku {uru}⸢bir⸣-tu | |
| 6 | ina ŠA₃-bi ep\d-pu-šu₂ | |
| 7 | 10 {lu₂v}qur-mur-a.a-⸢e⸣-a | |
| 8 | 20 {lu₂v}i-tu-a.a-e-a i-si-šu₂-<nu> | |
| 9 | ⸢it-tal-ku ana⸣ ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [x]-⸢ru⸣-bu | |
| 10 | ma-aʾ-⸢du⸣ [x x x ina ŠA₃]-bi | |
| 11 | ma-a ap-⸢ta⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ina {uru}mi-nu-⸢uʾ⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 13 | am\d—mar ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 14 | {še}NUMUN-MEŠ\m ina ŠA₃-bi [e]-⸢ra⸣-aš₂ | |
| 15 | ha-ra-ma-ma u₂-nam-maš | |
| 16 | a-na BAD₃—{1}ku-ri-gal-zi | |
| 17 | a-na EN.NUN-ia al-lak | |
Sources & licences
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