ABL 0997 (P334669)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 0997 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334669 |
| 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 [0:11] 11–1111 | Concerning the work of [...] about which the king, my lord, wro[te to me], saying: "Let them process the gold according to this [...]" — we have now weighed out the gold and silver which are the property of Sin and carry the seal of Nabû-zeru-ibni. We have melted down 23 minas of gold in the agate-standard, including the votive gifts. Now they will hammer (it) as thin as the king commands. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Let [them] w[rite to me what the king, my lord], commands. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | And concerning the pole of the divine emblem about which the king, my lord, spoke, saying: "I have heard that it collapsed of its own accord" — it is (in fact) in excellent condition, O king, my lord. There is no break, no burn hole, no blister on it. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | When they made the burn-hole, they made it too quickly, so that the lower stem did not slip through nor suck itself in. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [......] stem [......] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1313–r.e. 1313 | [Let him d]o. The wo[rk ...] |
| Right [2:4] r.e. 1414– | as long as the heavens and earth e[ndure ...]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | We have spok[en with the archit]ect. [...] in a month's time. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | i-na UGU dul-li ša [x x x] | |
| 2 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pu-ra-an-ni | |
| 3 | ma-a KUG.GI i-na pi-it-⸢ti⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | ha-an-ni-e le-pu-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 5 | an-nu-rig KUG.GI KUG.UD | |
| 6 | ša i-na ŠA₃-bi NIG₂.GA ša {d}30 | |
| 7 | ša i-na {na₄}KIŠIB ša {1}{d}PA—NUMUN—DU₃ | |
| 8 | ni-ih-ti-aṭ | |
| 9 | 33 MA.NA KUG.GI a-du še-lu-a-te ina BABBAR.DIL | |
| 10 | [o] nu-ṣi-ii-di an-nu-rig u₂-ra-qu-qu | |
| 11 | [a-du] mi-i-nu ša LUGAL i-qab-bu-u-ni | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [LUGAL be-li₂] i-qab-bu-u-ni liš-[pa-ru-ni] | |
| 2' | u₃ ina UGU tak-ku-us-si ša {d}šu-ri-ni | |
| 3' | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iq-bu-u-ni ma-a a-se-me | |
| 4' | ma-a ra-man-ša ta-ad-di-ib | |
| 5' | šul-mu a—dan-niš LUGAL be-li₂ la hi-ip-pu | |
| 6' | la-a qi-lum u₃ la hi-ib-ṣu ina ŠA₃-bi-ša₂ | |
| 7' | ki-i qi-lum e-pa-šu-u-ni i-da-al-hu | |
| 8' | e-tap-šu tar-bi-tu šap-li-tu | |
| 9' | la tah-lu-ul la tu-un-[ta]-ta-ziq | |
| 10' | ir [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ tar-bi-tu [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x] su ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [le-pu]-⸢uš dul⸣-[lu x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | a-du AN-e KI.TIM da-[ru-u-ni x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [TA@v {lu₂}še-lap]-pa-a-a ni-id-da-bu-ub | |
| 2 | [x x x x] i-na ŠA₃-bi ITI UD-MEŠ | |
Sources & licences
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