ABL 1065 (P334710)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1065 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334710 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1'1'–o 10'10' | [As to ... concerning which the king], my lo[rd], wrote to me: "[Provi]de [all the Sam]arians [in] your charge (with work) in Dur-Šarrukin" — I subsequently [sent (word) to] the sheikhs, [say]ing: "Collect [all] the carpenters and potters; let them come and [direc]t the deportees [who are in D]ur-Šarrukin," but they did not agree to send them. |
| Obverse [10:23] o 11'11'– | [Sure]ly, [should I have sen]t [...] letters to the sheikhs, saying: "[If indeed you do not se]nd me craftsmen to work [for] me, [al]l [the people who are] here [......] upon you, [...] upon [...]," [they would have] promptly [se]nt [the craftsmen to] work [for me]. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | Now (however), [following the king], my lo[rd]'s instructions, I strictly [...] do not argue with any [of the sheikhs]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | I have appointed [the carpenters and p]otters [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] household utensils |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [... the king], my lord |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [......] from |
| Reverse [12:15] r 1313–r 1515 | [... the Samari]ans |
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' | [ša LUGAL be]-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 2' | [ma-a {lu₂v}sa]-⸢mir⸣-i-na-a.a i-ba\t-aš₂-ši | |
| 3' | [am—mar ina ŠU].2-ka ina BAD₃\d—LUGAL\t—GI.NA{ki} | |
| 4' | [ša₂-aṣ]-⸢bit⸣-su\t-nu ha-ra-ma-ma | |
| 5' | [ina UGU] {lu₂v}na-si-ka-a-ni | |
| 6' | [a-sa-par mu]-⸢uk\d⸣ {lu₂v}NAGAR-MEŠ\m {lu₂v}DUG.QA.BUR-MEŠ\m | |
| 7' | [gab-bu] ⸢pa⸣-hir\p-a-ni lil\tm-lik-u-ni | |
| 8' | [ina pa-na]-at {lu₂v}hu-ub-te | |
| 9' | [ša ina] ⸢BAD₃⸣—LUGAL\t—GI.NA{ki} | |
| 10' | [li-zi-zu] ⸢la⸣ i-ma-gur la i-šap-par-u-ni | |
| 11' | [pi-iq-ta]-⸢at⸣-ti e-gir₂-a-te | |
| 12' | [x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi {lu₂v}na-si-ka-a-ni | |
| 13' | [lu u₂-še-bi]-⸢il⸣ mu-uk\d | |
| 14' | [TA ma-ṣi] {lu₂v}um\d-ma-ni | |
| 15' | [la ta-šap]-⸢par⸣-a-ni-ni | |
| 16' | [dul-lu ina pa]-⸢ni⸣-ia₂ la ep-pa-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 17' | [UN-MEŠ am]—⸢mar⸣ an-na-ka | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18' | [x x x x] ina UGU-hi-ku-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina UGU-hi | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] ba\t-si | |
| 3 | {[lu₂v}um-ma-ni liš-pa]-⸢ru⸣-u-ni dul-lu | |
| 4 | [ina pa-ni-ia₂ le-pu]-šu u₂-ma-a | |
| 5 | [ki-i ša LUGAL be]-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-mi la-aš₂-šu₂ TA@v\m 01.en | |
| 7 | {[lu₂v}na-si-ki] ⸢la⸣ a-da\d-bu-ub | |
| 8 | {[lu₂v}NAGAR-MEŠ {lu₂v}DUG].QA.BUR-MEŠ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] ap-ti-qid\p-di | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] a-nu-ut E₂ | |
| 11 | [x x x x LUGAL] be-li₂ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x] ⸢TA⸣ UGU | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x]-⸢a⸣.a | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x]-bu-bu | |
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