ABL 1070 (P334715)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334715 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-liqbi]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! The watch of the des[ert is strict]; the king, my lord, can be [pleased]. |
| Obverse [5:14] o 66–o 1414 | The king my lord ordered [me to] give bread to the chariot troops. Now, (when) [PN] came, I told him [...] but he said: "The king has given orders to me and I will take two [month's worth] of each (provision)." I did not agree to give it to him, so he went and opened a silo in one of my villages, brought in his measurers and poured out [x] sound men's worth of (grain). |
| Obverse [14:21] o 1515– | I went and remonstrated him, saying: "Why did you self- willedly, [with]out the permission of the deputy (governor) open the king's granaries?" He would not look me in the eye [but said]: |
| Bottom [1:5] b.e. 2121– | "My (supply of) grass diminished in Nisan, and horses keep coming to me; I c[an]not [cope]." |
| Reverse [1:8] r 22–r 88 | [...] poured out the [...] of the entire month of Nisan; [Ašš]ur-dalal poured out 70 [days'] worth, [...] 20 days' worth and (now) he poured out that of Sivan. For his newly arrived horses, he deducted one half of the fodder, but he did not deduct the other half. |
| Reverse [8:13] r 99–r 1313 | The king, my lord, did give the horses; [......] op[ened] silos [......] I speak wit[h them ...... |
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 LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}EN—liq-bi] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | EN.NUN.NA\t ša\ydm ⸢mad⸣-[bar dan-nat] | |
| 5 | lib-bu ša\ydm LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia lu DUG₃.GA-ba] | |
| 6 | LUGAL be-li₂ iq-ṭi₂-bi-[a ma-a a-na] | |
| 7 | {lu₂vy}{giš}GIGIR-MEŠ\m NINDA-MEŠ di-⸢na⸣ [u₂-ma-a {1}x x x] | |
| 8 | i-tal-ka aq-ṭi₂-ba-aš₂-šu₂ [mu-ku x x x] | |
| 9 | ma-a a-na\t a.a-ši LUGAL ṭe₃-⸢mu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | i-sa-kan-a-ni ma-a ša\dm 02-a.⸢a⸣ [ITI-MEŠ x x] | |
| 11 | a-na\t-aš₂-ši la a-ma-gur₂ la a-da-na-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 12 | i-tal\d-ka ina ŠA₃-bi 01-en URU-MEŠ\m-ni-ia | |
| 13 | pa-da\d-ku ip-te-te {lu₂vy}ma-di\d-da\d-ni-šu₂ | |
| 14 | ⸢u₂⸣-se-ri\d-di ša\dm ERIM-MEŠ\m šal-mu-te | |
| 15 | [x x] ik-ta-ra-ra a-ta-la-ka | |
| 16 | [i]-⸢si⸣-šu₂ a-du-bu-ub mu-ku | |
| 17 | [a]-⸢ta⸣-a gi-ri\d ra-mi-ni-ka | |
| 18 | [ša] ⸢la⸣ {lu₂vy}02-e kar-me ša\ydm LUGAL | |
| 19 | [ta]-⸢ap⸣-ti\t IGI.2-šu₂ ina UGU-hi-ia | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20 | ⸢la⸣-a ik-ru-ru | |
| 21 | [ma-a] {itid}BARAG šam-mu | |
| 22 | [it]-tu₂-uq\td-ta {anšed}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ma]-a i-ma-⸢qa-tu⸣-u₂\m-ni | |
| 2 | ⸢la⸣-a u₂-⸢šam⸣-[ṣa] ⸢ša⸣ {itim}BARAG gab-bi-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [ki]-su-[tu₂ {1}x x x]+⸢x⸣ ik-ta-ra-ra | |
| 4 | ša\dm 70 [UD-MEŠ {1}aš]-⸢šur—da\d⸣-lal | |
| 5 | ša\dm 20 UD-MEŠ-⸢ma⸣ [x x x] ⸢ik⸣-ta-ru | |
| 6 | šu-u₂ ša\dm {itim}⸢SIG₄ ik⸣-ta-ra-ra | |
| 7 | ša\dm {anšedm}KUR.RA-MEŠ\m-šu₂ ma-aq-tu₂-te | |
| 8 | me-šil\t {še}ki-si-te ik-ta-sap | |
| 9 | me-šil\t-ma la-a ik-su-⸢pu⸣ {anšed}KUR.RA-MEŠ\m | |
| 10 | LUGAL be-li₂ i-ti\t-din [x x x] ⸢nu⸣ | |
| 11 | pa-da\d-ka-te up-[ta-te x x] | |
| 12 | a-da\d-bu-ub i-⸢si⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ⸢ša\yd⸣ [x] ⸢li⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
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