ABL 1192 (P334782)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1192 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334782 |
| 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/saa05 · 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, my lord: your servant Šamaš-belu-uṣur]. Good [health t]o [the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | A[s to] the t[owns of] the country Hau, about which Kiṣir-[Ašš]ur [s]aid to the king, [my] lord: "Let them give me 200 (hectares) of field in their environs" — |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88–o 1111 | [x town]s of Sirura and 5 [tow]ns of the house of the priest [of] Bel [...], under the jurisdiction of the chief [eunuch], are [...] at the disposal of K[iṣir-Aššur]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] the towns [...] |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | Now, Kiṣir-[Aššur claims]: "I do not extract (labour duty) in the environs of Arzuhina or in Dur-Taliti. It is the towns I mentioned to the king that extract it." |
| Reverse [5:11] r 6'6'– | I have now written down the [lab]our duty which Hau carries for these towns, and [I am] herewith sending it to [the king, my lo]rd. What are the k[ing] my [lord]'s [or]ders? |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}UTU—EN—PAB] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu DI⸣-[mu a]-na [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | ⸢ina⸣ [UGU] ⸢URU⸣-[MEŠ ša] {⸢kur⸣}ha-a-u₂ | |
| 5 | ⸢ša⸣ {1}ki-ṣir—[aš]-⸢šur⸣ ina IGI LUGAL EN-[ia] | |
| 6 | ⸢iq-bu⸣-u-ni [ma]-a 02 me A.ŠA₃ ⸢ša⸣ | |
| 7 | [ina qa]-⸢ni⸣ ⸢li⸣-di-nu-u-⸢ni⸣ [o] | |
| 8 | [x URU]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ni ša\dy {kur}si-ru-ra | |
| 9 | 05 ⸢URU⸣-MEŠ-[ni] ša\dy E₂ {lu₂vy}SANGA | |
| 10 | {[d]}⸢EN⸣ [x x x] ⸢ša\y⸣ ŠU.2 {lu₂vy}GAL—[SAG] {lu₂vy}GAL—[SAG] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x]-u₂ ina IGI {1}⸢ki⸣-[ṣir—aš-šur] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x] URU-MEŠ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a {1}ki-⸢ṣir⸣—[aš-šur] | |
| 2' | [i-qa-bi] ma-a qa\d-ni {uru}ur-zu\t-hi-na | |
| 3' | ⸢u₃⸣ ina {⸢uru⸣}BAD₃—ta-li-ti\t | |
| 4' | la a-na-ši ma-a URU-MEŠ-ni-ma | |
| 5' | ša\dy ina IGI LUGAL a-qa-bu-u-ni | |
| 6' | ⸢lu⸣ šu₂-nu [i]-na-ši-u₂\p an-nu-⸢rig⸣ | |
| 7' | ⸢il⸣-ku ša\dy {kur}ha-a-u₂ | |
| 8' | [o] ⸢ina⸣ UGU URU-MEŠ-ni an-nu-te | |
| 9' | ⸢i⸣-la-ku-u-ni a-sa-ṭar ina UGU [LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 10' | [u₂]-se-bi-la mi₃-i-nu ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be]-⸢li₂⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | [i]-⸢qa⸣-bu\p-u-ni [o] | |
Sources & licences
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