ABL 1194 (P334784)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1194 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334784 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | We weighed out [the gold which] had been reported [in the ... of the] scribe, I split it up item by item, and dispatched it to the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | We have melted down 23 minas of gold in the agate-standard, including the votive gifts. They will hammer it as thin as the king, my lord, commands. Later, they will use it for gilding. |
| Obverse [6:12] o 7'7'–o 12'12' | One talent, 19 minas of gold are also in town, (namely) that of the agate in the treasury of Sin, along with all the votive gifts; and the 18 1/6 minas of gold and 21 minas of silver for the guard(ian) of the oxen to be sacrificed before the king are likewise deposited in the treasury of the temple of Sin. |
| Obverse [12:16] o 13'13'–o 16'16' | Two big royal images, 50 images of cherubs and winds, of silver, 3 silver doorjambs, 1 silver kettle. All this work is done. Their weight is each 5 talents of silver less 12 minas. |
| Obverse [16:20] o 17'17'– | What the king, my lord, made for the walls of the shrine of Nikkal is stored in the treasury of Nikkal. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | Furthermore, there is one mina of silver by the heavy standard (= 60 kg) with a scroll (bearing) the seal of Sin-na'di, chief goldsmith, attached to it, who says: "It is from my work allotment." But he has no work allotment yet at his disposal. What is it that the king, my lord, commands? |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | This silver, about which I am writing to the king, my lord, is from revenues, and has been neither refined nor cleaned. |
| Reverse [9:14] r 1010–r 1414 | 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, [an]d no blister on it. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | [When they ma]de [the burn-hole, they made] it too quickly, [so that the lower stem did not sl]ip through. |
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' | [x x x x {lu₂]}A.BA ša-ki-nu-u-ni | |
| 2' | ni-ih-ti-aṭ [ina] ⸢bat⸣-ta-ta-a-<a> up-ta-ri-is | |
| 3' | ina UGU LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ a-sa-ap-ra | |
| 4' | 23 MA.NA KUG.GI ina ša BABBAR.DIL a-du še-lu-a-ti | |
| 5' | nu-ṣi-ii-di u₂-ra-qu-qu a-du mi₃-i-nu | |
| 6' | ša LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bu-ni ha-ra-ma-ma | |
| 7' | i-sa-ki-ru-šu₂ GU₂.UN 19 MA.NA KUG.GI ina URU-ma | |
| 8' | ša {na₄}BABBAR.DIL ša ina E₂—NIG₂.GA E₂—NIG₂.GA ša {d}30 | |
| 9' | a-du še-lu-a-ti gab-bu | |
| 10' | u₃ 18 MA.NA 06-su KUG.GI 21 MA.NA KUG.UD | |
| 11' | a-na ma-ṣar ša GUD-MEŠ SISKUR-MEŠ ša pa-na-at LUGAL | |
| 12' | is-se-niš ina E₂—na-kan-ti E₂—na-kan-ti ša E₂—{d}30 ša-ki-in | |
| 13' | 02 NU—MAN-MEŠ NU—MAN-MEŠ KALAG-MEŠ 50 NU ku-ri-bi NU TU₁₅-MEŠ KUG.UD | |
| 14' | 03 si-ip-pi KUG.UD 01 ruq-qu KUG.UD | |
| 15' | [PAB] ⸢an-ni-u dul⸣-lum ep-šu₂ | |
| 16' | 05 GU₂.UN.TA.AN 12 MA.NA LAL KUG.UD | |
| 17' | KI.LAL-šu₂-nu ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na E₂.SIG₄-MEŠ ša at-me-ni ša {d}NIN.GAL | |
| 2 | e-pu-šu-u-ni ina E₂—na-kan-ti E₂—na-kan-ti ša {d}NIN.GAL | |
| 3 | ša-ki-in u₃ 01 GU₂.UN KUG.UD ina KALAG-te | |
| 4 | mi-ig-li {na₄}KIŠIB ša {1}{d}30—I GAL—SIMUG.KUG.GI GAL—SIMUG.KUG.GI | |
| 5 | ina UGU-hi ma-a TA@v ŠA₃ EŠ₂.QAR-ia šu-u₂ | |
| 6 | EŠ₂.QAR me-me-ni ina pa-ni-šu₂ la-a-šu₂ mi-i-ni | |
| 7 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bu-u-ni | |
| 8 | KUG.UD an-ni-u ša a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 9 | aš₂-pur-an-ni ša ir-bi šu-u₂ la qa-li la ma-si | |
| 10 | u₃ ina UGU tak-ku-us-si ša {d}šu-ri-in-ni | |
| 11 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iq-bu-u-ni ma-a a-sem-mi | |
| 12 | ma-a ra-man-ša ta-ad-dib šul-mu a—dan-niš | |
| 13 | LUGAL be-li₂ la hi-ip-pu la-a qi-lum | |
| 14 | [u₃] la hi-ib-ṣu ina ŠA₃-bi-ša | |
| 15 | [ki-i qi-lum e-pa-šu]-u-ni i-da-al-hu | |
| 16 | [e-tap-šu tar-bi-tu šap-li-tu la tah-lu]-ul | |
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