ABL 1201 (P334789)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1201 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334789 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | A letter from Arihu to Nabû-duri-uṣur. Good health to my lord! |
| Obverse [3:12] o 44– | As to the corn tax of the Samarians, my lord should send a notice whether it exists or not, and let us be content with that. The officials are passive, they keep where they are, they don't go to do their work, nor can we give them orders. |
| Reverse [3:11] r 44– | I have been petitioning you since last year until now in this very manner about the income, but we have not brought in any income whatever. Now send a notice whether it exists or not! |
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 {1}{d}PA—BAD₃—PAB | |
| 2 | IM {1}a-ri-hi lu DI\y-mu | |
| 3 | a-na ⸢DUMU⸣ | |
| 4 | ina UGU {⸢še⸣}nu-sa-hi ša {kur}sa-mir-na-a.a | |
| 5 | ⸢EN ṭe₃-e-mu lu-te⸣-re | |
| 6 | ⸢šum₂-mu⸣ i-[ba-aš₂]-⸢ši šum₂-mu la⸣-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7 | ina UGU ŠA₃-bi-ni lu DUG₃.GA | |
| r | ||
| 1 | EN—pi-qi-ta-te EN—pi-qi-ta-te qa-a-lu | |
| 2 | i-za-zu\t la il-lu-ku dul-la-šu₂-nu | |
| 3 | e-pu-šu₂ la ṭe₃-mu ni-ša₂-kan-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | ki-i an-ni-ma TA@v\m MU.IM.MA | |
| 5 | a-du-na-kan-ni ina UGU e-ri-bi | |
| 6 | a-ta-na-har-ka e-ri-bu-ma | |
| r.e. | ||
| 7 | la nu-še-ri-ib | |
| 8 | u₂\m-ma-a ṭe₃-mu te-re | |
| 9 | šum₂-mu i-ba\t-aš₂-ši | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | šum₂-mu la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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