ABL 1432 (P334903)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1432 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334903 |
| 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 | To the king, my lord: your servant Taklak-ana-Bel. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | As to Ilu-pija-uṣur the shepherd about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "You have removed him from the office of cohort commander! Why did you tell him to exact a talent of silver?" — |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | indeed I have not removed him, he is (still) a cohort commander! Dugul-pan-ili is with the king my lord; let the king my lord ask him if he is not a cohort commander! |
| Obverse [11:18] o 1212–o 1818 | When Dugul-pan-ili went to the shearing, that person stole his (sheep) dues; he did not come in to the shearing but fled and took refuge in a temple. I sent (men) to take him down and (told him): "I will excuse your dues (but) bring the men, come and do (your) work in Dur-Šarruken." |
| Obverse [18:24] o 1919–o 2424 | He brought half of the men but did not bring the other half, so their work assignment is in arrears. I sa[id to them]: "Why is your work behind schedule, and why have you not delivered straw and reeds for [the work]?" [They responded]: "Who [...... |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1'1'– | [Now] then [I am writing] to the king, my lord: [if] any (of them) yet [leaves his wo]rk, the king my lord should reprimand them [so they will do their wo]rk; (and) after they have performed the work, let them [...] settle my case with them. [...] I have taken the [...]s from them. |
| Right [0:7] r.e. 7r.e. 7– | The cohort commander of the recruits has left his work; he is under surveillance and is staying in Nineveh. [...... I told him]: "Lay down your [...]!" After I have come to the king, my lord, let them settle my case with him. |
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}tak-lak—a-na—EN | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | ina UGU {1}DINGIR—pi-ia—PAB {lu₂}SIPA | |
| 5 | ša\d LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 6 | ma-a TA@v\m UGU {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir-u₂-te {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir-u₂-te | |
| 7 | tu-up-ta-ti-šu ma-a a-ta-a taq-ba-aš₂-šu | |
| 8 | ma-a 01 GU₂.UN KUG.UD us-ha la\dp-aš₂-šu | |
| 9 | la-a u₂\p-pat-ti-šu {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir\t {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir\t šu-u₂ | |
| 10 | {1}du-gul—IGI—DINGIR ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia₂ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 11 | liš-al-šu šum₂-mu la-a {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir\t {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir\t šu-tu₂-ni | |
| 12 | ki-i {1}du-gul—IGI—DINGIR a-na gi-zi il-lik-u-ni | |
| 13 | šu-u₂-tu₂ EŠ₂.QAR-šu up-ta-ii-iṣ | |
| 14 | a-na\t gi-zi la e-ru-ub ih-ti-liq <$ina ŠA₃$> | |
| 15 | ina ŠA₃-bi E₂.KUR it-ti-it-zi a-sa-ap-ra | |
| 16 | us-se-ri-du-ni-eš-šu nu-uk\d EŠ₂.QAR-ka | |
| 17 | lu-ri-ma-ka nu-uk\d {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ\m i-ṣa al-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 18 | dul-lum ina {uru}BAD₃\d—MAN—GIN e-pu-⸢uš⸣ | |
| 19 | meš\m-li {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ\m na-ṣa meš\m-lu-ma la ⸢na⸣-[ṣa] | |
| 20 | pi-il-ka-šu-nu na-mar-ku aq-⸢ṭi⸣-[ba-aš₂-šu-nu] | |
| 21 | nu-uk\d a-ta-a pi-il-ka-ku-nu na-[mar-ku] | |
| 22 | u₃ {še}IN.NU {gi}ap-pa-ru ⸢ša⸣ [dul-li] | |
| 23 | la ta-di-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 24 | ma-a man-nu [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x u₂-ma-a] an-nu-⸢rig a-na LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ | |
| 2' | [a-sa-ap-ra šum₂-mu] a-na hu-ru me-me-ni | |
| 3' | ⸢dul\d⸣-[lum u₂-ra-am-ma] LUGAL be-li₂ li-ir-u₂-ba-šu-nu | |
| 4' | ⸢dul\d⸣-[lum le-pu-šu] ki-ma dul\d-lu e-tap-šu | |
| 5' | [x x x x is]-⸢si⸣-šu₂-nu lu-ki-nu-ni | |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ TA pa-ni-šu-nu at-ti-ši | |
| r.e. | ||
| 7 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAL—ki-ṣir {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAL—ki-ṣir ša {lu₂}rak-su—GIGIR-MEŠ\m {lu₂}rak-su—GIGIR-MEŠ\m | |
| 8 | ⸢dul⸣-lum ur-ta-me | |
| 9 | ha-rid ina {uru}NINA | |
| 10 | kam-mu-us | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x nu-uk x x]+⸢x⸣-ka ku-ur-ru | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x ki]-⸢ma⸣ ina [IGI] LUGAL EN-ia₂ at-tal-ka | |
| 3 | [o o o] is-si-šu lu-ki-nu-ni | |
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