ABL 1442 (P334910)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1442 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334910 |
| 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 Salmanu-[...]. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | The king my lord told [me]: "Nobody will pay back your loans until the work on Dur-Šarruken is finished!" — |
| Obverse [8:15] o 99–o 1515 | (Now) they have ref[unded] to the merchants (loans on) the portion of Dur-Šarruken that has been constructed, but nobody [has reminded] (the king) about me; 570 minas of silver with [my seal] and due this year have not been repaid as yet. |
| Obverse [15:30] o 1616– | When the king, my lord, sold gold and pre[cious stones] on my account, I told the king, my lord, that my father was much in debt to Har[...], Huziru and [...]. After my father('s death) I paid half of [his debts], but now their sons [are telling me]: "Pay us the debts that [your] father owes to our fathers!" |
| Reverse [8:14] r 99–r 1414 | As soon as Dur-Šarruken has been [completely] bu[ilt], the king my lord [will ......] to the house [......] and pay the debts to [...]. The king my lord may ask Šar[ru-emuranni]: half of [his work ass]ignment in Dur-Šarruken [is finished]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL EN-[ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}DI-ma-nu—[x x] | |
| 3 | DI-mu a-na LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 4 | LUGAL EN iq-ṭi₂-[bi-a] | |
| 5 | ma-a a-di dul-lu ša\m {uru}⸢BAD₃\m⸣—{1}MAN—GIN] | |
| 6 | u₂-gam-ma-ru-u-[ni] | |
| 7 | ma-a me-me-ni ha-bul-li\d-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 8 | la u₂-šal-[lam] | |
| 9 | ni-is-hu ša\m TA@v\m {uru}BAD₃\m—{1}MAN—GIN] | |
| 10 | ra-ṣi-pu-u-[ni] | |
| 11 | a-na {lu₂vy}DAM\p.QAR-MEŠ u₂-⸢sa⸣-[li-mu] | |
| 12 | me-me-ni ina UGU-hi-ia ⸢la⸣ [u₂-šah-sis] | |
| 13 | 05 me 70 MA\d.NA KUG.UD {na₄}[KIŠIB-ia] | |
| 14 | ša\m MU.AN.NA an-⸢ni⸣-[ti] | |
| 15 | u₂-di-ni la u₂-⸢šal⸣-[lu-mu] | |
| 16 | ki-i LUGAL EN KUG.GI ⸢NA₄⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 17 | ina UGU-hi-ia id-di-nu-[ni] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | a-na LUGAL EN-a aq-ṭi₂-[bi] | |
| 19 | nu-uk\td AD-u-a ma-aʾ-⸢da⸣ | |
| 20 | ha-bul-li\d ša\m {1}⸢HAR⸣-[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša\m {1}hu-zi-ri ša\m {1}x x] | |
| 2 | hab-bu-[ul] | |
| 3 | i—da-at i—da-at AD-ia meš-⸢il⸣ [ha-bul-li-šu₂] | |
| 4 | u₂-sa-[lim] | |
| 5 | u₂-ma-a DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂-nu i-⸢ba\t⸣-[aš₂-ši] | |
| 6 | ma-a ha-bul-li\d ša\m AD-[ka] | |
| 7 | a-na AD-MEŠ-ni hab-ba\t-lu-[u-ni] | |
| 8 | šal-li\d-ma-an-na-[ši] | |
| 9 | ki-ma {uru}BAD₃\m—MAN—GIN ra-[ṣip gam-mur] | |
| 10 | LUGAL EN a-na E₂ [x x x x] | |
| 11 | ha-bul-li\d a-na [x x x] | |
| 12 | u₂-šal-[lam] | |
| 13 | LUGAL EN a-na {1}⸢LUGAL⸣—[IGI.LAL-an-ni liš-al] | |
| 14 | meš-il pil₂-[ki-šu₂] | |
| 15 | ina {uru}BAD₃\m—{1}MAN—GIN [gam-mur] | |
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