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ADB 01 (P334934)

Administrative, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation	ADB 01
ID	P334934
Museum no.	BM —
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates	36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

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Line	English
Obverse Column i [0:3] i 1i 1–i 33	Arnabâ, son of Se'-aplu-iddina, gardener; his mother: a total of 2.
Obverse Column i [3:7] i 44–i 77	Ahabû, gardener; Sagibu, his son, adolescent; Il-abadi, his son, of 4 spans' height; 2 women: a total of 5 people.
Obverse Column i [7:9] i 88–i 99	10,000 stalks of vine; two houses; 10 hectares of arable land of their own.
Obverse Column i [9:11] i 1010–i 1111	Total, in the town of Hananâ, in the district of the city of Sarugi.
Obverse Column i [11:15] i 1212–i 1515	Sin-na'id, gardener; Nusku-ila'i, ditto; Našuh-qatar, his son, of 4 spans' height; 1 woman; 2 daughters: a total of 5.
Obverse Column i [15:17] i 1616–i 1717	Ahunu, gardener; his mother: a total of 2 people.
Obverse Column i [17:20] i 1818–i 2020	In all, 3 gardeners, 1 weaned son, 2 women, 2 daughters, for a total of 8.
Obverse Column i [20:22] i 2121–i 2222	15,000 stalks of vine; 6 hectares of arable land; 1 house.
Obverse Column i [22:24] i 2323–i 2424	Total, (in) the town of Mari-Til-Uari, near the town of Til-abnâ.
Obverse Column i [24:29] i 2525–i 2929	Il-nuri, gardener; Al-Se'-milki, his son, adolescent; 1 suckling son; 1 woman; 1 daughter of 4 spans' height; 1, of 3 spans' height: a total of 6 people.
Obverse Column i [29:31] i 3030–i 3131	Se'-napi, gardener; 1 son of 4 spans' height; 1 woman: a total of 3.
Obverse Column i [31:34] i 3232–i 3434	Idranu, formerly of the confectioners, gardener; 1 woman: a total of 2.
Obverse Column i [34:37] i 3535–i 3737	29,000 stalks of vine; 2 houses; 2 oxen; 10 hectares of arable land.
Obverse Column i [37:40] i 3838–i 4040	Total, (in) the King's village, near the town of Dimmeti, in Kipani.
Obverse Column i [40:44] i 4141–i 4444	Nusku-ila'i, formerly of the cooks, gardener; 1 son of 4 spans' height; 1 woman: a total of 3.
Obverse Column i [44:46] i 4545–i 4646	Adi-mati-ili, gardener; 1 woman; 1 daughter of 5 spans' height; 1, of 4 spans' height.
Obverse Column i [46:47] i 4747–i 4747	A grand total of 7 people. 6,000 stalks of vine.
Obverse Column i [47:51] i 4848–	Total, (in) the village of Bel-abu'a, near the town of Dumâ, in Kipani.
Obverse Column ii [0:3] ii 1ii 1–ii 33	Se'-idri, gardener; Našuh-idri, his son, adolescent; 1 woman; 1 daughter, nubile: a total of 4 people.
Obverse Column ii [3:5] ii 44–ii 55	5,000 stalks of vine; 1 house; 1 vegetable garden.
Obverse Column ii [5:7] ii 66–ii 77	Total, (in) the town of Hamedê, in Kipani.
Obverse Column ii [7:12] ii 88–ii 1212	Našuh-s[a...], formerly of the [...], gar[dener]; Naš[uh-... his son, ...]; 1 woman; 1 [daughter, ...: a total of 4 people].
Obverse Column ii [12:15] ii 1313–ii 1515	4,000 [stalks of vine, ...]. Total, (in) the village of [...], in Ki[pani].
Obverse Column ii [15:23] ii 1616–ii 2323	Han[...], cowherd [...]; Kankanu; Šer- dalâ, 2 sons, adolescent; Luba'-Našuh, son of Kankanu, of 3 spans' height; 3 women; 1 daughter, weaned: a total of 8 people.
Obverse Column ii [23:24] ii 2424–ii 2424	61 horses and cattle.
Obverse Column ii [24:26] ii 2525–ii 2626	Total, (in) the town of Yanatâ, near the town of Haurina.
Obverse Column ii [26:29] ii 2727–ii 2929	Rahimâ, goatherd; Našuh-sama'ani, (his) son, adolescent; 1 woman; 1 daughter of 3 spans' height: a total of 4 people.
Obverse Column ii [29:32] ii 3030–ii 3232	57 goats, inspected. Total, (in) the town of Gadu'atâ, in the district of the town Hasame.
Obverse Column ii [32:34] ii 3333–ii 3434	Il-šimki, gardener; 1 son, of 3 spans' height; 1 woman; 1 daughter, weaned: a total of 4 people.
Obverse Column ii [34:37] ii 3535–ii 3737	7,000 stalks of vine. Total, (in) the [town of A]ku'anu n[ear] the city of Harran.
Obverse Column ii [37:42] ii 3838–ii 4242	Se'-aqaba, guardian of the grove; Šer-manani, his son, adolescent; Kusayu, his son, of 4 spans' height: a total of 3 people.
Obverse Column ii [42:45] ii 4343–ii 4545	1 grove of šaššugu-trees. Total, in the town of Yanibir-Ṣuhuri, in Kipani.
Obverse Column ii [45:46] ii 4646–ii 4646	In all, 37 farmers;
Obverse Column ii [46:48] ii 4747–	11 gardeners;
Obverse Column iii [0:1] iii 1iii 1–iii 1iii 1	4 [...];
Obverse Column iii [1:2] iii 22–iii 22	1 [...];
Obverse Column iii [2:3] iii 33–iii 33	1 [...];
Obverse Column iii [3:4] iii 44–iii 44	4 [...];
Obverse Column iii [4:5] iii 55–iii 55	1 [...];
Obverse Column iii [5:6] iii 66–iii 66	1 [...]
Obverse Column iii [6:7] iii 2020–iii 2020	4[0 ......];
Obverse Column iii [7:8] iii 2121–iii 2121	10 [......];
Obverse Column iii [8:9] iii 2222–iii 2222	10 [......];
Obverse Column iii [9:10] iii 2323–iii 2323	10 [......];
Obverse Column iii [10:11] iii 2424–iii 2424	1[......];
Obverse Column iii [11:12] iii 2525–iii 2525	5 [......];
Obverse Column iii [12:13] iii 2626–iii 2626	ne[ar ......];
Obverse Column iii [13:14] iii 2727–iii 2727	2 [......];
Obverse Column iii [14:15] iii 2828–iii 2828	3 [......];
Obverse Column iii [15:16] iii 2929–iii 2929	near[......];
Obverse Column iii [16:17] iii 3030–iii 3030	60 hectares of [arable land, ...];
Obverse Column iii [17:18] iii 3131–iii 3131	420 hectares of [arable land, ...]
Obverse Column iii [18:19] iii 3232–iii 3232	in the town of Bana[...],
Obverse Column iii [19:20] iii 3333–iii 3333	60 hectares under cultivati[on therein].
Obverse Column iii [20:21] iii 3434–iii 3434	In all, 1250 he[ctares of arable land ...].
Obverse Column iii [21:22] iii 3535–iii 3535	280 under cultivati[on therein]
Obverse Column iii [22:24] iii 3636–iii 3737	41,000 stalks of vine in Kip[ani];
Obverse Column iii [24:26] iii 3838–iii 3939	25,000 [stalks of vine ...] in the towns of Sa[rugi and Til-abnâ];
Obverse Column iii [26:27] iii 4040–iii 4040	12,000 in the to[wn of ....]:
Obverse Column iii [27:30] iii 4141–iii 4343	a total of 78,000 [stalks of vine] and 1 [vegetable] ga[rden] in [......];
Obverse Column iii [30:31] iii 4444–iii 4444	1 [......]
Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 44–r ii 44	10,000 [stalks of vine, ...] hectares [...];
Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 55–r ii 55	9 bulls and cow[s ...];
Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 66–r ii 66	25 bulls [...];
Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 77–r ii 77	[...] 92 sheep[...];
Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 88–r ii 88	[...] 10 hectares [...];
Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 99–r ii 99	[...] the town [...];
Reverse Column ii [9:11] r ii 1010–	[x] under cultivation [therein].
Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii 11–r iii 11	Total, of the servants.
Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 22–r iii 22	30 horses, ṣibtu-tax;
Reverse Column iii [2:6] r iii 33–r iii 66	[2] camels; [...]; [......]

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)
i
1	{1}ar-na-ba-a
2	A {1}se-eʾ—A—AŠ {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.SAR
3	AMA-šu₂ PAB 02
4	{1}PAB-bu-u {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.SAR
5	{1}sa-gi-bu A-šu₂ ṣa
6	{1}DINGIR—a-ba-di A-šu₂ 04
7	02 MI₂-MEŠ PAB 05
8	10-lim {giš}til-lut 02 E₂-MEŠ
9	10 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ ra-man-i-šu₂-nu
10	PAB {uru}ha-na-na-a
11	ina {uru}sa-ru-gi
12	{1}30—I {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.SAR
13	{1}{d}PA.TUG₂—DINGIR-a.a {lu₂v}:.
14	{1}na-aš₂-hu—qa-tar A-šu₂ 04
15	01 MI₂ 02 DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ PAB 05
16	{1}PAB-u-nu {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.SAR
17	AMA-šu₂ PAB 02
18	PAB 03 {lu₂}NU.GIŠ.SAR
19	01 A pir 02 MI₂-MEŠ
20	02 DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ PAB 08
21	15-lim {giš}til-lit 06 ANŠE A.ŠA₃
22	01 E₂
23	PAB {uru}ma-ri—til—u₂-a-ri
24	qa-ni {uru}DU₆—NA₄
25	{1}DINGIR—nu-ri {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.SAR
26	{1}al—se-eʾ—mil-ki A-šu₂ ṣa
27	01 A GA 01 MI₂
28	01 DUMU.MI₂ 04 01 03
29	PAB 06
30	{1}se-eʾ—na-pi {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.SAR
31	01 A 04 01 MI₂ PAB 03
32	{1}id-ra-nu TA@v ŠA₃ {lu₂v}⸢NINDA.SUM⸣
33	{⸢lu₂v}NU.GIŠ⸣.SAR
34	01 MI₂ PAB 02
35	20-lim 09-lim {giš}til-lut
36	02 E₂-MEŠ 02 GUD-MEŠ
37	10 ANŠE A.ŠA₃
38	PAB {uru}ŠE LUGAL
39	qa-ni {uru}dim-me-ti
40	ina ki-pa-a-ni
41	{1}{d}PA.TUG₂—DINGIR-a.a
42	TA@v ŠA₃ {lu₂v}MU-MEŠ
43	{lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.SAR
44	01 A 04 01 MI₂ PAB 03
45	{1}di—ma-ti—DINGIR {lu₂}NU.GIŠ.SAR
46	01 MI₂ 01 DUMU.MI₂ 05 01 04
47	PAB 07 06-lim {giš}til-lut
48	PAB {uru}ŠE—{1}EN—AD-u-a
49	⸢qa⸣-ni {⸢uru}du⸣-ma-a
50	ina ki-pa-a-ni
ii
1	{1}se-eʾ—id-ri {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.SAR
2	{1}na-aš₂-hu—id-ri A-šu₂ ṣa
3	01 MI₂ 01 DUMU.MI₂ ba-tu-su
4	PAB 04 05-lim {giš}til-lut
5	01 E₂ 01 {giš}SAR {u₂}SAR
6	PAB {uru}ha-me-de-e
7	ina ki-pa-a-ni
8	{1}na-aš₂-hu—⸢sa⸣-[x x]
9	TA@v ŠA₃ {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x]
10	{lu₂v}NU.[GIŠ.SAR x x]
11	{1}na-aš₂-[hu—x x A-šu₂ x]
12	01 MI₂ 01 [DUMU.MI₂ x PAB 04
13	04-lim {[giš}til-lut x x]
14	PAB {uru}ŠE—[x x x x]
15	ina ⸢ki⸣-[pa-a-ni]
16	{1}ha-an-[x x x x]
17	{lu₂v}SIPA ⸢GUD⸣-[MEŠ x x x]
18	{1}ka-an-⸢ka⸣-a-nu
19	{1}⸢še⸣-er—dal₃-a 02 A ṣa
20	{1}lu-ba-a—na-aš₂-hu
21	A {1}ka-an-ka-nu 03
22	03 MI₂-MEŠ 01 DUMU.MI₂ pir
23	PAB 08
24	61 {anše}KUR AB₂.GUD-HI.A
25	PAB {uru}ia-na-ta-aʾ
26	qa-ni {uru}ha-a-u-ri-na
27	{1}ra-hi-ma-a {lu₂v}SIPA UZ₃-MEŠ
28	{1}na-aš₂-hu—sa-ma-aʾ-a-ni A ṣa
29	01 MI₂ 01 DUMU.MI₂ 03 ⸢PAB⸣ 04
30	57 {udu}UZ₃-MEŠ IGI.LAL
31	PAB {uru}ga-du-a-ta-a
32	ina {uru}ha-sa-me
33	{1}DINGIR—ši-im-ki {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.SAR
34	01 A 03 01 MI₂ 01 DUMU.MI₂ pir
35	PAB 04 07-lim {giš}til-lut
36	PAB {[uru]}⸢ʾa⸣-ku-a-nu
37	⸢qa⸣-[ni] {uru}KASKAL
38	{1}se-eʾ—a-qa-ba
39	{lu₂}ma-ṣar—qab-li
40	{1}še-er—ma-na-ni A-šu₂ ṣa
41	{1}ku-sa-a.a A-šu₂ 04
42	PAB 03
43	01 qab-lu {giš}ša₂-šu-gi
44	PAB {uru}ia-ni-bir—ṣu-hu-ri
45	ina ki-pa-a-ni
46	PAB 37 {lu₂v}ENGAR-MEŠ
47	11 {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.SAR-MEŠ
iii
1	04 {lu₂v}[x x x x]
2	01 {lu₂v}[x x x x]
3	01 {lu₂v}[x x x x]
4	04 {lu₂v}[x x x x]
5	01 {lu₂v}[x x x x]
6	01 {lu₂v}[x x x x]
20	40 [x x x x x]
21	10 [x x x x x]
22	10 [x x x x x]
23	10 [x x x x x]
24	01 [x x x x x]
25	05 [x x x x x]
26	qa-[ni x x x x]
27	02 [x x x x x]
28	03 [x x x x x]
29	qa-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x]
30	60 ANŠE [A.ŠA₃ x x]
31	04-me-20 ANŠE [A.ŠA₃ x x]
32	ina {uru}ba-na-[x x]
33	60 ANŠE ar-⸢šu₂⸣ [ina ŠA₃]
34	PAB 01-lim-02-me-50 ⸢ANŠE⸣ [A.ŠA₃ x x]
35	02-me-80 ar-⸢šu₂⸣ [ina ŠA₃]
36	40-lim 01-lim {giš}til-[lit]
37	ina ki-pa-a-[ni]
38	20-lim 05-lim {[giš}til-lut x x]
39	ina {uru}sa-[ru-gi {uru}DU₆—NA₄]
40	12-lim ina {⸢uru⸣}[x x x]
41	PAB 70-lim 08-[lim {giš}til-lut]
42	01 {giš}⸢SAR⸣ {[u₂}SAR]
43	ina [x x x x x]
44	01 [x x x x x x]
r ii
1	[x x x x x x]
2	10 [x x x x x x]
3	01 [x x x x] u₂ [x x]
4	10-lim [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ANŠE [x x]
5	09 GUD-MEŠ AB₂.GUD-[HI.A x x]
6	25 GUD-MEŠ [x x x x]
7	[x x] 92 UDU-MEŠ [x x x]
8	[x x x] 10 ANŠE [x x x x]
9	[x x x] {uru}[x x x x]
10	[x x x] ar-šu₂ 01 [ina ŠA₃ x x]
r iii
1	PAB ša ARAD-MEŠ
2	30 {anše}KUR-MEŠ ṣib-ti
3	02 {anše}gam-mal-MEŠ
4	[x x x]+⸢x⸣-te
5	[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣
6	[x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣

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