ADB 04 (P334937)
Administrative, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADB 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334937 |
| 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
By ORACC project saao/saa11 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column ii [0:3] o ii 1'1'–o ii 3'3' | [......] 1 woman. [Total, in the town ...]huri, [near the city] of Harran. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:6] o ii 4'4'–o ii 6'6' | [NN, f]armer; [...; 1] woman; 1 house. [Total, ... city] of Balihu. |
| Obverse Column ii [6:11] o ii 7'7'– | [NN], farmer; [...]; 1 woman. [Total, in the] village of Urdi [near the city of Balih]u. |
| Obverse Column iii [0:7] o iii 1'1'–o iii 7'7' | [NN], fa[rmer ...]; [Sa]msi-idri, hatt[er]; [H]innî: [...]a'ulâ; [...] Risâ; [x] women. [Total, ...] city Harran. |
| Obverse Column iii [7:12] o iii 8'8'–o iii 12'12' | [I]dranu, farmer; his brother; one son; 3 women; 20 hectares of ara[ble land; 1] house; 1 threshing-floor; 1 garden. [Total, in the to]wn Badan[i], near Harran. |
| Obverse Column iii [12:15] o iii 13'13'–o iii 15'15' | Adad-lukidi, farmer; 1 son; 1 woman; 20 (hectares) of arable land, 2 under cultivation therein. |
| Obverse Column iii [15:19] o iii 16'16'–o iii 19'19' | Issâ, cowherd; 30 bulls and cows in the town of Aynatâ, in the district of the city Balihu. |
| Obverse Column iv [0:2] o iv 1'1'–o iv 2'2' | 20 hectares of arable land in the to[wn of ...] near [Harran]. |
| Obverse Column iv [2:6] o iv 3'3'–o iv 6'6' | Padî, garde[ner]; 1 son; 3 women; 4,000 stalks of vine; [x+]2 hectares of arable land in the town of Ṣaidina [n]ear Harran. |
| Obverse Column iv [6:9] o iv 7'7'–o iv 9'9' | NN, sh[ephe]rd; [total, x peo]ple: the city of Til-u[...], in the district of the city Sa[r]u[g]i. |
| Obverse Column iv [9:11] o iv 10'10'–o iv 11'11' | Mannu-ki-ili, [shep]herd in the town Ina-Bir-man'at. |
| Obverse Column iv [11:12] o iv 12'12'–o iv 12'12' | Aširâ, ca[mel] driver; |
| Obverse Column iv [12:13] o iv 13'13'–o iv 13'13' | Bel-abu-uṣur, barber, son of [...]; |
| Obverse Column iv [13:15] o iv 14'14'– | Sagibi-Daddi, [...]; |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 15b.e. 15–b.e. 15b.e. 15 | Nusku-ila'i, [...]; |
| Bottom [1:4] b.e. 1616– | Hana-Si, [shep]herd; |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1r i 1–r i 1r i 1 | the woman Naga[...]; |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 22–r i 22 | the woman Nikkal-[...]; |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 33–r i 33 | the woman Haba[...]; |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 44–r i 44 | the woman Sî[...]. |
| Reverse Column i [4:6] r i 55–r i 66 | 2,000 [stalks of vine] in [the town ...]. |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 77–r i 77 | The woman Sin-[......]; |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 99–r i 99 | 2,000 stalks of vine near [the city of Harran]; |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 1010–r i 1010 | 4,000 in the city of Saru[gi]; |
| Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 1111–r i 1111 | [a tot]al of 6,000 stalks of vine. |
| Reverse Column i [11:13] r i 1212–r i 1313 | [Tot]al, of Adad-remanni, [chief cook] of the city of Harran. |
| Reverse Column ii [0:3] r ii 11–r ii 33 | Il-ba'al, [gardener]; 1 son; 1 woman; 13,000 stalks of vine; 1 house; in the town Ribit-Remanni-ilu. |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 44–r ii 44 | Total, of the son of Remanni-Nabû, .... |
| Reverse Column ii [4:6] r ii 55–r ii 66 | Adad-belu-uṣur, farmer; 2 sons, 2 women; [x] hectares of arable land. |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 77–r ii 77 | [Total], in the town Hansuri, near the city Harran. |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 88–r ii 88 | [Total], of Šulmu-ahhe. |
| Reverse Column ii [8:10] r ii 99–r ii 1010 | [U]asî, ga[rdener]; [x] son(s) [......] |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 1515–r ii 1515 | [in Ki]pani. |
| Reverse Column ii [11:14] r ii 1616–r ii 1818 | [...]sî, ditto; 2 women; [x] thousands of stalks of vine; 30 hectares of arable land; 1 house. [...]-samsi, in Kipani. |
| Reverse Column ii [14:16] r ii 1919–r ii 2020 | [......] of arable land; 1 house; [......]ri, in Kipani. |
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 ii | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] 01 MI₂ | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-hu-ri | |
| 3' | [x x x x {uru]}KASKAL | |
| 4' | [x x x x {lu₂v]}ENGAR | |
| 5' | [x x x x 01 MI₂ 01 E₂ | |
| 6' | [x x x {uru]}ba-li-hi | |
| 7' | [x x x x] {lu₂v}ENGAR | |
| 8' | [x x x x] 01 MI₂ | |
| 9' | [ina] {uru}ŠE—{1}ur-di | |
| 10' | [x x {uru}ba-li]-⸢hi⸣ | |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | [x x x] {lu₂v}⸢ENGAR⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | {1}⸢sam⸣-si—id-ri {lu₂v}ša₂—⸢U.SAG⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 3' | {1}hi]-in-ni-i | |
| 4' | {1}x]-a-u₂-la-a | |
| 5' | [x x x {1}ri-sa-a | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢MI₂-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x] {⸢uru⸣}KASKAL | |
| 8' | {1}⸢id⸣-ra-nu {lu₂v}ENGAR | |
| 9' | 01 ⸢PAB-šu₂⸣ 01 DUMU 03 MI₂-MEŠ | |
| 10' | 20 A.[ŠA₃ 01 E₂ 01 ad-ru | |
| 11' | 01 {giš}SAR [PAB] {⸢uru⸣}ba-da-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 12' | qa-ni {uru}⸢KASKAL⸣ | |
| 13' | {1}10—lu-ki-di {lu₂v}⸢ENGAR⸣ | |
| 14' | 01 DUMU 01 MI₂ | |
| 15' | 20 A.ŠA₃ 02 ⸢ar-šu₂ ina ŠA₃⸣ | |
| 16' | {1}is-sa-a {lu₂v}SIPA GUD-MEŠ | |
| 17' | 30 GUD.NITA₂-MEŠ AB₂.GUD-HI.A | |
| 18' | ina {uru}a.a-na-ta-a | |
| 19' | ina {uru}ba-li-hi | |
| o iv | ||
| 1' | 20 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ ina {⸢uru⸣}[x x] | |
| 2' | qa-ni {uru}[KASKAL] | |
| 3' | {1}pa-di-i {lu₂v}NU.GIŠ.[SAR] | |
| 4' | 01 DUMU 03 MI₂-MEŠ 04-lim til-lit | |
| 5' | [x]+02 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ ina {uru}ṣa-i-di-na | |
| 6' | ⸢qa⸣-ni {uru}KASKAL | |
| 7' | {1}⸢x-x-a⸣ {lu₂v}⸢SIPA UDU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 8' | [PAB x] ⸢ZI {uru⸣}DU₆—u₂-[x] | |
| 9' | ina {⸢uru}sa-ru⸣-[gi] | |
| 10' | {1}man-nu—ki—DINGIR {lu₂v}SIPA [x x] | |
| 11' | ina {uru}ina—bi-ir—ma-an-at | |
| 12' | {1}a-ši-ra-a {lu₂v}UŠ—A.⸢AB⸣.[BA] {lu₂v}UŠ—A.⸢AB⸣.[BA] | |
| 13' | {1}EN—AD—PAB {lu₂v}ŠU.I A [x x] | |
| 14' | {1}sa-gi-bi—U.U {lu₂v}ša₂—[x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | {1}PA.TUG₂—DINGIR-a.a {lu₂v}[x x] | |
| 16 | {1}ha-na—si-i {lu₂v}⸢SIPA⸣ [x x] | |
| r i | ||
| 1 | {mi₂}na-ga-[x x x] | |
| 2 | {mi₂}{d}NIN.GAL—[x x x] | |
| 3 | {mi₂}ha-ba-[x x x] | |
| 4 | {mi₂}si-i-[x x x] | |
| 5 | 02-⸢lim⸣ {[giš}til-lit] | |
| 6 | ina {[uru}x x] | |
| 7 | {⸢mi₂}30—[x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | 02-lim⸣ til-⸢lit⸣ qa-⸢ni⸣ {[uru}KASKAL] | |
| 10 | 04-lim ina {uru}sa-ru-[gi] | |
| 11 | ⸢PAB⸣ 06-lim til-[lit] | |
| 12 | ⸢PAB⸣ ša₂ {1}10—rem₂-a-ni {lu₂v}[GAL—MU] {lu₂v}[GAL—MU] {lu₂v}[GAL—MU] | |
| 13 | ša {uru}KASKAL | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | {1}DINGIR—pa-al {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2 | 01 DUMU 01 MI₂ 13-lim til-lit | |
| 3 | 01 E₂ ina {uru}ri-bit—{1}rem₂-ana—DINGIR | |
| 4 | PAB ša₂ A {1}rem₂-a-ni—{d}⸢PA⸣ na-ši-u | |
| 5 | {1}10—EN—PAB ENGAR 02 DUMU 02 MI₂-MEŠ | |
| 6 | [x] ANŠE A.ŠA₃ | |
| 7 | [PAB] {uru}ha-an-su-ri qa-ni {uru}KASKAL | |
| 8 | [PAB] ša₂ {1}šul-mu—PAB-MEŠ | |
| 9 | {1}u₂]-a-si-i {lu₂v}⸢NU⸣.[GIŠ.SAR] | |
| 10 | [x] DUMU [x x x x] | |
| 15 | [ina ki]-pa-a-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 16 | {1}x-x]-si-i 02 MI₂-MEŠ | |
| 17 | [x-lim] til-lit 30 A.ŠA₃ 01 E₂ | |
| 18 | [x x x]—sam-si ina ki-pa-a-ni | |
| 19 | [x x x x] A.ŠA₃ 01 E₂ | |
| 20 | [x x x x]-ri ina {kur}kip-an | |
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