ADB 08 (P334941)
Administrative, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADB 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334941 |
| 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 i [2:9] o i 3'3'–o i 9'9' | [...]Hu-[...]; [...] son of Adad-bi['di], shepherd. Samuna-aplu-iddina; Bel-banu; [1] suckling son; [1+]2 women: a total of 6 people. |
| Obverse Column i [9:12] o i 10'10'–o i 12'12' | 170 sheep, — tax quota assigned. [Total, in the] town Harbat-ila'i-Bel, in the steppe of the district of the town Balihu. |
| Obverse Column i [12:17] o i 13'13'–o i 17'17' | Salamu, farmer; 20 hectares of arable land, 10 hectares under cultivation therein; 1 ox; 1 house; 1 threshing-floor; 1 garden. |
| Obverse Column i [17:25] o i 18'18'– | Ahâ, farmer; Tiniyâ, Se'-dikir, 2 brothers of his, adolescents; Samsi-iabi, of 4 spans' height; 2 women: a total of 6 people. 1 ox, [x] hectares of arable land; |
| Obverse Column ii [0:2] o ii 1'1'–o ii 2'2' | Total, of the estate of N[N], son of Gir-Dadi [...]; |
| Obverse Column ii [2:4] o ii 3'3'–o ii 4'4' | from the town of [...], the tithe of the estate [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | 1 house; 1/2 [threshing-floor ...]; |
| Obverse Column ii [5:11] o ii 6'6'–o ii 11'11' | 1 [bare] pl[ot]; 1 [......] |
| Reverse Column iv [0:1] r iv 1r 1–r iv 1r 1 | 2,300 in the town of Yasume; |
| Reverse Column iv [1:2] r iv 22–r iv 22 | [in all], 49,300 stalks of vine. |
| Reverse Column iv [2:3] r iv 33–r iv 33 | 8,000 saplings; |
| Reverse Column iv [3:4] r iv 44–r iv 44 | 1 grove; 4 vegetable gardens; |
| Reverse Column iv [4:5] r iv 55–r iv 55 | 6 1/2 wells; 2 threshing[-floors]; |
| Reverse Column iv [5:6] r iv 66–r iv 66 | 5 houses; 16 [...]; |
| Reverse Column iv [6:7] r iv 77–r iv 77 | 2 ...[...]. |
| Reverse Column iv [7:8] r iv 88–r iv 88 | Total [......], |
| Reverse Column iv [8:9] r iv 99–r iv 99 | Sal[......] |
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 i | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x] {1}hu-[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x] A {1}10—bi-[iʾ-di] | |
| 5' | [o] {lu₂v}SIPA UDU-[MEŠ] | |
| 6' | {1}sa-mu-na—A—AŠ [o] | |
| 7' | {1}EN—ba-nu | |
| 8' | 01 A GA | |
| 9' | 01 02 MI₂-MEŠ PAB 06 | |
| 10' | 01-me-70 UDU-MEŠ EŠ₂.QAR | |
| 11' | [PAB] {uru}har-bat—{1}DINGIR-a.a—EN | |
| 12' | ⸢ina mad⸣-bar ša₂ {uru}ba-li-hi | |
| 13' | {1}sa-la-mu {lu₂v}ENGAR | |
| 14' | 20 ANŠE A.ŠA₃ | |
| 15' | 10 ANŠE ar-šu₂ ina ŠA₃ | |
| 16' | 01 GUD 01 E₂ | |
| 17' | 01 ad-ru 01 {giš}SAR | |
| 18' | {1}a-ha-a {lu₂v}ENGAR | |
| 19' | {1}ti-ni-ia-a | |
| 20' | {1}se-eʾ—di-ki-ir | |
| 21' | 02 PAB-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ ṣa | |
| 22' | {1}sam-si—ia-a-bi 04 | |
| 23' | 02 MI₂-MEŠ PAB 06 | |
| 24' | 01 GUD [x] ANŠE A.ŠA₃ | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | PAB ⸢E₂⸣ {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | A {1}gir₂—U.U [x x x] | |
| 3' | TA@v ŠA₃ {uru}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | 10-u₂-tu₂ ⸢ša₂ E₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | 01 E₂ 1:2 [ad-ru x x] | |
| 6' | 01 kaq-[qu-ru x x x] | |
| 7' | 01 [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | 01 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | 90 [x x x x x] | |
| 14' | 01 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r iv | ||
| 1 | [o] 02-lim-03-me ina {uru}ia-su-me | |
| 2 | [PAB] 40-lim-09-lim-03-me {giš}til-lit | |
| 3 | 08-lim ziq-pu | |
| 4 | 01 qab-lu 04 {giš}SAR {u₂}SAR | |
| 5 | 06 1:2 PU₂-MEŠ 02 ad-[ra-te] | |
| 6 | 05 E₂-MEŠ 16 ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x] | |
| 7 | 02 {giš}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 8 | PAB [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | {1}sal-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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