ADD 0981 (P335806)
Administrative, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ADD 0981 |
|---|---|
| ID | P335806 |
| 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/saa07 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] ii 1ii 1–ii 1ii 1 | 2 oxen, people [of the palace]; |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] ii 22–ii 22 | 2 oxen, guest[s ...]; |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] ii 33–ii 33 | [...] wine [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] ii 1010–ii 1010 | 10 [......] |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] ii 1111–ii 1111 | 10 ditto, [10 spring lambs, served hot]; |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] ii 1212–ii 1212 | 10 ditto, [fat]; |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] ii 1313–ii 1313 | 10 ditto, s[isalhu]; |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] ii 1414–ii 1414 | 10 ditto, r[oasted]; |
| Obverse Column ii [8:9] ii 1515–ii 1515 | [10] ditto, hal[lam]; |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] ii 1616–ii 1616 | [10], small cooking-pots; |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] ii 1717–ii 1717 | [x sheep, k]irrutu-meal; |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] ii 1818–ii 1818 | [Total, x she]ep of the meal [...] |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 2'2'–r i 2'2' | [...] palace [...] |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 3'3'–r i 3'3' | [1, S]in-šarru-uṣur; |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 4'4'–r i 4'4' | many scholars; |
| Reverse Column i [4:6] r i 5'5'–r i 6'6' | 1, Balassu, priest of Harran; |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 7'7'–r i 7'7' | 1, the treasurer of Harran; |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 8'8'–r i 8'8' | 10, central stables; |
| Reverse Column i [8:10] r i 9'9'–r i 10'10' | [x], deputies and scribes [o]f governors; |
| Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 11'11'–r i 11'11' | [x], scholars in the se[rvice of the ki]ng; |
| Reverse Column i [11:12] r i 12'12'–r i 12'12' | [x, (ditto)], from [Assu]r; |
| Reverse Column i [12:13] r i 13'13'–r i 13'13' | [x], from [Nineveh]; |
| Reverse Column i [13:14] r i 14'14'–r i 14'14' | [x], from [Calah]; |
| Reverse Column i [14:15] r i 15'15'–r i 15'15' | [x], from [Arb]ela; |
| Reverse Column i [15:18] r i 16'16'–r i 18'18' | [x], [from] Harran |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ii | ||
| 1 | 02 GUD UN-MEŠ [E₂] | |
| 2 | 02 GUD SUHUŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x] ⸢GEŠTIN⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | 10 [x x x x] | |
| 11 | 10 10 NIM ṣar-hu-te-šu₂] | |
| 12 | 10 [tak-bar] | |
| 13 | 10 ⸢si⸣-[sal-hi] | |
| 14 | 10 gab-[bu-bu] | |
| 15 | 10 hal-[lam] | |
| 16 | 10 UTUL₂.TUR-MEŠ [o] | |
| 17 | [x UDU] ⸢ki⸣-ru-tu₂ ⸢x⸣ | |
| 18 | [PAB x] ⸢UDU⸣ BUR [x x] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] E₂.⸢GAL⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x {1}{d]}30—MAN—PAB [o] | |
| 4' | [o] um-man ma-aʾ-du-te | |
| 5' | 01 {1}ba-la-su {lu₂v}SANGA | |
| 6' | ša {uru}KASKAL | |
| 7' | 01 {lu₂v}IGI.DUB ša {uru}KASKAL | |
| 8' | 10 ub-sa-a-te qab-sat | |
| 9' | [x]+⸢x⸣ 02-u-te A.BA-MEŠ | |
| 10' | [o] ⸢ša⸣ NAM-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [x] ⸢um⸣-man ⸢ŠU⸣.2 ⸢MAN⸣ | |
| 12' | [x ŠA₃—URU]-a.a | |
| 13' | [x] DUMU-[MEŠ {uru}NINA]{ki} | |
| 14' | [x] {⸢uru⸣}[kal-ha]-a.a | |
| 15' | [x] DUMU-[MEŠ {uru}arba]-il₃ | |
| 16' | [x]+⸢x⸣ KASKAL{[ki}a.a] | |
| 17' | [x]+05 [x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x] [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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