NARGD 54 (P336290)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | NARGD 54 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336290 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa12 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1'1'–o i 1'1' | 20 — the [......] |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 2'2'–o i 2'2' | Total: 360 [......]. |
| Obverse Column i [2:5] o i 3'3'–o i 5'5' | The chief fuller of [the palace] gives 1 litre of oil, 1 litre of [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [5:8] o i 6'6'–o i 8'8' | The ploughmaster of the [palace] giv[es] one glass of car[damom ...]. |
| Obverse Column i [8:10] o i 9'9'–o i 10'10' | Total that Shalman[eser (IV)] establis[hed]. |
| Obverse Column i [10:13] o i 11'11'–o i 13'13' | The garde[ner] of the palace [gives] 5 ...-plants. |
| Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 14'14'–o i 14'14' | Total that was added by [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [14:17] o i 15'15'–o i 17'17' | [The wine master] gives 1 litre of wine. Total that was ad[ded] by Tiglath-Pil[eser (III)]. |
| Obverse Column i [17:21] o i 18'18'–o i 21'21' | The rab qaqqulāti gives 2 seahs of bread, 1 litre of so[up], 1 seah 4 litres of beer, and 2 litres of maṣhatu-flour. |
| Obverse Column i [21:26] o i 22'22'–o i 26'26' | The chief cook of the pa[lace] takes one sheep for the constant offering from the administration of Hatrakka and Ṣimirra and gives it. |
| Obverse Column i [26:28] o i 27'27'–o i 28'28' | Total that Sargon (II) established. |
| Obverse Column i [28:30] o i 29'29'–o i 30'30' | One seah 7 litres of bread, small and large, loaves of 1 litre each; |
| Obverse Column i [30:32] o i 31'31'–o i 32'32' | 3 seahs 6 1/2 litres of small breads, of second (size), half a litre each. |
| Obverse Column i [32:37] o i 33'33'–o i 37'37' | One ram from the 3,000 sheep of Ahabû, palace scribe, which the king organized for [Iš]tar, the ... bring. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1'1'–o ii 1'1' | [......] temple [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 2'2'–o ii 2'2' | [...] bread |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 3'3'–o ii 3'3' | [...] beer |
| Obverse Column ii [3:5] o ii 4'4'–o ii 5'5' | [...] bread [......] |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii 8'8'–o ii 8'8' | The cook [......] |
| Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii 9'9'–o ii 9'9' | 1 litre [......] |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii 10'10'–o ii 10'10' | 1 litre [......] |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 11'11'–o ii 11'11' | the city god [......] |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 12'12'–o ii 12'12' | of the household of the [palace] herald |
| Obverse Column ii [12:13] o ii 13'13'–o ii 13'13' | the priest [of ...] |
| Obverse Column ii [13:14] o ii 14'14'–o ii 14'14' | 1 litre of bread, 1 [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [14:15] o ii 15'15'–o ii 15'15' | Gula of [the steppe ...] |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 11–r i 11 | 2 [+x ......] |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 22–r i 22 | the [......] |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 11–r ii 11 | 2 [......] |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 22–r ii 22 | 2 [......] |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 33–r ii 33 | 1 [......] |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 44–r ii 44 | 1 [......] |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 55–r ii 55 | of 2 [......] |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 66–r ii 66 | 5/6 [......] |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 77–r ii 77 | 4 lower le[gs ......] |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 88–r ii 88 | 4 low[er legs of ......] |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 99–r ii 99 | 1 litre [......] |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 1010–r ii 1010 | 1 litre [of oil ......] |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 1111–r ii 1111 | Total: the foo[d] master. |
| Reverse Column ii [11:15] r ii 1212–r ii 1515 | 1 litre of so[up], 1 ...-fish, one third of a litre of be[er] brought before the king. |
| Reverse Column ii [15:17] r ii 1616–r ii 1717 | One glass of cardamom [...] for the use of the chief confectioner of the palace. |
| Reverse Column ii [17:19] r ii 1818–r ii 1919 | One seah 7 litres of bread, small and large, loaves of 1 litre each; |
| Reverse Column ii [19:21] r ii 2020–r ii 2121 | 3 seahs 6 1/2 litres of small breads, of second (size), half a litre each; |
| Reverse Column ii [21:22] r ii 2222–r ii 2222 | 1 seah 2 1/2 litres of regular offering bread; |
| Reverse Column ii [22:23] r ii 2323–r ii 2323 | 2 litres of wine, 1 seah 2 litres of beer. |
| Reverse Column ii [23:24] r ii 2424–r ii 2424 | 5 thighs, 5 shoulders, |
| Reverse Column ii [24:25] r ii 2525–r ii 2525 | 3 haunches, 6 rib cuts, |
| Reverse Column ii [25:26] r ii 2626–r ii 2626 | 3 breasts, 1 neck, |
| Reverse Column ii [26:27] r ii 2727–r ii 2727 | 2 backbones; |
| Reverse Column ii [27:28] r ii 2828–r ii 2828 | total: two sheep for meat. |
| Reverse Column ii [28:31] r ii 2929–r ii 3131 | one sheep head [......] |
| Reverse Column iii [0:9] r iii 1r iii 1–r iii 99 | [... who] receives [the labour dues] of all the temples; since Adad-nerari (III), son of Šamši-Adad (V), appointed the rab qaqqulāti, he receives the labour dues, and this one gives the sheep. |
| Reverse Column iii [9:10] r iii 1010–r iii 1010 | Eponym year of Mannu-ki-mat-Aššur (793 B.C.). |
| Reverse Column iii [10:11] r iii 1111–r iii 1111 | Total of Adad-nerari (III). |
| Reverse Column iii [11:16] r iii 1212–r iii 1616 | The rab qaqqulāti gives 6 seahs of bread, 1 seah 2 litres of beer for libations and 1 homer of beer for the hariu ritual of the seventh day. |
| Reverse Column iii [16:17] r iii 1717–r iii 1717 | Total of Sargon (II). |
| Reverse Column iii [17:20] r iii 1818–r iii 2020 | In all: 6 seahs of bread, 1 homer 1 seah 2 litres of beer, 3 sheep. |
| Reverse Column iii [20:23] r iii 2121–r iii 2323 | Total of the additional (offering) that is performed three times a month. |
| Reverse Column iii [23:24] r iii 2424–r iii 2424 | Distribution: |
| Reverse Column iii [24:25] r iii 2525–r iii 2525 | 3 seahs of bread, 1 seah per day, |
| Reverse Column iii [25:27] r iii 2626–r iii 2727 | 1 seah 8 litres of beer, 6 litres per day; |
| Reverse Column iii [27:28] r iii 2828–r iii 2828 | all for the temple of Nabû — its priest. |
| Reverse Column iii [28:30] r iii 2929–r iii 3030 | Three times a haunch, 1 per day, before Gula of the steppe — her priest. |
| Reverse Column iii [30:31] r iii 3131–r iii 3131 | Three times a rib cut, 1 per day, for the lamentation chanter. |
| Reverse Column iii [31:32] r iii 3232–r iii 3232 | Total: 3 seahs of bread, 1 seah 8 [litres of beer], |
| Reverse Column iii [32:33] r iii 3333–r iii 3333 | 3 haunches, [3 rib cuts]; |
| Reverse Column iii [33:34] r iii 3434–r iii 3434 | all, the fo[od] master [(...)]. |
| Reverse Column iii [34:35] r iii 3535–r iii 3535 | 3 litres [of b]read, 2 [litres per day], |
| Reverse Column iii [35:36] r iii 3636–r iii 3636 | [x litres] of beer, [x litres per day] |
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' | 20 {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | PAB 03-me-60 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | 01 qa I₃-MEŠ 01 qa [x x] | |
| 4' | {lu₂}GAL—TUG₂.UD {lu₂}GAL—TUG₂.UD ⸢ša⸣ [E₂.GAL] | |
| 5' | i-da-[an] | |
| 6' | 01 bu-u-zu ku-⸢dim⸣-[me x x] | |
| 7' | {lu₂}GAL—har-bi {lu₂}GAL—har-bi ša ⸢E₂⸣.[GAL] | |
| 8' | i-da-[an] | |
| 9' | PAB ša {1}{d}DI-ma-⸢nu⸣—[MAŠ] | |
| 10' | ir-ku-su-[u-ni] | |
| 11' | 05 {u₂}kur-up-pi [o] | |
| 12' | {lu₂}NU.GIŠ.[SAR o] | |
| 13' | ša E₂.GAL [i-da-an] | |
| 14' | PAB UŠ-tu₂ ša {1}x x x] | |
| 15' | 01 qa GEŠTIN-MEŠ {[lu₂}GAL—GEŠTIN] {[lu₂}GAL—GEŠTIN] | |
| 16' | i-da-an PAB ⸢UŠ⸣-[tu₂] | |
| 17' | ša {1}tukul-ti—A—[E₂.ŠAR₂] | |
| 18' | 2(ban₂) NINDA-MEŠ 01 qa a-⸢ku⸣-[si] | |
| 19' | 1(ban₂) 04 qa KAŠ-[MEŠ] | |
| 20' | 02 qa ZID₂.MAD.⸢GA₂⸣ | |
| 21' | {lu₂}GAL—qa-qu-lat {lu₂}GAL—qa-qu-lat i-da-[an] | |
| 22' | 01 UDU da₃-ri-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 23' | {lu₂}GAL—MU {lu₂}GAL—MU ša E₂.[GAL] | |
| 24' | TA@v IGI {uru}hat-rak-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 25' | {uru}ṣi-mir-ra [o] | |
| 26' | i-na-aš₂-ši-a i-⸢da⸣-[an] | |
| 27' | PAB ša {1}MAN—GIN | |
| 28' | ir-ku-su-u-ni | |
| 29' | 1(ban₂) 07 qa NINDA-MEŠ QAL₃-MEŠ KALAG-MEŠ | |
| 30' | ak-li 01 qa-a.a | |
| 31' | 3(ban₂) 06 1:2 qa NINDA-MEŠ QAL₃-MEŠ | |
| 32' | 02-u-te ša 1:2 qa-a.a | |
| 33' | 01 UDU.NITA₂ TA@v ŠA₃ 03-lim UDU-MEŠ | |
| 34' | ša {1}PAB-bu-u | |
| 35' | {lu₂}A.BA—E₂.GAL {lu₂}A.BA—E₂.GAL | |
| 36' | ša LUGAL a-na {d}15 | |
| 37' | ⸢ik-ṣur⸣-u₂-ni | |
| 38' | {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x] ⸢x x⸣-te | |
| 39' | ⸢u₂-še-ru-bu⸣ | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢E₂⸣.[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] NINDA-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢KAŠ-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x-ziq⸣ E₂.[x] | |
| 5' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x⸣ NINDA [x x] | |
| 6' | {d}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {⸢lu₂}MU⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | 01 qa [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | 01 qa [x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | DINGIR—⸢URU DINGIR—⸢URU x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 12' | ša E₂ 600—[E₂.GAL] 600—[E₂.GAL] | |
| 13' | {lu₂}SANGA [x x x] | |
| 14' | 01 qa NINDA-MEŠ 01 [x x x] | |
| 15' | {d}⸢gu-la ša⸣ [EDIN x x] | |
| r i | ||
| 1 | 02+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x x x x x] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | 02 [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | 02 [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | 01 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | 01-et [x x x x] | |
| 5 | ša 02 [x x x x] | |
| 6 | 5:6 kar-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 7 | 04 kur-sin-[nat x x x x] | |
| 8 | 04 ⸢kur⸣-[sin-nat x x x] | |
| 9 | 01 qa [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | 01 qa [I₃-MEŠ x x x x] | |
| 11 | PAB EN—a-kul-⸢li⸣ EN—a-kul-⸢li⸣ | |
| 12 | 01 qa a-ku-[si] | |
| 13 | 01 KU₆ an-zu-[u] | |
| 14 | 03-su qa KAŠ-[MEŠ] | |
| 15 | ina IGI LUGAL e-⸢rab⸣ | |
| 16 | 01 {dug}bu-u-zu ku-dim-me a-[x] | |
| 17 | a—ŠU.2 a—ŠU.2 {lu₂}GAL—SUM.NINDA {lu₂}GAL—SUM.NINDA ša KUR | |
| 18 | 1(ban₂) 07 qa NINDA-MEŠ QAL₃-MEŠ KALAG-MEŠ | |
| 19 | <$x$> ak-li 01 qa-a.a | |
| 20 | 3(ban₂) 06 1:2 qa NINDA-MEŠ QAL₃-MEŠ | |
| 21 | 02-te ša 1:2 qa-a.a | |
| 22 | 1(ban₂) 02 1:2 qa NINDA ⸢gi⸣-ne₂-e | |
| 23 | 02 qa GEŠTIN-MEŠ 1(ban₂) 02 qa KAŠ-MEŠ | |
| 24 | 05 {uzu}UR₂-MEŠ 05 {uzu}ZAG-MEŠ | |
| 25 | 03 {uzu}GIŠ.KUN 06 {uzu}TI | |
| 26 | 03 {uzu}GABA-MEŠ 01 {uzu}GU₂ | |
| 27 | 02 {uzu}GU₂.SIG₄ | |
| 28 | PAB 02 UDU ša₂ UZU-MEŠ | |
| 29 | 01 SAG.DU ⸢UDU x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 30 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 31 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢ša E₂⸣.KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 2 | ⸢gab-bu i-ma-har⸣-u-ni | |
| 3 | ⸢ki-i⸣ {1}10—ERIM.GABA | |
| 4 | DUMU {1}{d}šam-ši—{d}IM | |
| 5 | {lu₂}GAL—qa-qu-lat {lu₂}GAL—qa-qu-lat | |
| 6 | ip-qi-du-u-ni | |
| 7 | il-ka-ka-a-te | |
| 8 | i-mah-har | |
| 9 | šu-u₂ UDU-MEŠ i-da-an | |
| 10 | lim-mu {1}man-nu—ki—KUR—aš-šur | |
| 11 | PAB ša {1}10—ERIM.GABA | |
| 12 | 6(ban₂) NINDA-MEŠ 1(ban₂) 02 qa KAŠ-MEŠ | |
| 13 | a-na SUR-MEŠ | |
| 14 | 01 ANŠE KAŠ-MEŠ a-na ha-ri-i | |
| 15 | ša UD 07-KAM₂\t | |
| 16 | {lu₂}GAL—qa-qu-lat {lu₂}GAL—qa-qu-lat i-da-an | |
| 17 | PAB ša {1}MAN—GIN | |
| 18 | PAB 6(ban₂) NINDA-MEŠ | |
| 19 | 01 ANŠE 1(ban₂) 02 qa KAŠ-MEŠ | |
| 20 | 03 UDU-MEŠ | |
| 21 | PAB ut-ru | |
| 22 | ša 03-šu₂ ina ITI | |
| 23 | in-ne₂-pa-šu-u-ni | |
| 24 | za-uz-zu | |
| 25 | 3(ban₂) NINDA-MEŠ 1(ban₂) ina UD-me | |
| 26 | 1(ban₂) 08 qa KAŠ-MEŠ | |
| 27 | 06 qa ina UD-me | |
| 28 | PAB E₂—{d}PA {lu₂}SANGA-šu₂ | |
| 29 | 03-šu₂ {uzu}GIŠ.KUN 01-te ina UD-me | |
| 30 | ina IGI {d}gu-la ša EDIN {lu₂}SANGA-ša₂ | |
| 31 | 03-šu₂ {uzu}TI 01-te ina UD-me {lu₂}SANGA-šu | |
| 32 | PAB 3(ban₂) NINDA-MEŠ 1(ban₂) 08 qa KAŠ⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 33 | 03 {uzu}GIŠ.KUN 03 {[uzu}TI] | |
| 34 | PAB EN—a-⸢kul⸣-[li EN—a-⸢kul⸣-[li x x x] | |
| 35 | 06 qa NINDA⸣-MEŠ 02 [qa ina UD-me] | |
| 36 | [x qa] ⸢KAŠ⸣-[MEŠ x qa ina UD-me] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.