ABL 1009 (P395471)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABL 1009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395471 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | May they give the king, my lord, fame, [... and ...]! |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | Concerning the forces about which the ki[ng, my lord], wrote to his servant: “[Review them] from day to da[y]!” — |
| Obverse [5:13] o 6'6'–o 13'13' | 2 horses, 5 [...] soldiers of stan[dby] chariotry, 50 Amuqian shield-spearmen, at the command of [NN], himself not [...]; 3 Kušitian archers (commanded by) [NN]; 23 elite ditto, [NN]; 12 Kibritian ditto, [NN]; 7 Hindirian ditto, [NN]; |
| Obverse [13:18] o 14'14'–o 18'18' | in all 2 horses, 5 [chariots], 50 shield-spearmen, 50 a[rchers]; all together 100 soldiers [...], 5 horses [...] (of) Nabû-ahu-iddina, [...]. |
| Obverse [18:20] o 19'19'–o 20'20' | 4 horses, 5 [...] (of) Gadiya, [...]. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | 3 archers [......] |
| Reverse [0:17] r 1'1'–r 17'17' | [x] shield-spearmen, [NN]; 24 Cilician ditto, N[N]; 4 Samarian ditto, N[N]; 1 Samarian ditto, [NN]; 33 Maqamarian ditto, A[...]; [in all] 128 [shield-spear]men; 5 Labdudian archers, [NN]; 4 Labdudian ditto, [NN]; 12 Labdudian ditto, [NN]; 4 Hindirian ditto, [NN]; 23 Hindirian ditto, [NN]; 4 Martenian ditto, [NN]; 20 Rahiqian ditto, [NN]; 6 Puqudian ditto, [NN]; in all 81 ar[chers]; all together 209, of Zababa-[eriba], recruit of the pala[ce] manager. |
| Reverse [17:22] r 18'18'–r 22'22' | 1 chariot, 2 teams of hor[ses], 4 teams of mules, 14 do[nkeys]; 33 chariot soldiers, 35 [...] soldiers, 50 shield-spearmen, 95 domestics, in all 2[39 ...], of the cohort of Nabû-[...]. |
| Reverse [22:25] r 23'23'–r 25'25' | 20, Kilizi; 20, Kar-Mu[llissi]; [x+]5, Dur-Sin-ahhe-riba; 100, [GN]; [x], Šamaš-na$ir; 400, [NN]; |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 1r.e. 1–r.e. 1r.e. 1 | [x]00, N[N; in all x] chariots, 2 teams of mules, 20 [...] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 22–r.e. 22 | [x]+30 [..., x] cavalrymen, 228 shield-spearmen, 126 ar[chers] |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 33–r.e. 33 | *ABL 1009 |
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 | ||
| 1' | siq-ru [x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia li-[di-nu] | |
| 3' | ina UGU e-mu-qi ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 4' | ina UGU {lu₂}ARAD-šu₂ iš-⸢pur⸣-[an-ni] | |
| 5' | ma-a ša UD-me a-na UD-[me a-šur] | |
| 6' | 02 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ 05 ERIM-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 7' | ša {giš}GIGIR qur-⸢ub⸣-[te 0 | |
| 8' | 50 a-rit am-qa-a.a ŠU [x x x x] | |
| 9' | šu-u la ⸢e⸣-[x x x] | |
| 10' | 03 {lu₂}BAN ku-ši-ta-a.a [x x x] | |
| 11' | 23 {lu₂}dam-ma-qu-te ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 12' | 12 kib-ri-ta-a.a [x x x] | |
| 13' | 07 hi-in-dir-a.a [x x x] | |
| 14' | PAB 02 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ 05 {[giš}GIGIR-MEŠ] | |
| 15' | 50 {lu₂}a-rit 50 {⸢lu₂⸣}{[giš}BAN] | |
| 16' | PAB 01-me {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 17' | 05 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 18' | {1}{d}PA—PAB—AŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 19' | 04 {anše}KUR.RA 05 [x x x x x] | |
| 20' | {1}ga-di-a [x x x x x x] | |
| 21' | 03 {lu₂}BAN te-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] {⸢lu₂}a-rit⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | 24 hi-lak-a.a {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3' | 04 sa-mir-na-a.a {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | 01 sa-mir-na-a.a {1}[x x x x] | |
| 5' | 33 ma-qa-⸢mar⸣-a.a {1}a-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [PAB] 01-me 28 {lu₂}[a-rit] | |
| 7' | 05 {giš}BAN lab-du-da-a.a {1}x x x x] | |
| 8' | 04 lab-du-da-a.a {1}x x x x] | |
| 9' | 12 lab-du-da-a.a {1}[x x x x] | |
| 10' | 04 hi-in-dir-a.a {1}[x x x x] | |
| 11' | 23 hi-in-dir-a.a {1}[x x x x] | |
| 12' | 04 mar-te-en-a.a {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 13' | 20 ra-hi-qu-a.a {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 14' | 06 pu-qud-a.a {1}{⸢d⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 15' | PAB 81 {lu₂}{⸢giš⸣}[BAN-MEŠ] | |
| 16' | PAB 02-me 09 ša {1}{d}za-ba₄-ba₄—[SU] | |
| 17' | {lu₂}rak-su ša GAL—E₂.⸢GAL⸣ GAL—E₂.⸢GAL⸣ | |
| 18' | 01 {giš}GIGIR 02 u₂-ra-a-te {anše}[KUR.RA] | |
| 19' | 04 u₂-ra-a-te {anše}GIR₃.NUN.NA 14 ⸢ANŠE⸣.[NITA₂-MEŠ] | |
| 20' | 33 ERIM-MEŠ {giš}GIGIR 35 ERIM-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 21' | 50 a-rit 95 UN-MEŠ E₂ PAB 02-⸢me⸣ 39 x x] | |
| 22' | ša ki-ṣir ša {1}{d}PA—[x x x] | |
| 23' | 20 {uru}kal₃-zu 20 {uru}kar—{d}⸢NIN⸣.[LIL₂] | |
| 24' | [x] 05 {uru}BAD₃—{1}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU 01-me [x x x] | |
| 25' | [x x x {uru}{d]}UTU—PAB 04-me {1}[x x x x x] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [x]-⸢me⸣ {1}⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x {giš]}⸢GIGIR⸣-MEŠ 02 u₂-rat {anše}GIR₃.NUN.NA 20 [x x x] | |
| 2 | [x] 30 [x x x x x x x {lu₂]}BAD-HAL 02-me 28 a-rit 01-me 26 {lu₂}{[giš}BAN] | |
| 3 | [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] 06-me 36 {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ | |
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