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1881-02-04, 0117 unpublished unassigned ? (P452064)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | 1881-02-04, 0117 unpublished unassigned ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P452064 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-H2, 2026-10-18), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | u ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | and [......](very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | ša₂ KIN-an-ni [ma-a x x x] | [As to what] you wro[te me: "...] |
| 3' | an-na-ka ⸢a⸣-[sa-al-šu₂ muk] | I asked him here: "...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | il-ku-u ša₂-⸢ṭir⸣ [ma-a ki-i] | "The ilkû-offering is in the middle, and when |
| 5' | EŠ₂.QAR u₂-ša₂-⸢ti⸣-[ru-ni] | [who] made [the ešqar-offerings] |
| 6' | 0 {anše}KUR-MEŠ-e ša₂ [x x x] | the horses of(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | [ša₂] ma-ha-ri an-nu-[rig] | [As to what] had previously been said, [no]w |
| 8' | ⸢ša₂⸣-la-ka kil ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | he goes [......](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | [ana] sa-kul-la-a-te ki-[i] | When for the sakullu-offerings(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | ⸢ša₂⸣ ina LAL-ṣi AD—AD-ia AD—AD-ia | [As to what] my father, my grandfather, wrote to me: |
| 11' | ⸢niš⸣-pur DU-MEŠ-ni | They are going.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | a.a-ka i-nu-hu | Where are they resting? |
| 13' | ša₂ {lu₂}GAL—da-⸢ni⸣-ba-tim-ma {lu₂}GAL—da-⸢ni⸣-ba-tim-ma | From the Chief of Teams.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | ša₂ {1}id-ru [x x x]-me | of Idr[u ...](lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ [x x] ⸢x⸣ | of the gods(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 16' | ša₂ ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [x x x x] bi-la-ni | who in [......] ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x] dan | ...... strong(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 19' | [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ša₂ taš-pur]-⸢an-ni⸣ ket-tu₂ | [Concerning what] you wrote to me, it is true. |
| 2 | [la] ta-ri-iṣ ki-i ša₂ | [Do not] be negligent, as(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | ⸢mar⸣ ka-ṣa-ri ša₂ {anše}KUR | As much beer as the horse(s) |
| 4 | ⸢la⸣ ma-ṣi-iu-u-ni | “It is not mine—(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | ⸢TA@v\dm⸣ IGI an-nu-te | From these(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 6 | i-na-ši-a ina ṣil-li | He brings it on the tablet. |
| 7 | {d}aš-šur u DINGIR-MEŠ-e-a | Aššar and my gods |
| 8 | ša₂ u₂-tak-kil-u-ni-ni | which he sealed, |
| 9 | ma-aʾ-du {anše}⸢KUR⸣-ME | as many horses(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | {iti}DUL UD 03-KAM₂ | Month Tašrītu (VII), 3rd day. |
| 11 | lim {1}AŠ—BAD₃—PAB | 1,000 (shekels of silver to) Iddin-duru-uṣur, |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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