CT 53, 002 (P313417)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313417 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, [my lo]rd: your servant Mannu-k[i-Aššur-le'i]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | As to what the king, my lord, w[rote to me]: "[Make a list of all] the natives of Kumme [who] hold [houses in your district, and resettle them]!" — |
| Obverse [4:11] o 55–o 1111 | I have enquired and investigated (and found that) the entire [......] in the city of [Zarana]. I have written to every single place [......] (and found that) just along the king's road, [there is] one [......]. It is unsuitable for passing [......]. |
| Obverse [11:17] o 1212–o 1717 | Perhaps the king, my lord, (now) says: "[Why] did you tarr[y] until now?" [I ...ed] the area of the whole district [...], fetched the men [of Kumme] from Zarana [and settled them] in that place. Later on, I wrote (this letter). There is/are no [......] here. |
| Obverse [17:24] o 1818–o 2424 | As to what the ki[ng my lord wrote to me]: "Give Bel-duri the land that I ordered you (to give)!" — the king, my lord, did not give me any (such) order previously, but now (that) the king my lord has written to me, I have done as it was written in the king my lord's letter and given the land. |
| Obverse [24:29] o 2525– | I am herewith writing down the land Bel-duri holds in the district of Guzana and sending (the information) to the king, my lord: |
| Reverse [0:9] r 1r 1–r 99 | 60 hectares in the town of Aridu along the canal near Kubanaše; 200 in the village of Mar-jaba near Ilhini; 40 hecta[res in the town of ...]ritu near Guzana; 200 [in the village of] Amdanu near Bur-šarri: in all 500 (hectares of) land that Bel-duri holds in the district of Guzana. In addition to this, I have today given (him) the 80 hectares of l[and] about which the king my lord now wrote [to me]. |
| Reverse [9:19] r 1010–r 1919 | Ever since the eunuchs of the king [my lord] came, land in Guzana [has been nonexistent]. The fields of [......], the land that the king my lord [......] to one among the cit[ies ......]. I have no [...] to give [......]; from (what I have), I can pa[rcel out and give ... to Bel-duri] only. The king, my lord, should kn[now this]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na\t LUGAL\p ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}man-nu—⸢ki⸣—[aš-šur—ZU] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na\t [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | ⸢ša\m⸣ LUGAL EN ⸢iš\d⸣-[pur-an-ni] | |
| 5 | ⸢ma⸣-a {kur}ku-ma-a.⸢a⸣ [am—mar ina na-gi-ka E₂-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | u₂-ka-lu-u₂-⸢ni⸣ [šu-ṭur x x x x] | |
| 7 | a-sa-al u₂-ta-⸢ṣi⸣-[ṣi x x x x] | |
| 8 | gab\d-bi-šu ina ŠA₃\p {uru}[za-ra-na x x] | |
| 9 | am\d—⸢ma⸣-la am\d—⸢ma⸣-la a-sa-ta\dp-[par x x x x] | |
| 10 | ina UŠ KASKAL—LUGAL-ma\p KASKAL—LUGAL-ma\p 01-en [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | a-na\t e\d-ta\dp-qi\t la-a ⸢il⸣-[lak x x x] | |
| 12 | i—su\t-ri LUGAL\d EN i-qa\d-[bi ma-a a-ta-a] | |
| 13 | a-du a-kan-ni tu₂-u₂-ki-[iš x x x x] | |
| 14 | A.⸢ŠA₃\p na\t⸣-gi\p-e\d gab\d-bi\d-[šu x x x] | |
| 15 | a-⸢ta\d-at⸣-ha ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ {[kur}ku-ma-a.a] | |
| 16 | ša {uru}za-ra-na\t am\d-ma-[ka u₂-se-šib] | |
| 17 | ha-ra-ma\p-ma\p a-sa-par ⸢x ša⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 18 | an-na\t-ka la-a-šu ša\p ⸢LUGAL\d⸣ [EN iš\d-pur-an-ni] | |
| 19 | ma\p-a A.ŠA₃\p.GA\p ša ṭe₃-e-[mu aš₂]-ku-[nu-ka-ni] | |
| 20 | a-⸢na\t⸣ {1}EN—BAD₃\p di-⸢i⸣-ni la-a-šu i—⸢ti⸣-[ma-li] i—⸢ti⸣-[ma-li] | |
| 21 | ina ⸢ša⸣-al-⸢ši—UD⸣-me LUGAL EN ṭe-e-mu | |
| 22 | la-a ⸢iš-ku⸣-[na]-ni u₂-ma-a LUGAL\d EN i-sa-[par] | |
| 23 | ki-i ⸢ša⸣ ina ŠA₃ ⸢e-gir⸣-te ša LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 24 | ⸢ša⸣-[ṭi]-⸢ru⸣-ni e-ta-pa-aš₂ A.⸢ŠA₃⸣ a-ti\t-⸢din⸣ | |
| 25 | a-⸢nu-rig\t A.ŠA₃ ša⸣ {1}EN—BAD₃\p ina na\t-gi-e | |
| b.e. | ||
| 26 | ša {uru}gu-za-na\t u₂-kal\d-lu-u₂-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 27 | a-sa-ṭar ina UGU LUGAL EN-ia u₂-se-bi-⸢la⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 60 ANŠE\p ina ŠA₃\p {uru}a-ri-di ina UGU e-⸢x⸣ | |
| 2 | ša\p qa\d-ni {uru}ku-ba\t-na\t-še | |
| 3 | 02 me ina {uru}ŠE—{1}⸢DUMU—ia⸣-ba\t qa\d-ni {uru}il-hi-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 4 | 40 ⸢ANŠE\p⸣ [ina {uru}x]-ri-tu₂ qa-ni {uru}gu-za-⸢na⸣ | |
| 5 | 02 me [ina {uru}ŠE—{1}am\d-da-nu qa-ni {uru}PU₂—MAN | |
| 6 | PAB\d 05 me⸣ [A].⸢ŠA₃ ša⸣ {1}EN—BAD₃\p ina na\t-ge-e | |
| 7 | ša\p {uru}⸢gu⸣-[za]-⸢na\t u₂⸣-kal\d-lu-u₂-ni | |
| 8 | 80 ⸢ANŠE A⸣.[ŠA₃] ⸢ša⸣ u₂-ma-a LUGAL EN iš\d-pur\dp-[an-ni] | |
| 9 | UD-⸢mu⸣ [an-ni-u₂] ina UGU an-ni-e\d a-ti\t-[din] | |
| 10 | TA@v\dm mar\d {lu₂v}SAG-MEŠ ša\p LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 11 | il\d-lik-u₂-ni ⸢A.ŠA₃⸣ ina {uru}gu-za-[na la-a-šu] | |
| 12 | A.ŠA₃.GA\p-MEŠ ša [x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | A.ŠA₃ ša\p LUGAL EN [x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ⸢a-na\t⸣ 01-en ina ŠA₃\p ⸢URU⸣-[MEŠ-ni x x x] | |
| 15 | ⸢a-na\t⸣ ta\p-da-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [ina] pa-ni-ia la-a-[šu a-na {1}EN—BAD₃] | |
| 17 | ⸢u₂⸣-de\d-e-šu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | ⸢TA@v\m⸣ ŠA₃-bi a-ba\t-[ta-qa ad-dan] | |
| 19 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN lu u₂-[da o] | |
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