CT 53, 012 (P313427)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313427 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the king], my lord: [your servant Nabû]-zer-ketti-lešir. [Good health] to the king, my lord! [May Nabû and] Marduk bless [the king], my [lord]! |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | [As to Gidgid]anu [and] his [brothers about whom the king, my lord wrote] to me, [......] the temple [......] his promise; |
| Obverse [10:18] o 1111– | he has [not] been able to [...] the king my lord's [...] in the eyes [of] the king, my lord, and has not [...... |
| Reverse [0:5] r 44–r 88 | As to what the king, my lord, wrote [to me]: "Why have [these] brothers of Gidgidanu quitted (their) work and left, going away?" — |
| Reverse [5:11] r 99–r 1414 | if the brothers of Gidgidanu working with me, if even one of them has gone out of the [city g]ate of Dur-Šarruken and gone to the south or north, may [the king my lord] not let me live! |
| Reverse [11:19] r 1515– | [When the king] my [lord] wrote to the crown prince [and he pun]ished me, [......]. These words [...... I swear no one] of the brothers [of Gidg]idanu [has gone] out [of] Dur-[Šarruken]! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL] be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA]—NUMUN\d—GIN—GIŠ | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a]-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {[d}PA u] {⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂]-⸢ia₂⸣ lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | [ina UGU {1}gid₂-gi-da]-a-nu | |
| 7 | [u₃ ŠEŠ-MEŠ]-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur]-⸢an⸣-ni | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR | |
| 10 | [x x x x] ⸢pi⸣-i-šu₂ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x] ša\ydm LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x] TA@v IGI.2-MEŠ | |
| 13 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-⸢li₂⸣-ia₂ | |
| 14 | [la] u₂\m-ša₂-am-⸢ṣi⸣ | |
| 15 | [x x x] ⸢x la⸣-a im-[x] | |
| 16 | [x x x pa]-⸢na⸣-at ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 17 | [x x x x x] ⸢it⸣-ta-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| r | ||
| 4 | ⸢ša LUGAL be-li₂⸣ iš-pur-[an-ni] | |
| 5 | ma-a a-ta-a ŠEŠ-MEŠ-[šu₂ o] | |
| 6 | ša\ydm {1}gid₂-gi-da-⸢a⸣-[ni] | |
| 7 | dul-lum u₂-ra\yd-am-[me-u₂] | |
| 8 | it-bi-u₂\m il-lu-⸢ku⸣ [o] | |
| 9 | šum₂-mu ŠEŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ ša\m {1}gid₂-gi-da-a-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢ša⸣ ina IGI-ia dul-lum ep-pa-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 11 | ⸢šum₂⸣-mu 01-en TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | [KA₂].GAL ša\dm {uru}BAD₃—{1}MAN—GIN it-tu-uṣ-ṣi | |
| 13 | [a-na] ⸢ZAG⸣ KAB it-ta-la-ak | |
| 14 | [LUGAL be-li₂] ⸢lu⸣-u la u₂-bal-la-ṭa\d-an-ni | |
| 15 | [E₂ LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣ ina UGU DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 16 | [DUMU—LUGAL [DUMU—LUGAL hi-ṭu e]-mi₃-da\d-an-ni-i-ni | |
| 17 | [x x x x] ⸢di⸣-ib-bi an-nu-u-te | |
| 18 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 19 | [šum₂-mu 01-en TA@v\m] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 20 | [ša {1}gid₂]-⸢gi⸣-da-a-[ni] | |
| 21 | [KA₂.GAL ša\dm] {⸢uru⸣}BAD₃—{1}[MAN—GIN] | |
| 22 | [u₂]-⸢ṣu⸣-u-ni [o] | |
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