CT 53, 013 (P313428)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313428 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | We have made and delivered 200 swords of iron, 100 purṭû-weapons of iron, 25 nails of iron for ...s, (and) 200 pakkus of iron, but we cannot make another 200 pakkus of iron. |
| Obverse [8:18] o 99– | A brother of ours is dying in the house of the baker. For all this work, nobody has given u[s] any firewood. Therefore we cannot ta[ke care of ...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | Out of all the [...s], no [......]. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | [We are] 17 blacksmiths, (but) none (of us) has a field [...]. Because we have no field, nobody has given us seed corn. |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | The works of the palaces have become a burden on us. May the king enquire and thoroughly investigate (this matter): we have withdrawn because of it. |
| Reverse [11:17] r 1212– | Let the king ask the cohort commanders: "Where are the men?" The men have gone away and entered the palaces because of the ilku-duty. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 02 me GIR₂.AN.BAR | |
| 2 | 01 me pur-ṭi₂-e AN.BAR | |
| 3 | 25 GAG AN.BAR ša ki-pa-ni | |
| 4 | 02 me pa-ki AN.BAR | |
| 5 | ne₂-ta-pa-aš₂ ni-ti-din | |
| 6 | 02-me-ma pa-ki AN.BAR | |
| 7 | <$pa-ki AN.BAR$> la-mu-qa-ni la-mu-qa-ni | |
| 8 | la ne₂-pa-aš₂ | |
| 9 | ŠEŠ-u-ni ina E₂ {lu₂v}NINDA | |
| 10 | i-mu-at ša dul-lu | |
| 11 | an-ni-e gab-bi | |
| 12 | bu-le-e me-me-ni | |
| 13 | la i-di-na-⸢na⸣-[še] | |
| 14 | ina ŠA₃-bi a-[x x] | |
| 15 | la ni-ha-[ṣi-in x x] | |
| 16 | ⸢i⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | KUR ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | TA@v ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | gab-bu la [x x x] | |
| 3 | 17 {lu₂v}SIMUG—AN.BAR {lu₂v}SIMUG—AN.BAR ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4 | ša me-me-ni A.ŠA₃-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5 | la-a-šu₂ ina ša A.ŠA₃-in-ni | |
| 6 | la-aš₂-šu₂-ni {še}NUMUN-MEŠ | |
| 7 | me-me-ni la i-di-na-na-še | |
| 8 | dul-la-ni ša E₂.GAL-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ina UGU-hi-ni i-da-nu | |
| 10 | LUGAL liš-ʾa-al lu-ṣi-ṣi | |
| 11 | ina ŠA₃-bi ni-ip-ta-ṣa | |
| 12 | a-na {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir-a-ni {lu₂v}GAL—ki-ṣir-a-ni | |
| 13 | LUGAL liš-ʾa-al | |
| 14 | ma-a {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ a-le-e | |
| 15 | TA@v pa-an il-ki {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 16 | ⸢ina⸣ E₂.GAL-MEŠ i-tal-ku | |
| r.e. | ||
| 17 | i-tar-bu | |
Sources & licences
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