CT 53, 014 (P313429)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 014 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313429 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good] health to the kin[g, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | [Concerning] the house of Aššur-naṣi[r and] the house of the chief scribe [about which] the king, my lord, ordered me: "Inspect them!" |
| Obverse [8:15] o 99–o 1515 | The house of the chief scribe is a tiny house. Even a [do]nkey would not enter there. (Whereas) the house of Aššur-naṣir, a nobleman, is good (but) much repair (must be done) there. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616– | The eunuch who was se[n]t (to) the house of Aššur-naṣir has collected all the equipment [there and] pi[led] them [up] in [m]y storehouses and in [m]y bedro[om]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [Let] him be told: "[...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | the [who]le [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [... let] them be brought out |
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 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}x x x x] | |
| 3 | [lu-u] DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | [ina UGU] E₂ {1}aš-šur—PAB-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 5 | [ina UGU] E₂ {lu₂v}GAL—A.BA {lu₂v}GAL—A.BA | |
| 6 | [ša] LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 7 | ṭe₃-e-mu iš-kun-ni-ni | |
| 8 | ma-a a-mur | |
| 9 | E₂ {lu₂v}GAL—A.BA {lu₂v}GAL—A.BA E₂ qa-lal₂ | |
| 10 | ⸢ANŠE⸣.NITA₂-ma ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ | |
| 11 | la e-rab | |
| 12 | E₂ {1}aš-šur—PAB-ir | |
| 13 | DUMU—ŠU.SI-MEŠ DUMU—ŠU.SI-MEŠ SIG₅ | |
| 14 | bat-qu ma-aʾ-da | |
| 15 | ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 16 | {lu₂v}SAG ša šap-⸢ru-ni⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | E₂ {1}aš-šur—⸢PAB-ir⸣ | |
| 2 | a-nu-⸢tu⸣ am—mar ina [ŠA₃-bi] | |
| 3 | ik-ti-ri-⸢ik⸣ | |
| 4 | ina E₂—ŠU.2-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ E₂—ŠU.2-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5 | ina E₂—ma-a.a-[li]-⸢ia⸣ E₂—ma-a.a-[li]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ik⸣-ta-[ra-ra] | |
| 7 | ⸢liq⸣-bu-ni-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8 | [gab]-⸢bi⸣-šu₂ [x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ me [x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] ⸢lu⸣-še-ṣu-ni | |
Sources & licences
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