CT 53, 021 (P313436)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313436 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the king, my lord: your servant Urad-Nanaya. The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Ninurta and Gula give happiness and physical well-being to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:13] o 77–o 1313 | The speech that the king, my lord, made to his servants about the former kings who had fallen ill: "How did their servants sit up with them all nights and carry them on litters! How (well) did they keep watch over them!" — |
| Obverse [13:23] o 1414– | the king, my lord, made a speech about men, and all the ale[rt servant]s who have remembered their orders died of throbbing heart because of this speech of the king. |
| Bottom [0:8] b.e. 23b.e. 23– | Aššur and the great gods bound and handed over to the king these criminals who plotted against (king's) goodness and who, having concluded the king's treaty together with his servants before Aššur and the great gods, broke the treaty. The goodness of the king caught them up. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | However, they made all other people hateful in the eyes of the king, smearing them like a tanner with the oil of fish. |
| Reverse [8:14] r 99–r 1414 | The king, my lord, is one who fears the gods. Aššur, Šamaš, Bel and Nabû, who have given you confidence, will not abandon the king and the crown prince, but will secure the rule of the king and the crown prince until far-off days. |
| Reverse [14:18] r 1515–r 1818 | The herbs which I am sending to the king are of two kinds; they are called 'long plant' and 'staff of life' and are different from each other. The one which looks like a base of an earring is important and very rare. |
| Reverse [18:22] r 1919–r 2222 | Perhaps the king will say: "What are they good for?" They are good for counterspells, and they are good for a woman in lab[our]. |
| Reverse [22:28] r 2323– | I am also sending a 'healer.' The 'healer' ... in the be[d] of ....... |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Perhaps the king will say: "Is he here?" — I have gone where the king, my lord sent me. |
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}ARAD—{d}na-na-a | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu ad—dan-niš ad—dan-niš | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia {d}MAŠ u {d}gu-la | |
| 5 | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU | |
| 6 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lid-di-nu | |
| 7 | da-ba-bu ša LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 8 | TA@v {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 9 | id-bu-ub-u-ni ša LUGAL-MEŠ | |
| 10 | mah-ru-ti ša im-ra-aṣ-ṣu-ni | |
| 11 | ma-a {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-ke-e is-se-šu₂-nu | |
| 12 | i-da-li-pu ina ŠA₃-bi {giš}NA₂-MEŠ | |
| 13 | i-zab-bi-lu-šu₂-nu ma-ṣar-ta-šu₂-nu | |
| 14 | a-ke-e i-na-ṣu-ru da-ba-bu | |
| 15 | ša ERIM-MEŠ ⸢šu-u₂⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 16 | i-du-bu-ub un-⸢za⸣-[ar-hi har]-⸢du⸣-te | |
| 17 | am—mar ṭe₃-en-šu₂-nu ha-as-su-u-ni | |
| 18 | ina ti-ri-ik ŠA₃-bi me₂-e-tu | |
| 19 | TA@v pa-an da-ba-bi an-ni-iu-u | |
| 20 | ša LUGAL an-nu-te {lu₂v}par-ri-ṣu-te | |
| 21 | ša ina UGU ṭa-ab-te id-bu-ub-u-ni | |
| 22 | a-de-e ša LUGAL ina pa-an | |
| b.e. | ||
| 23 | aš-šur u DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ TA@v {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 24 | iš-kun-u-ni ša ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 25 | a-de-e ih-ṭu-u-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | aš-šur u DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 2 | uk-ta-si-iu-u ina ŠU.2 LUGAL | |
| 3 | be-li₂-ia i-sa-ak-nu-šu-nu | |
| 4 | ṭa-ab-tu₂ ša LUGAL tak-ta-ša₂-su-nu | |
| 5 | ke-e-tu₂ re-eh-ti UN-MEŠ gab-bu | |
| 6 | a-na zi-ia-a-ri ina pa-an LUGAL | |
| 7 | i-sa-ak-nu ⸢GIM⸣ ša {lu₂}AŠGAB | |
| 8 | I₃.GIŠ-MEŠ ša KU₆-MEŠ ip-ta-aš₂-šu-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | LUGAL be-li₂ pa-li-hu ša DINGIR-MEŠ | |
| 10 | šu-u₂ aš-šur {d}ša₂-maš {d}EN u {d}PA | |
| 11 | ša u₂-ta-kil-u₂-ka-ni a-na | |
| 12 | LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL la u₂-ra-mu-u | |
| 13 | pa-lu-u₂ ša LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL | |
| 14 | a-na ṣa-a-ti UD-me u₂-ka-a-nu | |
| 15 | U₂-MEŠ ša a-na LUGAL u₂-še-bil-an-ni | |
| 16 | a-na 02-šu₂ šu-nu {u₂}GID₂ {u₂}PA.TI | |
| 17 | i-qab-bu-niš-šu₂-nu a-na a-he-iš la muš-lu | |
| 18 | ša a-ki il-di ša qu-da-a-si | |
| 19 | ka-bi-di u₂-qur a—dan-niš i—su-ur-ri | |
| 20 | LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bi ma-a a-na mi₃-i-ni | |
| 21 | da-an-qu a-na UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.⸢DA⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 22 | da-an-qu a-na MI₂ ša ta-⸢lit⸣-[te] | |
| 23 | da-an-qu mu-šal-li-ma-[nu] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 24 | i-se-niš us-se-bi-[la] | |
| 25 | mu-šal-li-ma-nu ina {giš}⸢NA₂⸣ | |
| 26 | ša ⸢MI₂ x x i x⸣ [o] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | i—su-ur-ri LUGAL i-qab-bi ma-a an-na-ka šu-u₂ | |
| 2 | ina E₂ LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni-ni at-ta-lak | |
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