CT 53, 025 (P313440)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313440 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [May DNN bles]s [the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [1:7] o 2'2'–o 7'7' | [Concerning the ... in] Adia, they have finished [...], (but) for laying the foundations, the earlier foundation stone which we loosened was (too) calcareous. |
| Obverse [7:16] o 8'8'– | Now, there is another foundation stone at hand. If the king so orders, let the name of the king be written on that and we shall build it in. Alternatively, the king may command: "Build in the old one!" May the king write to his servant what the king finds acceptable. |
| Reverse [0:10] r 1r 1–r 1010 | As to the wood which we are to trample between the foundation stone, let the king command whence it will be given. Let the king order the chief scribe to write the name of the king on the stele, and at the same time to look up a favourable day for the (objects) to be placed in the doorjambs of the house. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111–r 1313 | We will bring the [...] of the king and a staff and lay (them) [there]. The [...] should be performed [on the x]th [day]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [...] Iyyar (II) |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...] you will go |
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' | [x x x x x lik-ru]-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]-ti | |
| 3' | [ša x x {uru]}a-di-a | |
| 4' | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ ug-dam-me-ru | |
| 5' | ša uš-še ka-ra-ri | |
| 6' | pu-u-lu pa-ni-u ša₂ nu-pa-ṭi-ru-ni | |
| 7' | ga-ṣa-a-nu šu-u | |
| 8' | an-nu-rig {na₄}pu-u-lu ša₂-ni-u | |
| 9' | qu-ru-ub šum-ma MAN i-qab-bi | |
| 10' | šu-mu ša₂ MAN ina UGU-hi liš-ṭu-ru | |
| 11' | ni-ir-ṣi-ip u₂-la-a | |
| 12' | MAN i-qab-bi ma-a la-bi-ru | |
| 13' | ri-iṣ-pa mi-nu ša₂ ina IGI LUGAL | |
| 14' | ma-hir-u-ni a-na ARAD-šu₂ | |
| 15' | liš-pu-ra | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina UGU GIŠ-MEŠ | |
| 2 | ša₂ ina bir-te pu-u-li | |
| 3 | ni-ka-ba-su-u-ni | |
| 4 | MAN liq-bi TA@v be₂-et i-da-nu-ni | |
| 5 | a-na {lu₂}GAL—A.BA {lu₂}GAL—A.BA | |
| 6 | MAN ṭe₃-e-mu liš-kun | |
| 7 | na-ru-u šu-mu ša₂ MAN ina ŠA₃ liš-ṭur | |
| 8 | u₃ ša₂ ina si-ip-pa-ni ša₂ E₂ | |
| 9 | i-ša₂-kan-u-ni is-se-niš-ma | |
| 10 | UD-mu DUG₃.GA le-mur | |
| 11 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-su ša₂ MAN hu-ṭa-ru nu-bil | |
| 12 | [ina ŠA₃] ni-ik-ru-ur | |
| 13 | [x x UD-x]+⸢x⸣-KAM₂\t le-pu-šu₂ | |
| 14 | [x x x] {iti}GUD | |
| 15 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ tal-lak | |
Sources & licences
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