CT 53, 035 (P313450)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313450 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, [my lord]: your servant [Gabbu-ana-Aššur]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | As to the message [which I got]: "Why [are the beams late]?" — |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55–o 1414 | up to now [...], Aššur-reṣuw[a, the ...ean], the Kummean, [the ...ean], the Babutean, [the ...ean], the Ukkean, the I[l...ean], the Uliean, the Meṣa[ean], in all 10 city lords have hauled (the beams) to me (over a distance of) two stag[es], while I had to haul them for the third stage alone! |
| Obverse [14:25] o 1515– | By the gods of the king, my lord, the day that the beams came to me, the [...] (official) did not leave me; (I swear) the [beams] are on the [river] ba[nk] ..., but the water in the river is [low], and the difficult spots of [the river are many]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [I have ...ed] the beams and [...] 30 ropes; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | 460 be[ams ...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | from the pa[ss ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | of Qurub[a ...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | to the ki[ng ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | I told (him): "G[o ......]!" |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | He said: "I have received my equipment [......]." |
| Reverse [8:16] r 99–r 1616 | I [mov]ed [the ...]s up [to] the pass of Denya on the 25th day and shall pile up [the re]st [of] the beams on the 26th; [...] I shall move up [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na\t LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}[gab-bu—ana—aš-šur] | |
| 3 | UGU ši-bir-te [ša ta-li-ka-ni] | |
| 4 | ma-a a-ta-a {[giš}UR₃-MEŠ na-mar-ku-u] | |
| 5 | a-di a-ki man-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6 | {1}aš-šur—re-ṣu-u-[a {kur}x x-a.a] | |
| 7 | {kur}ku-ma-a.a {⸢kur⸣}[x x x-a.a] | |
| 8 | {kur}ba\t-bu\p-ta-[a.a {kur}x x-a.a] | |
| 9 | {kur}u₂\m-ka-a.a {kur}⸢il⸣-[x-a.a] | |
| 10 | {kur}u₂\m-li-a.a {kur}me-ṣa-[a.a] | |
| 11 | PAB 10 EN—URU.URU-MEŠ EN—URU.URU-MEŠ 02 mar-di-⸢a⸣-[te] | |
| 12 | e-tab-ku-u-ni a-di UGU-hi-ia | |
| 13 | a-na\t-ku a-na u₂\m-di-ia | |
| 14 | 03 mar-di-tu₂ a-tab-ka | |
| 15 | DINGIR-ME-ni ša\yd LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 16 | ⸢lu⸣-u-di-u₂\m šum₂\m-ma ina ŠA₃ UD-⸢me⸣ | |
| 17 | ša\ydm {giš}UR₃\m-MEŠ ina UGU-hi-ia | |
| 18 | DU-u-ni-ni {lu₂v}⸢EN⸣—[x x] | |
| 19 | u₂-še-ra-ni-ni {giš}[UR₃-MEŠ] | |
| 20 | ⸢šum₂\m⸣-ma la-a ina ki\m-⸢bir⸣ [ID₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 21 | ⸢na\t⸣-ta-na\t-a.a ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 22 | A-MEŠ ina ID₂ la [e-ṣu-ni] | |
| 23 | mar-ṣa-te ⸢ša\yd⸣ [ID₂ x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {giš}UR₃-[MEŠ x x x x x] | |
| 2 | 30 aš₂-⸢la⸣-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | 04 me 60 {giš}⸢UR₃⸣-[MEŠ x x x] | |
| 4 | TA\m {kur}ni-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5 | ša\ydm {kur}qu-⸢ru-ba⸣ [x x] | |
| 6 | a-⸢na\t LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | nu-uk a-[lik x x x x] | |
| 8 | ma-a a-nu-⸢te\t⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 9 | a-ta-har UD 25-KAM₂⸣ [x x]-⸢te⸣ | |
| 10 | [ina] ne₂-ri-bi ⸢ša\ydm⸣ {uru}DI-EN-ia | |
| 11 | [u₂]-⸢se⸣-li\tt UD 26-KAM₂ {giš}UR₃\m-MEŠ\m | |
| 12 | [re-hu]-te a-ka-ra-ar₂ | |
| 13 | [x x x]-a u₂\m-še-la ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 14 | [x]+⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x ni⸣ nu [x x x] | |
| 15 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | a-na\t [x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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