CT 53, 043 (P313458)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313458 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the king m]y lord: your servant [Hunnî]. Good health to the king, my lord! [May] Nabû and [Marduk bless the king, my lord]! May they give the king my lord a long life, peace of mind and good hea[lth, extreme old age], a strong army, a long reign and as many years as [......]; may they make all countries submit themselves [to you]! |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | May the king, my lord, the good shepherd [......] truly tend and shepherd them; may Aššur, Bel and Nabû [add] flocks to your flocks, give them to you, and enlarge your spacious fold; may the peoples of all the countries come into your presence! |
| Obverse [9:15] o 1010–o 1515 | O king, my lord, may you be the temple of kings! Each and everone who lays down his life under [your feet] and keeps your treaty, will be pardoned in your presence by your gods, and you will dress him (in purple) and bl[ess him] as today; but whoever does not keep your [treaty] will fall into Aššur's noose and trap and [...] the ja[mb]s of your gates. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616– | We shall perform [the ritual of which the king wr]ote to me tomorrow. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 11–r 22 | Within four days, ... the time (for the ritual). He (said): "(It is) time". |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | We shall arrive (in the Inner City) on the 1st; the ... is on the 14th; we shall spend the night in the temple on the 15th. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Now, [......] whenever the king orders. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | As to the Washing-of-the-Mouth (ceremony) [...... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL] EN-⸢ia⸣ ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}hu-un-ni-i] | |
| 2 | [lu-u] ⸢šul⸣-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-ia₂ {d}AG\d u {⸢d⸣}[AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| 3 | [lik-ru-bu] UD-MEŠ SUD-MEŠ ⸢ṭu⸣-ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub [UZU-MEŠ ši-bu-tu₂ lit-tu₂-tu] | |
| 4 | {[giš]}⸢TUKUL⸣ dan-nu BALA GID₂.DA MU.AN.NA-MEŠ am—mar ⸢ša\p⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ lid-di-nu KUR.KUR-MEŠ DU₃.A.BI [ina KI.TA GIR₃.2-ka] | |
| 6 | [lu]-⸢šak\t⸣-bi-su\p LUGAL be-li₂ SIPA ke-e-nu ina [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [ke]-niš li-ir-ta-ʾe-e-ši-na re-ʾu-u-⸢si⸣-[na le-pu-uš] | |
| 8 | ⸢ṣe⸣-e-ni ina UGU ṣe-e-ni-ka aš-šur d.EN u {d}PA [lu-rad-di-u] | |
| 9 | lid-di-nu-nik-ka tar-ba-ṣa-ka DAGAL-MEŠ\m lu-ša₂-⸢an⸣-[di-lu] | |
| 10 | UN-MEŠ KUR.KUR lu a-lik-u₂-ti\d a-na IGI-MEŠ-ka LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢at⸣-ta lu-u E₂.KUR ša LUGAL-MEŠ-ni am—mar ZI-MEŠ-šu₂ ina KI.TA [GIR₃.2-ka] | |
| 12 | ⸢i⸣-ša₂-kan-u-ni u₃ MUN-ka i-na-ṣar-u-ni DINGIR-MEŠ-ka ana re-e-[me] | |
| 13 | ⸢ina⸣ IGI-ka i-ša₂-⸢ku-nu⸣-šu₂ ki-i ša₂ UD-me an-ni-i tu-lab-ba-aš₂ ta-⸢kar⸣-[rab-šu₂] | |
| 14 | ⸢la⸣ na-⸢ṣir⸣ [MUN]-ka ina kip-pi hu-ha-ri ša₂ aš-šur i-ma-⸢qut⸣ [o] | |
| 15 | [x x] si ⸢x⸣+[x x]-⸢a⸣-ti\d KA₂\dp-MEŠ-ka u₂-ša₂-an-[x x] | |
| 16 | [dul-lu ša LUGAL iš-pur]-⸢an⸣-ni šu-u-tu₂ ina ši-a-ri ne₂-⸢pa⸣-[aš₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-di 04 UD-MEŠ si-mu-nu | |
| 2 | ⸢u₂-qar-x x⸣ ma\m-a si-mu\p-nu | |
| 3 | a-na 01 UD-me ni-qar-rib UD 14-KAM₂\t te-⸢x⸣-tu₂ [o] | |
| 4 | UD 15-KAM₂\t ina E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR ni-bi-ad [o] | |
| 5 | u₂-ma-a im—mat im—mat ⸢LUGAL i⸣-qab-⸢bu⸣-[u-ni x x x] | |
| 6 | ina UGU ⸢ra-ma⸣-ki—ša—KA ⸢ra-ma⸣-ki—ša—KA ⸢ra-ma⸣-ki—ša—KA u₂-[x x x x] | |
| 7 | li\t-⸢x⸣-lik ina pa [x x x x] | |
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