CT 53, 050 (P313465)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313465 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the 'farmer,' my lord: your servant Nabû-naṣir]. May [Nabû] and Ma[rduk] bless [the 'farmer'], my [lord]! |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [Concerning what] the 'farmer,' my lord, [wr]ote yesterday: "I have gi[ven ord]ers [......]" — |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | [After they] had briefed me on (his) health, [I w]ent [to rest] my arms. |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | [In the e]vening I entered and performed a complicated [ritu]al treatment. We were about to enter upon [NN] (when we were told): "[...] is qu[ite] well" |
| Obverse [14:19] o 1515– | I [asked them] "Ho[w] did it happen?" |
| Reverse [0:12] r 1r 1–r 1212 | They said: "Ye[sterday] night, on the flank of the evenin[g watch], (as) he examined his flesh, he was frightened. (As) the exorcists entered, he got frightened again. [...] he was not frightened, (and when) the day arrived, he was in [good] shape." Now [he is doing very well]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na {lu₂}ENGAR EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}AG—PAB-ir] | |
| 3 | {[d}AG u] {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU a-na {lu₂}ENGAR] | |
| 4 | [EN]-ia lik-⸢ru⸣-[bu] | |
| 5 | [ša] {lu₂}ENGAR EN ⸢ina⸣ [ti-ma-li] | |
| 6 | [iš]-⸢pu⸣-ra-an-ni ma-[a x x x] | |
| 7 | [ṭe₃]-⸢mu⸣ a-sa-[kan] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8 | [ki-ma] ⸢šul⸣-mu iq-⸢ṭi⸣-[bu-ni] | |
| 9 | [at-ta]-lak a-hi-ia [x x] | |
| 10 | [ina] ⸢ba⸣-a-di e-tar-[ba] | |
| 11 | [dul]-lu ma-aʾ-⸢du⸣ | |
| 12 | [e]-ta-pa-aš₂ ina UGU {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 13 | ne₂-rab ⸢ma-a⸣ [x x x] | |
| 14 | šul-mu a—[dan-niš] | |
| 15 | a-[na x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | {mu}[muk] a-⸢ke⸣-[e] | |
| 17 | in-ne₂-pi-⸢ši⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ma⸣-a ina mu-ši ša₂ ti-[ma-li] | |
| 2 | ir-ti ba-ra-⸢ri⸣-[ti] | |
| 3 | ⸢UZU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ it-ta-ṣa-[ar] | |
| 4 | ⸢ma⸣-a ig-du-ru-⸢ur⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢ma⸣-a {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ [o] | |
| 6 | ⸢e⸣-tar-bu-u-ni [o] | |
| 7 | ⸢us⸣-sa-ni-ʾa-[a] | |
| 8 | ⸢ig⸣-du-ru-ur [x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢la⸣ ig-ru-ur [x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢ma⸣-a UD-mu i-⸢ta⸣-[lak] | |
| 11 | ⸢UZU⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ i-[ṭi-bu-šu₂] | |
| 12 | [u₂]-ma-⸢a⸣ [šul-mu] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | la [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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