CT 53, 055 (P313470)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313470 |
| 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/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant Aš[šur-belu-uṣur]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:11] o 44–o 1111 | The servants of the ki[ng, my lord, who ...], have escaped, and are staying [with ...] of Lutû [in ...]. I have written to L[utû], telling him to [deliver] the tr[aitors], and he (responded): "Come; let you and me g[o] and bring them out (together)." I fear the king; what is it that the king commands? |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212–o 1414 | Concerning the sto[red] barley of the house of the master of teams [about which the king, my lord, w]rote to me, saying: "You have squandered it" — [as soon as the ...] has come up, [...] in the king's presence |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] with them |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...] Verily not a cup |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] Šamaš-belu-uṣur |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [...] may he keep me alive |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [...] as much as |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...... y]ou will make |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] silver therein |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | not of bronz[e ...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Let the king ascertain [...] |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | let me pay back the debts that [......]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | of Eni-il [...] |
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\t ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-[šur—EN—PAB] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {lu₂vy}ARAD-MEŠ\m ša\tm ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia ša x x x] | |
| 5 | ih-ta-al-⸢qu⸣ [TA\m x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ša\dm {1}lu-tu-u₂ [ina x x x x] | |
| 7 | kam-mu-su\t ⸢a-na {1}lu⸣-[tu-u₂-ma] | |
| 8 | a-sap-ra mu-uk\d {lu₂vy}par-[ri-ṣu-te di-ni] | |
| 9 | ma-a al-ka at-ta ana-ku ni-li-[ki] | |
| 10 | nu-še-ṣi-a TA\m pa-an LUGAL pa-lah₃-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 11 | mi-nu ša\tm LUGAL EN-li i-qa\d-bu-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 12 | ina UGU {⸢še}tab-ku⸣ ša\dm E₂ {lu₂vy}GAL—u₂-ra-te {lu₂vy}GAL—u₂-ra-te | |
| 13 | [ša LUGAL EN] ⸢iš⸣-pur-an-ni ma-a tu-ub-ta-di-id | |
| 14 | [x x x x] ⸢te⸣-ta-li-ia pa-an LUGAL | |
| 15 | [x x x x]-⸢ku⸣ is-si-šu-nu | |
| 16 | [x x x x x] šum₂-mu {dug}qa\d-bu-tu₂ | |
| 17 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {1}{d}UTU—EN—PAB | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x] lu-<<ul>>-bal-liṭ-ni | |
| 19 | [x x x x x] ⸢ša {lu₂vy}x am⸣—mar | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x] KUR-šu₂-ni\d | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]-u₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x]-⸢an⸣-ni\d | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢te⸣-pa-aš₂ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ KUG.UD ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 6' | la ša\dm UD.KA.⸢BAR⸣ [x x x]-a-te | |
| 7' | LUGAL liš\d-al ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | ha-bu-li ša\dm [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 9' | lu-šal-lim-me u [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ša\tm {1}IGI.2-MEŠ\m—DINGIR [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | 20 ša\dm ⸢du⸣ [x x x x x] | |
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