CT 53, 059 (P313474)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313474 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king], my lord, [your servant At]anha-Šamaš. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | The Palace should hold back the merchant [Atarha]m (who) is [in Habr]uri. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | Earlier, before my time, he used to go to Hargu and collect his money [...] there. (When) they made [... the]re, I arrested him, saying: |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010–o 1414 | ["Did not] the crown prince, our lord, rule [lik]e this: 'Nobody shall put [bought] men up for sale in a trade colony?' [W]hy then have you put bought men up for sale [at one m]ina each?" |
| Obverse [14:19] o 1515–o 1919 | [Last ye]ar, when the king my lord was not yet enthroned, [he had already put a bo]ught man up for sale in a trade colony. The king, my lord, [should call him] to account [......] |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | [NN], a subordinate of Zam[i...; ...]a', a servant of [NN], and [...]am, a subordinate of Harmi[...] — these [three mer]chants are my [witnesses]; they are not involved. |
| Reverse [5:14] r 6'6'–r 14'14' | [When] Atarham the merchant went up to [...], I sent a certain [Hab]si to Šulmu-beli, [the deputy of] the palace herald. As soon as he gets back through the pass, he will bring both Luqu and [...]am [to the ki]ng, my lord; [the king, my lo]rd, should question them. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 15'15'–r 16'16' | I have been informed [as] follows: "Habsi and Marduk-remanni are [in] Arbela." |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL] EN-ia | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}a]-⸢tan⸣-ha—{d}UTU | |
| 3 | [lu šul-mu a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | {1}a-tar—ha]-⸢am⸣ {lu₂vy}DAM.QAR E₂ lik-la-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [ina {kur}hab]-⸢ru⸣-ri šu-u₂ UD-mu | |
| 6 | [ša ina pa]-⸢na⸣-tu₂-u-a ha-ri-ip ina {uru}har-gi | |
| 7 | [il]-⸢lak⸣ kas-pu-šu₂ ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 8 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-ša₂-da\d-an | |
| 9 | [x x ina ŠA₃]-bi ⸢e-tap⸣-šu a-ṣa-ba-su | |
| 10 | [mu-uk la] DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL EN-ni | |
| 11 | [ki-i] ⸢an⸣-ni-i ma-a me-me-ni | |
| 12 | {[lu₂vy}ŠAM₂\m]-MEŠ\m a-na ka-a-ri lu-u la u₂-ši-la | |
| 13 | [a]-⸢ta⸣-a at-ta {lu₂vy}ŠAM₂\m-MEŠ\m | |
| 14 | [ina] ⸢MA⸣.NA\t-a.a tu₂-še-li\tp | |
| 15 | [ša₂]-⸢daq⸣-di-iš be₂-et\m LUGAL EN | |
| 16 | [la]-a u₂-ši\d-bu-u-ni | |
| 17 | {[lu₂vy]}⸢ŠAM₂\m⸣ a-na\t {uru}ka-a-ri | |
| 18 | [u₂-se-li] LUGAL EN ina qa-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 19 | [lu-ba-ʾi x]+⸢x a x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {1}x x x ša] ŠU.2 {1}za-⸢mi⸣-[x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}x-x-x]+⸢x⸣-aʾ ARAD\p ša\dy {1}⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3' | {1}x-x-x]-am ša\d ŠU.2 {1}har-mi-[x] | |
| 4' | 03 {lu₂v]}⸢DAM⸣.QAR-MEŠ\mm an-nu-tu₂ šu-nu | |
| 5' | {[lu₂v}IGI]-MEŠ\m-ia ina ŠA₃ la qur-bu-ni\d | |
| 6' | [ki-i] {1}a-tar—ha-am {lu₂v}DAM\m.QAR | |
| 7' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ\m e-lu-u-ni | |
| 8' | {1}hab]-si šu-u UGU {1}DI-mu—EN | |
| 9' | {[lu₂v}02-u] {⸢lu₂v⸣}600—E₂.GAL {⸢lu₂v⸣}600—E₂.GAL a-sap-ra | |
| 10' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ki-ma ⸢ne₂⸣-ru-bu | |
| 11' | [i-tu₂]-⸢ṣi⸣-a {1}⸢lu⸣-qu | |
| 12' | {1}x-x]-am i-sa-he\p-iš | |
| 13' | [ina IGI] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia u₂-bal | |
| 14' | [LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣ liš\d-ʾa-al-šu₂-nu | |
| 15' | [ki-i] an-ni-e a-se-me | |
| 16' | [ma-a] {1}hab-si {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—rem₂-ni | |
| 17' | [ina] {⸢uru⸣}arba-il₃ šu-nu | |
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