CT 53, 060 (P313475)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313475 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | their [...]s [......] |
| Obverse [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | [May they lengthen] the days of the king, [my] lord. [May they grant] happiness and [physical] well-being to the king, [my] lord. May they guard the throne of the king, [my lord]. |
| Obverse [7:12] o 8'8'–o 12'12' | [......] of Esaggi[l ... about which] he wrote to me: |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1'1'–r 7'7' | We roofed the temple of [DN and] the cella of [... and] of My Lady wit[h ...]. [We ...] the cella of [...] with cypress and fir. We roofed Eengurra with cypress and [fir]. All this has been [completely done]. |
| Reverse [7:12] r 8'8'–r 12'12' | The rem[ain]der of the fir, the [...], and the [...]s of [... (and)] of [...], was in the charge of the [...] of the temple [...]. The king, my lord, should know (about this). [......] |
| Reverse [12:15] r 13'13'–r 15'15' | [...] has been roofed [...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1'e. 1'–e. 1'e. 1' | [The citizen]s of Borsippa have inspected [......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x x x⸣-MEŠ-šu₂-nu [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | UD-me ša LUGAL ⸢be-li₂⸣-[ia lu-ur-ri-ku] | |
| 4' | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-⸢ub⸣ [UZU] | |
| 5' | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-[ia lid-di-nu] | |
| 6' | {giš}GU.ZA ša LUGAL [be-li₂-ia o] | |
| 7' | li-iṣ-ṣu-ru ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ša E₂.⸢SAG.IL₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | iš-pu-ra-an-[ni x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ša {giš}ERIN ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | {⸢giš}ERIN⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢E₂—{d⸣}[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {e₂}pa-pah-⸢hu {d⸣}[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ša {d}GAŠAN-ia ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | nu-ṣa-lil {e₂}pa-pah-hu ša {[d}x x x] | |
| 5' | ina ŠA₃ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ {giš}me-eh-ri ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | E₂.ENGUR.RA ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ {⸢giš⸣}[me-eh-ri] | |
| 7' | nu-ṣa-⸢lil⸣ PAB ⸢an⸣-ni-u₂ [e-piš gam-mur] | |
| 8' | re-⸢eh-ti⸣ {giš}me-eh-⸢ri⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x]-a-te ša {giš}[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x]-ba-ti [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ina ⸢UGU x⸣-a-ti E₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢LUGAL be⸣-li₂ lu u₂-di [x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ṣa-lil ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x] ⸢u₂⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1' | [x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ BAR₂.SIPA{ki} e-ta-am-ru ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
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