CT 53, 062 (P313477)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 062 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313477 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, [my lord: your servant NN]. Good heal[th to the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | When [I was] in the city Ur[ku...], 200 men [......] of the city they [......]. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | I spok[e .......]: "Who is the one wh[o ......] to you?" Th[ey .......]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | The king, my lord, know[s that ... who] came [...] in [......]. They said: "A subdued man [......]" |
| Obverse [10:15] o 1111–o 1515 | (11) (Break) |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | [...] in their hands [... came] to [me in Ma]zamua. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [I ...... a]s the king, my lord, com[manded] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [... li]ke me on the 19[th] day [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [...] they place[d ......] |
| Obverse [20:22] o 2121–o 2222 | I set o[ut with t]hem [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [ar]ound [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] let him pass [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] all from here [......] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | they will give [...] to him. Now let [NN ...] here [......]. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | [Like the king my lord] said, the servan[ts of NN ca]me [into my presence]. I [told him]: "[...] there are men [......]" |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [H]e did not agr[ee .......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [... he]re not [......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | We aft[er ......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | they had told him, the man will d[o ......]. |
| Reverse [13:16] r 14'14'–r 16'16' | He came and said to me: "[......]." [He spoke] kindly with m[e but said]: "Why [does] Naṣib-ilu [...] in this ma[nner]?" |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | I [encou]raged him, saying: "F[ear] not! I will go [to] the Palace [and ...]." |
| Reverse [17:19] r 18'18'–r 19'19' | Now then [...] is co[ming] to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [19:21] r 20'20'–r 21'21' | [......] whatever in the town Urku[... ...] |
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 LUGAL [EN-ia ARAD-ka {1}x x x x] | |
| 2 | lu šul-⸢mu⸣ [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 3 | ki-i ina {uru}ur-[ku-x x a-na-ku-ni] | |
| 4 | ERIM-MEŠ 02 me i-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ša\d URU ip-⸢tu⸣-[gu x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ad-du-bu-⸢ub⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | nu-uk\td man-nu ⸢ša\d⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ina UGU-hi-ku-nu šu-[x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-⸢da⸣ [ki-i x x x x] | |
| 10 | il-li-kan-ni ina ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ma-a LU₂ kab-su [x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x]-⸢u-ni ma-a⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x] ⸢nu x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x]-sa ina ŠU.2-šu₂-nu {lu₂v}[x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [ina KUR]—za-mu-a ina UGU-hi-[ia it-tal-ku-ni] | |
| 18 | [a-ki] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ iq-bu-[u-ni x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x a]-ki ia-a-ši UD 19-[KAM x x x x] | |
| 20 | [x x x]-ri i-sa-ak-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [is-si]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu ut-ta-am-⸢mi₃⸣-[iš x x x x] | |
| 22 | [x x x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]-ka-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ba]-⸢te⸣-ba-te am-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [u₂]-še-ta-qu-šu-⸢u₂⸣-[ni x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ gab-bu TA@v\m na-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x i]-da-nu-niš-šu₂ u₂-ma-a {1}[x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x] an-na-ka lu\m-uq\dp-[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x] iq-bu-u-ni ⸢ARAD⸣-[MEŠ x x x] | |
| 8' | [ina IGI-ia it]-⸢tal⸣-ku-u-ni a-na-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x] ERIM-MEŠ\m i-ba-aš₂-[ši x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x šu]-u₂ la im-ma-[gur x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x an]-⸢na⸣-ka la [x x x x x] | |
| 12' | a-ni\d-nu id-da-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13' | iq-bu-niš-šu₂-un-ni LU₂ ep-pa-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 14' | it-tal-ka iq-ṭi\d-bi-a ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x] | |
| 15' | di\d-ib-bi DUG₃.GA-MEŠ\m is-si-⸢ia⸣ [i-du-bu-ub ma-a] | |
| 16' | a-ta-a {1}na-ṣib\p—DINGIR ki-i an-[ni-e x x ŠA₃-bu] | |
| 17' | a-sa-kan-šu₂ nu-uk\td la ta-[pal-lah₃ x x x] | |
| 18' | E₂.GAL lal-lik an-nu-⸢rig⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 19' | ina UGU LUGAL EN-ia il-⸢la⸣-[ka x x x] | |
| 20' | mi-i-nu ša ina {uru}ur-ku-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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