CT 53, 065 (P313480)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 065 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313480 |
| 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 Liphu]r-Bel. [Go]od hea[lth] to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | The land of the king is well; the forts [are w]ell. The king, my lord, can be [gl]ad. |
| Obverse [6:13] o 77–o 1313 | [As to] the fields of the patrimony of Aššur-remanni, about which the king, my lord, wrote me, the royal bodyguard shocked me when he said: "Give up the pro[perty], the well, and the arable land!" |
| Obverse [13:24] o 1414– | (Regarding) the fields, the king, my lord, knows that [x] years ago I built a town in the king's field. Under the aegis of [the ki]ng, my lord, I have bought and added to it 400 (hectares of) field from [the sub]jects of [A]šipâ. |
| Reverse [4:12] r 55–r 1212 | I have erected a fort there. The perimeter of the town is [...] cubits; I have built a royal palace and drawn the king's likeness inside it. I have placed 200 stone slabs there and settled the king's subjects there. |
| Reverse [12:16] r 1313–r 1616 | N[o]w, if the king, [my lord], really is giving (away) the fi[eld, the field o]f his patrimony [......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}⸢NIGIN—EN⸣ | |
| 3 | [lu]-u ⸢DI⸣-[mu] ana MAN EN-ia | |
| 4 | DI-mu ana KUR ša\dtm LUGAL | |
| 5 | ⸢DI-mu⸣ ana HAL.ṢU-MEŠ\m | |
| 6 | ⸢ŠA₃ ša⸣ MAN EN-ia lu DUG₃\p | |
| 7 | ⸢ina⸣ [UGU] A.ŠA₃.GA-MEŠ\m | |
| 8 | ša\d ⸢E₂—AD⸣-šu₂ ⸢E₂—AD⸣-šu₂ ša\dtm {1}aš-šur—rem₂-a-ni | |
| 9 | ⸢ša\dm LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ iš\t-pur-an-ni | |
| 10 | {lu₂vy}qur-⸢bu⸣-u-ti\dt | |
| 11 | up-ta-lih₃-an-ni\d | |
| 12 | ma-a ⸢E₂⸣ gu-ub-bu\tp | |
| 13 | {še}⸢NUMUN⸣-[MEŠ] ⸢ra⸣-am\p-me | |
| 14 | A.⸢ŠA₃⸣-[MEŠ] LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 15 | ⸢u₂-da⸣ [x] MU.AN.⸢NA\dt⸣ | |
| 16 | ⸢URU⸣ [ša] ina A.⸢ŠA₃⸣ [o] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | ⸢LUGAL ar₂-ṣip⸣-u-ni\d [o] | |
| 18 | ina GIŠ.MI ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-[ia] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | TA\p IGI {[lu₂v]}⸢ARAD⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 2 | ša\dm {1}[a]-ši-pa-⸢a⸣ | |
| 3 | 04 me A.⸢ŠA₃⸣ a-si\d-qi\tm | |
| 4 | ina UGU-hi ur-ta-di | |
| 5 | {uru}HAL.ṢU ina ŠA₃\p-bi | |
| 6 | ⸢ak⸣-ta-ra-ar | |
| 7 | [x] ⸢ina⸣ 01 KUŠ₃ kip-pu\p-tu₂ | |
| 8 | ⸢ša\d⸣ URU E₂.GAL LUGAL | |
| 9 | ar₂-te-ṣip ALAM LUGAL | |
| 10 | ina ŠA₃-bi e-te-ṣir | |
| 11 | 02 me I.DIB {lu₂vy}ARAD LUGAL | |
| 12 | ina ŠA₃-bi u₂-se-ši-ib | |
| 13 | ⸢u₂⸣-[ma]-⸢a⸣ TA ma-ṣi LUGAL | |
| 14 | [be-li₂ A].⸢ŠA₃⸣ i-dan-u-ni | |
| 15 | [A.ŠA₃] ⸢ša⸣ E₂—AD-šu₂ E₂—AD-šu₂ | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
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