CT 53, 068 (P313483)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313483 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Il]-ya[da'. Good health] to the king, [my lord! The la]nd and the f[o]rt(s) of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | News of the son of Yakin: he is in Babylon. |
| Obverse [8:15] o 99–o 1515 | Bel-udu'a, the messenger of Eṭiru the prelate, who has once or twice visited the king, my lord, has now come and said: "I have been sent to the Palace [...]" |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | I am herewith sending him [to the ki]ng, [my] lord. Let the king, my lord, hear what he has to say. |
| Reverse [3:11] r 4'4'–r 11'11' | The Chaldean Nabû-ušallim, whom I sent to the king, my lord, was said to be with the prefect of Nugul. Now then I am sending him in charge of my messenger to the king, my lord. |
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 be-li₂-ia₂] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}DINGIR]—⸢ia⸣-[da-aʾ] | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI-mu a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | [DI-mu a-na ma-a]-te u₃ [o] | |
| 5 | {⸢uru⸣}[HAL].⸢ṢU⸣ ša\dm LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 6 | ŠA₃-bi ša\dm LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 7 | lu DUG₃.GA ṭe₃-mi ša\dm DUMU—{1}ia-GIN | |
| 8 | ina KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} šu-u₂\m | |
| 9 | {1}EN—u₂\m-du-u-a {lu₂v}A—KIN {lu₂v}A—KIN | |
| 10 | ša {1}e-ṭi-ri {lu₂v}ŠA₃.TAM | |
| 11 | ša\dm ma-la 02-šu₂ ina pa-an | |
| 12 | LUGAL\t be-li₂-ia il-lik-an-ni | |
| 13 | u₂\m-ma-a it-tal-ka | |
| 14 | ma-a ina E₂.GAL šap-ra-ka | |
| 15 | [x x x x x]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia] | |
| 2' | a-sa-par-šu₂ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 3' | ša\dm pi-i-šu₂ liš-mi | |
| 4' | {1}{d}PA—u₂\m-šal-lim | |
| 5' | {lu₂v}kal-da\d-a.a ša\dm a-na | |
| 6' | LUGAL be-li₂-ia aš₂-pur\m-an-ni | |
| 7' | ma-a ina pa-an {lu₂v}GAR-nu | |
| 8' | ša\m {uru}nu-gul šu-u₂\m | |
| 9' | u₂\dm-ma-a an-nu-rig | |
| 10' | ina ŠU.2 {lu₂v}A—KIN-e-a {lu₂v}A—KIN-e-a | |
| 11' | a-na LUGAL\t be-li₂-ia | |
| 12' | ⸢u₂\m⸣-še-bi-la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
Sources & licences
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