CT 53, 069 (P313484)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313484 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-šumu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord!] May [Nabû and Marduk bless the king], my lord! |
| Obverse [5:15] o 66–o 1515 | As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "I am feeling very sad; how did we act that I have become so depressed for this little one of mine?" — had it been curable, you would have given away half of your kingdom to have it cured! But what can we do? O king, my lord, it is something that cannot be done. |
| Obverse [15:27] o 1616– | And as to what the king, my lord, said to me about the sons, your lords: "The burning question of 'who' is eating me up" — in the month Sivan (III) I wrote to the king, my lord: "Take hold of yourself, prepare for everything!" Did I not write in my ... to the king, my lord? |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | May Bel and Nabû let the king, my lord, live! |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | You are their father; you bring them up |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] Nineveh |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | [... Su]ccession [Palace ...] |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [...] good (or) bad [...]. I came (when) I heard the [... of the king], my lord. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}IM—MU—PAB] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {[d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 5 | [a-na LUGAL] ⸢be-li₂-ia lik⸣-[ru]-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢ma⸣-a ŠA₃-bi ma-ri-iṣ a—dan-niš | |
| 8 | ša ina ṣe-he-ri-ia an-ni-⸢e⸣ | |
| 9 | ŠA₃-bi iš-pil-u-ni a-⸢ke-e⸣ | |
| 10 | ne₂-pu-uš lu-u₂ ša pa-ṭa-a-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 11 | ši-i mi-šil ma-ti-i-ka | |
| 12 | lu-u₂ ta-din lu tap-ṭu-ra-aš₂-ši | |
| 13 | mi-i-nu ne₂-pu-uš LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 14 | dul-lu ša a-na e-pa-a-še | |
| 15 | la il-lu-ku-u₂-ni šu-u₂ | |
| 16 | u₃ ša LUGAL be-li₂ iq-bu-u-ni | |
| 17 | ina UGU DUMU-ME ⸢EN⸣-ME-ka ma-a | |
| 18 | i-ša₂-tu ⸢KALAG-tu⸣ ša man-ni | |
| 19 | ta-kal-an-ni a-na-ku-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 20 | [ina] {⸢iti}si⸣-man-ni a-na LUGAL | |
| 21 | ⸢be⸣-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [a]-⸢sap⸣-ra | |
| b.e. | ||
| 22 | nu-uk ŠA₃-ba-ka ṣab-ta | |
| 23 | qab-le-e-ka ru-ku-us | |
| r | ||
| 1 | la-a ina ba-zu-⸢ša₂⸣-nu-u-a | |
| 2 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia aš₂-pu-ra | |
| 3 | EN {d}AG a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | lu-bal-li-ṭu at-ta-ma | |
| 5 | AD-šu₂-nu at-⸢ta⸣ qa-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 6 | tu-rab-ba-šu₂-nu ŠA₃ [x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x] {uru}⸢NINA{ki⸣} | |
| 8 | [x x x x E₂—re]-du-te E₂—re]-du-te | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x]-bi | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x]-a | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | la ik-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ di ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3 | an [x du]-un-qu lum-nu [x x x] | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia a-se-me at-ta-al-ka | |
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