CT 53, 072 (P313487)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313487 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:11] o 1'1'–o 11'11' | (So) he has petitioned [the king], my [lord! ...] Should he have turned to me, I would have handled [his case]! He should have come [to me and] not turned [to the king, my lord]! Let the king, my lord, ask [...] if Nabû-uṣalla r[eally] is doing the king's work! Now [in a case] he is pleading he goes and petitions [the king]! This person fears the king with [his lips], but with [......] the king's work falls behind schedule, and [the king my lord] is going to kill me because of it! |
| Obverse [11:24] o 12'12'– | Indeed, [as regards the straw and] the reeds I sent [...] to them [......] here [......] saw [......] they disappeared [......]. Have they come to the Palace? [They should ...] come here! When [... who] are there [......], they will return [...... |
| Reverse [2:5] r 1111–r 1313 | They should be [...... the ki]ng, my lord [......] Nabû-[uṣalla ......] |
| Reverse [5:13] r 1414–r 2121 | [Let the king, my lord, ...] these gentle[men who are pet]itioning [the king, my lord: "Why don't] your people agree [to do] the work?" [...] who litig[ate ......] are coming to them [......] have [...ed the king] my lo[rd's ...... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [EN]-⸢ia⸣ it-ta-⸢ah⸣-[ra x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢a⸣.a-ši lu i-hu-ra-an-⸢ni⸣ [de-en-šu₂] | |
| 4' | ⸢lu⸣ e-pu-uš lu il-⸢li⸣-[ka a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 5' | ⸢la⸣ i-hu-ur LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢a⸣-[na x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢liš⸣-al ma-a {1}{d}PA—u₂-ṣal-la ⸢i⸣-[ba-aš₂-ši] | |
| 7' | ⸢dul⸣-lum ša\yd LUGAL e-pa-a-ša₂ an-nu-⸢ri⸣ [de-nu] | |
| 8' | ⸢ša⸣ i-da\d-bu-bu-ni il-la-⸢ka⸣ [a-na LUGAL] | |
| 9' | ⸢EN⸣-ia i-mah-har šu-u₂-tu₂ ⸢TA@v\m⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10' | [a-na] LUGAL i-pa-la-ah TA@v\m e-[x x] | |
| 11' | [dul]-lum ša\yd LUGAL im-mar-rak-ku [LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 12' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi i-duk-kan-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 13' | {[gi]}⸢ap⸣-pa-ri i-ba\t-aš₂-ši {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 14' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-šu₂-nu a-sa-pa-ar [nu-uk] | |
| 15' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ an-na\t-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 16' | [x x x] ⸢e⸣-mur ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 17' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ih-tal-⸢qu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 18' | [ina] ⸢E₂⸣.GAL-e it-tal-ku-ni [x x x x] | |
| 19' | [lil]-li\d-ku-u-ni ki-⸢i⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 20' | [ša] ina ŠA₃-bi šu-nu-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ u₂-ta\d-ru ur [x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 22' | [x x] ⸢ri x x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 9 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x] ni ⸢TA@v\m⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-⸢ia⸣ lu ⸢šu⸣-[nu x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x] {d}PA ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x]-u-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x] ⸢LU₂⸣-[MEŠ] an-nu-⸢te⸣ [ša a-na LUGAL] | |
| 15 | [EN-ia] ⸢ih⸣-ha-ru-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ UN-MEŠ\t-ku-[nu x x x x] | |
| 17 | [la i]-⸢ma⸣-gu-ru dul-⸢lum⸣ [la e-pu-šu] | |
| 18 | [x x x]-u-ni ša i-da\d-bu-[bu-ni x x] | |
| 19 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-šu₂-nu il\m-⸢la-ku⸣-[u-ni x x] | |
| 20 | [LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-ia it-ta-[x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x] di ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
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