CT 53, 077 (P313492)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 077 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313492 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | T[o the king, my lord]: yo[ur] servant [Šamaš-belu-uṣur]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord! The city of Der and the fort] are well. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | The king of El[am ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | the [c]amp [......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | He is [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | I shall send [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | the king, my lord [......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | I shall do [......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | because of [......] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | his reports [......] |
| Obverse [17:29] o 1818– | Concerning what the king, my lord, wr[ote to me]: "I will send [you straw]. Do not leav[e ...] one litre of straw [... outside] but bring it [all into the fort]!" — I have d[one] a[s the king, my lord], wrote to me. I have not l[eft] one litre of the straw of [...] which the king, my lord, [sent to me] outside but have brought it all into the fo[rt ...]. |
| Reverse [1:7] r 22–r 77 | [At the same time] I have brought in barley rations [...]. [The rations which] they raised [have been ...ed] to the people; not (even) one litre of barley has gone down [......]. |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | [...... said to me]: "Wh[y ......]? The ki[ng ......]. We [......]. We shall do [...]." |
| Reverse [11:16] r 1212–r 1616 | [Concerning the ... about which the king, my lord], wrote t[o me]: "[......] you [......] Assyria" — [as the king, my lord], wrot[e to me, ......] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | to the city [......] |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | of Elam [......] |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | the second-best [......] |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | which the king, [my] l[ord ......] |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | the people of Malak [......] |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222 | one man [......] |
| Reverse [22:23] r 2323–r 2323 | did not take [......] |
| Reverse [23:24] r 2424–r 2424 | they came [......] |
| Reverse [24:26] r 2525– | they ran [......] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 26r.e. 26–r.e. 26r.e. 26 | they went [......] |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 2727–r.e. 2727 | No[w ......] |
| Right [2:3] r.e. 2828–r.e. 2828 | in the ci[ty ......] |
| Right [3:5] r.e. 2929– | in [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Nobody has gone out of Der and nobody has cultivated even one litre of seed. |
| Edge [1:4] e. 22–e. 44 | Concerning the Mandireans about whom the [king], my lord, wrote to me: "They may live in the fort with you (but) be on the alert [because of th]em" — if I were not on the alert and (if) I did not [sta]nd and keep watch over the fort, would I not di[e]? |
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-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-⸢ka\d⸣ {1}{d}UTU—EN—PAB] | |
| 3 | lu\m-u ⸢DI⸣-[mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia] | |
| 4 | DI-mu [a-na {uru}de-e-ri] | |
| 5 | DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ {[uru}HAL.ṢU] | |
| 6 | LUGAL\t {kur}⸢NIM⸣.[MA{ki} x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x] ⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11 | [ma]-⸢a-dak-tu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | šu-u₂\m a-[x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | a-šap-par [x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | LUGAL\t be-li₂\d [x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | a-na-⸢ku⸣ e-pa-⸢aš₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 16 | TA@v\m pa-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 17 | ṭe₃-en-šu\m [x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | ša LUGAL\d be-li₂ iš-[pur-an-ni ma-a {še}IN.NU] | |
| 19 | la-aš₂-pur-ak-[ka ma-a x x x] | |
| 20 | 01 qa {še}IN.⸢NU⸣ [x x x (ina) qa-ni] | |
| 21 | la tu-ra-[ma gab-bu ina {uru}HAL.ṢU] | |
| 22 | še-ri-bi a-[ki ša LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 23 | iš-pur-an-ni ⸢e⸣-[ta-pa-aš₂] | |
| 24 | 01 qa {še}IN.NU ša\m [x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 25 | ša\m LUGAL\t be-li₂ [iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 26 | qa-ni la ⸢u₂⸣-[ra-me x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | gab-bu {uru}HAL.[ṢU x x x] | |
| 2 | u₂\m-se-ri-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {še}PAD-MEŠ\t su\t-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | u₂\m-se-ri-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | in-ta-hu-u-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | a-na UN-MEŠ\t [x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | 01 qa {še}PAD-MEŠ\t [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | la tu-rid [x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ma-a a-⸢ta\d⸣-[a x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ma-a ⸢LUGAL\t⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ma-a ni-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ne₂-pa-⸢aš₂⸣ [x x x ša LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 13 | iš-pur-⸢an⸣-[ni x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ma-a is-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | KUR—aš-šur ⸢ta⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 16 | iš\d-pur-⸢an⸣-[ni x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | a-na {uru}[x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | ša\m {kur}NIM.[MA{ki} x x x x] | |
| 19 | ši-hi-lu [x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | ša LUGAL\t ⸢be⸣-[li₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | UN-ME {uru}ma-lak\y [x x x x x] | |
| 22 | 01-en LU₂ hu-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 23 | la iš-ši [x x x x x x x] | |
| 24 | i-tal-ku-u-[ni x x x x x] | |
| 25 | i-du\d-lu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 26 | i-tal-ku ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 27 | u₂-⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x x x] | |
| 28 | ina {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x x x] | |
| 29 | ina [x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | mi-ni-me-ni TA@v {uru}de-ri la u₂-ṣu 01 qa {⸢še⸣}NUMUN mi-ni-me-ni | |
| 2 | la e-ru-šu₂ ina UGU\d-hi {uru}man-di-ri-a.a ša\m [LUGAL] be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 3 | ma-a {uru}HAL.ṢU i-si-ka lu-ši-bu ma-a [ina UGU-hi-šu₂]-nu lu et-ka-ka | |
| 4 | <$x x x$> a—ki-ma a—ki-ma la et-ka-ka [la a-za]-⸢za⸣ EN.NUN\m ša\m {uru}HAL.ṢU | |
| 5 | la a-⸢ṣu-ru la⸣ a-mu\m-a-[ta] | |
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