CT 53, 083 + 460 (P313498)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 083 + 460 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313498 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [To] the king, [my] lord: yo[ur servant] Aššur-be[lu-uṣur. Good he]alth to the ki[ng, my lord]! The land [of the king, my lord], is well. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | (Concerning) Ezî, about whom the king, [my lord, wrote to me]: "Let him send three men wi[th ...], whom he will tell you, [......] to Zalâ and to [NN]" — I wen[t ......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | they went away [......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] Mannea[ns ...] |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1'1'–r 7'7' | [I ap]pointed [... who had c]ome [...] to guard the [...eans], but the Bit-Kaps[ians roun]ded up [x] lone horses in an ambush and killed them. [I] fear the king, (so) I did not bri[ng back a single] lone horse out of them. |
| Reverse [7:14] r 8'8'–r 14'14' | [N]ow, the village managers of Nalhiti went out to the ploughs w[it]h four [lone horses], and again they came and killed them. Now then, they have applied force already five or six times. I fear the king; what is it that the king commands? |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na] LUGAL be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}aš-šur—⸢EN⸣—[PAB] | |
| 3 | [lu] ⸢šul⸣-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | šul-mu a-na ma-a-⸢te⸣ [ša LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 5 | {1}⸢e⸣-zi-i ša LUGAL [EN-li iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 6 | ma-a 03 {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ ⸢TA\m⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša ⸢i-qa⸣-ba\t-kan-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ina UGU {1}za-la-a ina ⸢UGU⸣ {1}x x x] | |
| 9 | liš-pu-ru a-ta-⸢lak⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢it-ta⸣-ta-ku [x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x] {⸢kur⸣}man-na-[a.a x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [il]-li-⸢ku-u-ni⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [a]-⸢na⸣ ma-ṣar-te ša\tm {kur}⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3' | [ap]-⸢ti\d⸣-qi\t-di {kur}E₂—kap-⸢si⸣-[a.a] | |
| 4' | [x] {⸢anše⸣}DIL-MEŠ\m ina E₂—šu-ub-[te] E₂—šu-ub-[te] | |
| 5' | [e]-⸢ta⸣-aš₂-pu i-du-ku-šu₂-nu | |
| 6' | [a-na]-ku TA\m pa-an LUGAL\t pa-al-ha-[ku] | |
| 7' | 01-en] {⸢anše⸣}DIL ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu la u₂-bi-[la] | |
| 8' | [u₂]-ma-a tu-u₂-ra {lu₂v}GAL—⸢URU-MEŠ⸣ {lu₂v}GAL—⸢URU-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 9' | ⸢ša⸣ {uru}na-al-hi-ti\t 04 {[anše}DIL-MEŠ] | |
| 10' | ⸢is-si⸣-šu₂ ina UGU {giš}APIN-MEŠ\m i-tu-ṣi-[a] | |
| 11' | i-tal-ku-ni i-du-ku-šu₂-nu | |
| 12' | an-nu-rig 05-šu₂ 06-šu₂ {uzu}A₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 13' | i-tu-bu-lu a-na-ku TA\m pa-an LUGAL\t | |
| 14' | pa-al-ha-ku mi-i-nu ša\d LUGAL\t i-qa-bu\t-[ni] | |
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