CT 53, 089 + 824 (P313504)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 089 + 824 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313504 |
| 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 | To the king, my lord: your servant Šamaš-belu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! The city of Der and the fort are well. |
| Obverse [5:11] o 66–o 1111 | Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "What is the news of the king of Elam?" He entered Bit-Bunakki on the 11th of Tammuz (IV), left it on the 13th, and went up to the mountain. [My] messenger [has written to me] as follows: |
| Obverse [11:23] o 1212– | "A town called Burati, (one of) his forts outside the house of Daltâ, has turned hostile against him; he is going there, and will either pacify it or bring them down through battle. From there he will march to Ellipi against the s[on of Dalt]â. |
| Bottom [2:6] b.e. 2323– | All the [...s], the [...]s of Elam have risen [......] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | of the king of El[am to the king], my lord [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | of the for[t ......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | bad oil [......] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Concerning the [...] in the trade outpost about which the king, my [lo]rd, [wrote to me], |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | just as [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | al[l ......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | which [......] |
| Reverse [12:15] r 1313–r 1515 | Concerning the [...] about which the king, my lord, [w]r[ote to me], I have sent (word) and they are b[rin]ging (it/them). |
| Reverse [15:22] r 1616– | Concerning Bel-[...] about whom the king, my lord, [wrote to me]: "Balassu should [give his people] back [to him]" — Bala[ssu] has brought [the people] to him. |
| Right [1:5] r.e. 2222– | Der [is well], the [garrison]s are fine, and the people are doing their [wor]k. |
| Edge [0:4] e. 1e. 1–e. 44 | As for me, I am working on the fort and constructing the outer wall. I have demolished the southern and eastern directions and bricked them up again, but have not yet finished (the work); I made both 50 layers high. I am now bricking up the n[ort]hern and western directions. |
| Edge [4:5] e. 55–e. 55 | The ki[ng], my [l]ord, should ask Balassu: he is familiar with the work. |
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\t be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD\p-ka {1}{d}UTU—EN—PAB | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL\t be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | DI-mu a-na {urud}de-e-ri | |
| 5 | DI-mu a-na {urud}HAL.ṢU | |
| 6 | is—su-⸢ri⸣ LUGAL\t be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 7 | ma-a ša LUGAL\t {kur}NIM.MA{ki} mi-i-nu | |
| 8 | ṭe₃-en-šu UD 11-KAM₂ ša {iti}ŠU | |
| 9 | a-na {urud}E₂—bu-nak-ki e-ta-rab | |
| 10 | UD 13-KAM₂ it-⸢tu⸣-ṣi a-na KUR-u₂\m | |
| 11 | e-te-li ⸢a⸣-ki an-ni-i {lu₂v}A—KIN-[e-a {lu₂v}A—KIN-[e-a i-sap-ra] | |
| 12 | ma-a {⸢urud⸣}bu-⸢ra⸣-a-te i-qab-bu-⸢u₂⸣-[ni]-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 13 | {urud}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ-šu₂ ša i—qa-an-⸢ni⸣ i—qa-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 14 | E₂ {1}dal-ta-a <$ša LU₂~v$> | |
| 15 | ma-a i-si-šu it-ta-ak-ra | |
| 16 | ma-a a-na ŠA₃-bi il\y-lak\d | |
| 17 | ma-a šum₂-ma u₂-sa-al\dt-la-an-šu₂ | |
| 18 | ma-a šum₂\m-ma ina qar-a-bi | |
| 19 | u₂\m-še-⸢ra-da⸣-aš₂-šu₂-nu ma-a TA ŠA₃-bi | |
| 20 | a-na {kur}il-⸢li⸣-pi | |
| b.e. | ||
| 21 | ina UGU ⸢DUMU⸣ {1}dal-ta]-a | |
| 22 | il\y-⸢lak⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 23 | gab-bu {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {kur}NIM.MA{[ki} x x x x] | |
| 2 | it-ta-⸢ab-bu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | ša LUGAL NIM.[MA{ki} a-na LUGAL] | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia a-[x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ša {urud}HAL.⸢ṢU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6 | I₃ HUL-MEŠ [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 7 | ina UGU ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢ša⸣ ina KAR | |
| 8 | ša LUGAL\t [be]-⸢li₂⸣ [iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 9 | a-⸢ki⸣ ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | gab-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | x [x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | ša [x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ina UGU\d ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ša LUGAL\t be-li₂ ⸢iš⸣-[pur-an-ni] | |
| 15 | a-sap-ra ⸢u₂\m-bal⸣-u₂-ni | |
| 16 | ina UGU\d {1}EN—⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 17 | ša LUGAL\t be-li₂ [iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 18 | ⸢ma⸣-a {1}ba-la-⸢su⸣ [UN-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 19 | lu-⸢sa⸣-hi-ra [lid-di-na-šu₂] | |
| 20 | {1}ba-la-[su x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 21 | na-ṣa-aš₂-⸢šu⸣ [DI-mu a-na] | |
| 22 | {uru}de-re [EN.NUN]-MEŠ | |
| 23 | DUG₃.GA UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [dul]-⸢la⸣-šu-nu | |
| 24 | e-⸢pu⸣-šu | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | a-na-ku dul\y-lu ša {urud}HAL.ṢU\d e-pa-aš₂ ša₂-al-hi-⸢i⸣ a-ra-ṣi-<bi> | |
| 2 | ⸢ša₂-a⸣-ri ša a-na ŠA₃-bi {im}U₁₈.LU ⸢ša a⸣-na ŠA₃-bi {im}KUR.RA | |
| 3 | up-ta-ṭi-ir ar₂-ti\t-ṣi-bi [la] ⸢u₂⸣-ga-[me]-ri 50-a.a na-da-ba-ku | |
| 4 | an-⸢ta-tah⸣ ša₂-a-ri ša {im}[SI].⸢SA₂⸣ ša {⸢im}MAR⸣.TU an-nu-rig\t a-ra-ṣib | |
| 5 | a-na {1}ba-⸢la-su LUGAL be⸣-li₂ liš\t-al ⸢šu-u₂\m⸣ dul-lu u₂\m-da | |
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