CT 53, 092 (P313507)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 092 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313507 |
| 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 [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | Perhaps the king, [my] lord, [will say]: "To [whom did] the oxen and sheep [belong?]" |
| Obverse [4:9] o 5'5'–o 9'9' | They are of tribute. [He wrote to me] repeatedly: "Let them come and pass them through!" I wrote to him that they should graze here, but he (insisted): "While my lord is [in] Meturna, let them come [and p]ass them through!" |
| Obverse [9:18] o 10'10'–o 18'18' | (So) I sent [x] soldiers [fr]om here, saying: "Let them pass them through." They had covered one league of ground [from] Der, (when) he sent (word) and had them returned, saying: "The enemy is attacking them." The soldiers [we]nt (back) and [sta]yed five days in D[e]r, until his heart told him (it was safe) and he allowed them to pass them through. |
| Obverse [18:24] o 19'19'–o 24'24' | [I am sending] the whole [stor]y of his that he wrote [in] his letter [t]o Balassu, the scribe [of the kin]g, my lord, [in the hands o]f this commander of outriders [...] who went there. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [...... is] in the custody of the commander of outriders [whom] I sent [to the king], my [lo]rd. I shall send him [...]. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | He went off [... to vis]it him [and e]ntered [the fort. When] Šamaš-belu-uṣur [s]aw him, he had a tantrum and [wrote to m]e: |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | "Why [...... w]ith me in the fort? Have I not been able [to ......]? |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | "When Marduk-šallim goes [......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | "[......] Let them give me more men |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | "[......] ... saw |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [......] relating to the fort |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [... sett]le him [...]. When the days |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [......] should have written |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | [...... who] go there |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [... he h]as a tant[rum ......] |
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' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] lu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | i—su-ri LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ [i-qab-bi] | |
| 4' | ma-a GUD-MEŠ\m UDU-MEŠ\m ša\y [man-ni šu₂-nu] | |
| 5' | ša ma-da-ti\t šu₂-nu 02-šu₂ 03-[šu₂ i-sap-ra\t] | |
| 6' | ma-a lil-li-ku-u-ni lu-u-še-⸢ti⸣-[qu] | |
| 7' | a-na\y-ku a-sap-ra\t-šu₂ nu-uk\p ha-na-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 8' | le-ku-lu u₂-la ma-a a-du be-li₂ | |
| 9' | [ina] {⸢uru⸣}A-MEŠ—dur-na-ni lil-li-ku-ni | |
| 10' | [lu-u]-⸢še⸣-ti-qu a-na\y-ku {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [x] ⸢TA⸣ an-na\y-ka a-sap\m-ra\t nu-uk\p | |
| 12' | [lu]-še-ti-qu-u-ni kaq-qu-ru 01 KASKAL.GID₂ | |
| 13' | [TA] {uru}de-ri it-tal-ku-u-ni i-sap-ra\t | |
| 14' | [u₂]-sa-hi-ir-šu₂-nu ma-a {lu₂v}KUR₂ | |
| 15' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-šu₂-nu i-za-qu-up {⸢lu₂v⸣}<$ERIM$>-MEŠ | |
| 16' | [it]-⸢tal⸣-ku UD-MEŠ 05 ina {uru}⸢de-ri⸣ | |
| 17' | [kam]-⸢mu⸣-su a-du ŠA₃-šu₂ iq-ba-aš₂-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 18' | [u₂]-⸢se⸣-ti-qa-aš₂-šu₂-nu | |
| 19' | [dib]-⸢bi⸣-šu₂ gab-bu am—mar | |
| 20' | [ina ŠA₃] e-gir₂-te-šu₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 21' | [ina ŠU.2 {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAL—kal-la-bi {⸢lu₂v⸣}GAL—kal-la-bi an-ni-i | |
| 22' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ša\m ina ŠA₃-bi il-lik-u-ni | |
| 23' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {1}ba-la-su {⸢lu₂v⸣}A.BA | |
| 24' | [ša] ⸢LUGAL EN-a⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ina IGI {⸢lu₂v}GAL—kal-la-bi⸣ {⸢lu₂v}GAL—kal-la-bi⸣ | |
| 2' | [ša a-na LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣-ia aš₂-pur-an-ni | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-⸢ri⸣ a-šap-par-šu | |
| 4' | [x x ina pa]-⸢ni⸣-šu₂ it-ta-at-lak | |
| 5' | [ina {uru}HAL.ṢU e]-ta-rab {1}{d}UTU—EN—PAB | |
| 6' | [ki-ma e-ta]-mar-šu₂ it-ta-na-ah-na\y-qa | |
| 7' | [x x x x]-ni ma-a a-na\y mi-i-ni | |
| 8' | [x x x i]-⸢se⸣-e-a ina {uru}HAL.ṢU | |
| 9' | [x x ma-a a]-⸢na⸣-ku la al-ʾe-e | |
| 10' | [x x x x ma]-⸢a⸣ a-⸢ki⸣ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—šal-lim | |
| 11' | [x x x x] ⸢il⸣-la-ku-u-ni | |
| 12' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ lu-rad-du-u-ni | |
| 13' | [x x x x]-ši e-mur-u-ni | |
| 14' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-iš pi-te {uru}HAL.ṢU | |
| 15' | [x x x x x]-šab-šu₂ E₂ UD-MEŠ | |
| 16' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma lu-u iš-pu-ra\t | |
| 17' | [x x x x ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi ⸢il-la⸣-ku-u-ni | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x it]-⸢ta⸣-na-ah-⸢na⸣-[qa x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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