CT 53, 094 (P313509)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 094 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313509 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To [the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health to the king, my [lord]. May Adad and Buru bless the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [5:15] o 66–o 1515 | Having left the king my lord's presence on the 23rd of Iyyar (II), I entered the city of Hindana on the 30th. Hindana is well, the land of Suhu is well, the forts of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, can be [glad]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | ...] did not s[ay ...] like t[his ...] |
| Reverse [3:12] r 4'4'–r 12'12' | On the 3rd of [Sivan] (III) I left Hindana on my chariot and drove off. May Nabû-dur-makie not succeed in ousting me from the king my lord's presence! |
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⸣ {1}x x x] | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu a-na\t ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | {d}IM u₃ {d}AMAR [o] | |
| 5 | a-na\t LUGAL be-li₂-ia ⸢lik⸣-[ru]-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 6 | UD 23-KAM₂ ša\dm {itim}GUD [TA@v\m IGI] | |
| 7 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia a-⸢tu-ṣi⸣ | |
| 8 | UD 30-KAM₂ ina {uru}hi-in-⸢da-na⸣ | |
| 9 | e-tar-ba | |
| 10 | šul-mu a-na\t {uru}hi-in-da-na\td | |
| 11 | šul-mu a-na\t {kur}zu-hi | |
| 12 | šul-mu a-na\t {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ\m | |
| 13 | ša\tm LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 14 | lib-bu\t ⸢ša LUGAL⸣ be-⸢li₂⸣-[ia] | |
| 15 | lu [DUG₃.GA] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-ki ⸢an⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | la-a iq-[x x x] | |
| 4' | UD 03-KAM₂\t ⸢ša\t⸣ {[iti}SIG₄] | |
| 5' | TA@v\m {uru}hi-⸢in⸣-[da-na] | |
| 6' | ina {giš}GIGIR-ia a-tu-ṣi | |
| 7' | at-ta-lak | |
| 8' | {1}{d}PA—BAD₃—ma-ki-e | |
| 9' | lu la-a i-ka-šir | |
| 10' | ša\tm TA@v\m IGI LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 11' | u₂-še-ṣa-an-ni-ni | |
| 12' | ⸢šul⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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