CT 53, 105 (P313520)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 105 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313520 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [To the ki]ng, my lord: [your servant] Urad-Nanaya. The very best [of healt]h [to the ki]ng, my lord! May Ninurta and Gula give [happin]ess and physical well-being [to the king], my [lo]rd! |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | (The prince) Aššur-ete]llu-šamê-erṣeti-muballissu [is doing very well. |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88–o 1212 | As to the tampo]ns [of mar]takal-[seed] about which [the king], my lord, wrote to me, [those which] are (intended) to stop nasal hemorrhage are prepared [as follo]ws: |
| Obverse [12:18] o 1313– | [They cru]sh it, [mix] it with cedar resin, [wra]p (the mixture) in red wool, and [reci]te an incantation [over it] and insert (the tampons) [in the nostrils]. |
| Bottom [0:3] b.e. 18b.e. 18– | (b.e. 18) (Break) |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [... magne]tite |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [... they thr]ow away |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [...] of styrax |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | They recite [an incantation ove]r it and insert it [in the nostril]. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | They wrap [... dust] from crossroads [......] and very [...... in a tuf]t of wool, [reci]te [an incantation over it, and inser]t it in the nostril. |
| Reverse [9:16] r 1010– | [They take] martakal-seed and [...] which are not crushed, [...] as it is, recite [an incantation] over it, wrap [it in a t]uft of wool and insert it [in the opening of the n]ostril. |
| Right [0:2] r.e. 16r.e. 16–r.e. 1717 | They should act according to the prescription I have sent. |
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⸣ EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}ARAD—{d}na-na-⸢a⸣ | |
| 3 | [lu šul]-⸢mu ad⸣—dan-niš ad—dan-niš | |
| 4 | [a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia {d}MAŠ u {d}gu-la | |
| 5 | [DUG₃-ub ŠA₃]-bi DUG₃-ub UZU-MEŠ | |
| 6 | [a-na LUGAL] ⸢EN-ia⸣ lid-di-nu | |
| 7 | [DI-mu ad—dan-niš a-na {1}aš-šur—e]-⸢tel⸣-lu—AN—KI—TI.BI | |
| 8 | [ina UGU li-ip]-⸢pi⸣ | |
| 9 | [ša NUMUN] {u₂}[mar]-ta-kal | |
| 10 | [ša LUGAL] be-⸢li₂ iš⸣-[pur]-an-ni | |
| 11 | [ša a]-⸢na⸣ MUD₂ KIR₄ pa-⸢ra⸣-si | |
| 12 | [a-ki an-ni]-e e-pu-šu₂ | |
| 13 | [i-mar-ru]-⸢qu⸣ ina MUD₂ {giš}ERIN | |
| 14 | [i-hi-qu] ⸢ina⸣ {sig₂}tab-re-e-bi | |
| 15 | [i-kar-ri]-⸢ku⸣ EN₂ | |
| 16 | [ina UGU i-man]-⸢ni⸣-u | |
| 17 | [ina na-hi-ri i]-⸢šak⸣-ku-nu | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | [x x x x x] <$qi$> | |
| 19 | [x x x x]-u | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x {na₄}KA.GI.NA].DIB.BA {na₄}KA.GI.NA].DIB.BA | |
| 2 | [x x i-na]-⸢as⸣-su-ku | |
| 3 | [x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ ŠEM.BAL | |
| 4 | [EN₂ ina] ⸢UGU⸣ i-man-ni-u | |
| 5 | [ina na-hi-ri] i-šak-ku-nu | |
| 6 | [x x x SAHAR] ša₂ ⸢su-qi⸣ er-bet-te | |
| 7 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ ad—dan-niš | |
| 8 | [ina ni-ip]-⸢šu₂⸣ i-kar-ri-ku | |
| 9 | [EN₂ ina UGU i-man]-ni-u ina ⸢na⸣-hi-ri | |
| 10 | [i-šak-ku]-nu NUMUN {u₂}mar-ta-kal | |
| 11 | [x x x x]-me ša₂ la i-ma-raq-u-ni | |
| 12 | [x x x a]-ki ša₂ šu-tu₂-u-ni | |
| 13 | [x x EN₂] ina UGU i-man-ni-u | |
| 14 | [ina ni]-ip-šu₂ i-kar-ri-ku | |
| 15 | [ina pi-i] ⸢na⸣-hi-ri i-šak-ku-nu | |
| r.e. | ||
| 16 | [ina] ⸢pu⸣-ut mal-ṭi-ri | |
| 17 | [ša] u₂-še-bil-an-ni | |
| 18 | [o] ⸢e⸣-pu-šu₂ | |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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