CT 53, 106 (P313521)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 106 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313521 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant [Mar-Issar]. Good health to the king, my lord! May [Nabû and Marduk] bless the king, my lord! May [the great gods] bestow [long] days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55–o 1414 | The work on the god [...]... has be[gun]; Šarrahitu is completed. The [...] of the king, my lord, and Belet ekalli [are] not [finished]. We [are] work[ing] on Zababa. Uraš, Eragal and Lugal[marada] are in the hands of the masters. All the [......] which is being done in Esag[gil ......] |
| Reverse [3:7] r 4'4'–r 7'7' | They are transporting asphalt to A[kk]ad from the country of I[tu'u]; and the inhabitants of Akkad are glazing and gilding kiln-fired bricks. |
| Reverse [7:12] r 8'8'–r 12'12' | The governor of I[tu'u] has now removed the mud-brick masons, and Gabbaru has removed the canal inspector whom the father of the king, [my lo]rd, had appointed to Akkad. The king, my lord, should know this. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢a-na⸣ LUGAL EN-ia₂ ARAD-ka {1}DUMU—{d}15 | |
| 2 | lu-u DI-mu a-na MAN EN-ia₂ {[d}PA u {d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 3 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ lik-ru-bu UD-⸢me⸣ [ar-ku-te] | |
| 4 | ṭu-ub UZU u₃ hu-ud ŠA₃-bi [DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | a-na MAN EN-ia₂ liš-ru-ku dul-lu ⸢ša⸣ | |
| 6 | {d}⸢x⸣.IB.KAD₃-an-ni-e re-e-[šu₂ it-ta-ṣu] | |
| 7 | {d}⸢šar⸣-ra-hi-i-ti ⸢ga⸣-mir ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ša MAN EN-ia₂ {⸢d⸣}NIN.⸢E₂⸣.GAL la [ga-am-ru] | |
| 9 | a-ni-nu ⸢dul-lu ša⸣ {d}ZA.BA₄.BA₄ [ne₂-ep-pa-aš₂] | |
| 10 | {d}IB {d}⸢IR₃.RA⸣.GAL {[d]}LUGAL.[MARAD.DA] | |
| 11 | ina ŠU.2 {lu₂v}um-ma-a-ni [x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | am—mar ina {e₂}sag-[gil₂ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ep-ša₂-tu-u-[ni] šu-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [a]-ni-nu ni-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}EN.[NAM x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ESIR.⸢E₃.A⸣ TA@v ŠA₃ {kur}⸢i⸣-[tu₂-ʾe] | |
| 5' | a-na {uru}⸢ak-kad⸣ i-⸢zab-bi⸣-[lu] | |
| 6' | u₃ {lu₂v}{uru}ak-kad-u-a e-bir-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 7' | i-šah₃-hu-⸢ṭu⸣ i-sa-ak-ki-[ru] | |
| 8' | u₂-ma-a {lu₂v}EN.NAM ša {kur}⸢i⸣-[tu₂-ʾe] | |
| 9' | {lu₂v}u₂-ra-si ip-tu-ag u₃ [o] | |
| 10' | {lu₂v}GU₂.GAL ša AD-šu₂ ša MAN ⸢EN⸣-[ia₂] | |
| 11' | ina ŠA₃ {uru}ak-kad ip-qid-u-[ni] | |
| 12' | {1}gab-ba-ru ip-tu-⸢ag⸣ | |
| 13' | LUGAL be-li₂ lu-u u₂-⸢di⸣ | |
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