CT 53, 111 (P313526)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 111 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313526 |
| 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 king], my lord: [your servant] Nabû-zeru-iddina. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! May [Aššur, Sin], Šamaš, Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord; may they grant the king, my lord, happiness and physical health. |
| Obverse [6:15] o 77– | May the king, my lord, endure forever like Heaven and Earth! May Ištar of Arbela [before the king, my lord's feet] overwhelm whatever enemies there are, may she put [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 99–r 99 | [......] one wrap |
| Reverse [6:8] r 1010– | [......] before Enki |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 11r.e. 11–r.e. 11r.e. 11 | [......] a kettle-drum |
| Right [1:2] r.e. 1212–r.e. 1212 | [......] speaks. |
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}{d}AG—NUMUN—SUM-na | |
| 3 | [lu-u DI-mu a]-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | {[d}aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | [a]-⸢na LUGAL be⸣-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 6 | ⸢ṭu⸣-ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU a-na LUGAL EN-ia liš-ru-ku | |
| 7 | ⸢ki⸣-i AN-e u KI.TIM ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ lu-u da-a-ar | |
| 8 | {⸢d⸣}15 ša {⸢uru}arba⸣-il₃ am—mar {lu₂}KUR₂-MEŠ-ni | |
| 9 | [ina IGI GIR₃.2-MEŠ ša LUGAL EN-ia] ⸢lu⸣-u tu-sa-hi-ip | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x lu-u] ⸢taš⸣-kun | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ka⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-kun | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-du | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ⸢ad ib⸣ hu e 01 {tug₂}DUL | |
| 10 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ pa-an {d}EN.KI | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | [x x x x] ⸢li⸣-li-su-um-ma | |
| 12 | [x x x x] i-dab₂-bu-ub | |
Sources & licences
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