CT 53, 146 (P313561)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 146 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313561 |
| 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-ahhe-er]iba. [Good health to the king], my [lord. My Nabû and] Marduk bless [the king], my [lo]rd! |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | [Concerning] the large field [of the Ass]yrians [about which the king], my lord, wrote to me: "It was a very productive field; who is removing the grain?" — |
| Obverse [12:21] o 1313– | the farmers who seeded the fields do not revere Adad any more; that is why he let a lightning bolt strike down (and devastate the field). |
| Reverse [2:8] r 33–r 88 | Since the king, my lord, commanded (so), an exorcist should perform the (ritual called) "Purification of the Field," and he should at the same time [also] perform the (apotropaic ritual called) "Evil of a Stroke of Lightning." |
| Reverse [8:15] r 99–r 1515 | As to what the king, my lord, wrote me: "Visit me the first day I am unoccupied" — may Aššur, Bel and Nabû give the king, my lord, long days and happiness; [may] they [bring] your enemies to [submission] before [your feet]! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ]—⸢SU⸣ | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | [a—dan-niš {d]}⸢PA⸣ {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 5 | [a-na LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-ia | |
| 6 | [lik-ru]-bu | |
| 7 | [ina UGU] ⸢A⸣.ŠA₃ GAL | |
| 8 | [ša {lu₂}aš₂]-⸢šu⸣-ra-a.a | |
| 9 | [ša LUGAL] be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 10 | [ma-a A].ŠA₃ id-di-mi₃-iq | |
| 11 | a—⸢dan⸣-niš {še}PAD-MEŠ | |
| 12 | man-nu u₂-pa-sa-ak | |
| 13 | {lu₂}ENGAR-ME ša {še}⸢NUMUN⸣ | |
| 14 | i-ru-šu-u-ni | |
| 15 | a-ka-an-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | ana {d}IM <$x ni$> | |
| 17 | la i-pal-⸢lu-hu⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina ŠA₃-bi šu-u | |
| 2 | i-ša₂-tu₂ ⸢u₂⸣-sa-⸢an⸣-[qit] | |
| 3 | TA@v ma-ṣi LUGAL | |
| 4 | be-li₂ iq-bu-u-ni | |
| 5 | {lu₂v}MAŠ.MAŠ tak-pi-ti | |
| 6 | u₂-ga-ri le-pu-[uš] | |
| 7 | HUL mi₃-[qit]-ti ⸢i⸣-[ša₂-ti] | |
| 8 | is-se-niš le-pu-[uš-ma] | |
| 9 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-⸢an-ni⸣ | |
| 10 | ma-a UD-mu 01-en ki-ma | |
| 11 | ra-qa-ak ina pa-ni-ia | |
| 12 | er-ba {d}aš-šur EN {d}PA | |
| 13 | UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ DUG₃.GA ŠA₃-bi | |
| 14 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lid-di-nu | |
| 15 | ⸢a.a⸣-bi-ka ina ša₂-pal | |
| 16 | [GIR₃.2-ka lu-šak-ni]-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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