CT 53, 149 (P313564)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 149 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313564 |
| 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 1'1'–o 4'4' | May [the goddess DN] subdue [......]; may she day after day, month after month and year after year present the king, my lord, with rejoicing, pride, joy, jubilation and merry mood. |
| Obverse [4:18] o 5'5'– | The driller, whom your royal father shaved, used to enter the ablution chamber, and your royal father put him in charge of the statues as well. Now, he died in Elul (VI). He has left a son (who) is a novice and 'stands with his hair.' Now, if it is acceptable to the king, my lord, let them shave him. The king, my lord, knows that these are the days of the ritual — that is why I am instructing the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [3:9] r 44–r 99 | The priest of the temple of Uraš is not shaved, either. This is the gu[ar]d of a priest: in the old times, if the brothers of the priests appointed by your royal fathers went to the temple of Uraš with him, the assistant priest [......] |
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' | ⸢x x x x⸣ ši lu tas-hu-up UD-mu a-na UD-mi | |
| 2' | ITI a-na ITI MU.AN.NA a-na MU.AN.NA | |
| 3' | ul-ṣu bal-tu hi-du-tu me-lu-lu | |
| 4' | u₃ nu-um-mur ka-bat-ti a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5' | lu ta-qiš {lu₂}GAR.U.U ša LUGAL AD-ka | |
| 6' | u₂-gal-lib-u-ni ina E₂—rin-ki E₂—rin-ki er-rab | |
| 7' | u₃ ina IGI ALAM-MEŠ is-se-niš LUGAL AD-ka | |
| 8' | ip-ti-qid-su u₂-ma-a ina ŠA₃ {iti}KIN | |
| 9' | me-e-te DUMU-šu₂ hur-du i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 10' | {lu₂}di-di-bu-u₂ šu-u₂ TA@v pi-ir-te | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | i-za-az u₂-ma-a | |
| 12' | šum-ma ma-hir ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 13' | lu-gal-li-bu-uš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da ki-i UD-MEŠ-te | |
| 2 | ša dul-li ši-na-ni ina UGU-hi šu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 3 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia us-sah-ki-im | |
| 4 | u₃ {lu₂}SANGA ina E₂—{d}IB la gal-lu-ub | |
| 5 | ⸢ma-ṣar⸣-tu ša {lu₂}SANGA ši-i ina la-⸢bi-ri⸣ | |
| 6 | {lu₂}SANGA-MEŠ-ni ša LUGAL-MEŠ-ni AD-MEŠ-ka | |
| 7 | ⸢u₂⸣-paq-qi₂-du-ni šum-ma ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 8 | ina E₂—{d}IB is-se-e-šu₂ i-⸢tal⸣-[ku] | |
| 9 | {⸢lu₂}SANGA 02-u⸣ {lu₂}⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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