CT 53, 150 (P313565)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 150 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313565 |
| 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/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [... about whom the king, my lord, wro]te to me: "[......] — I hear and obey. |
| Obverse [3:12] o 4'4'–o 12'12' | Let one of the eunuchs come out and give them orders. And regarding the brick masons, there are many outriders available: the outriders from Ub[...], the outriders of the Pa[lace], (and) the exempt [...]. If it is acceptable to the [king, my lord] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | let them come [...], |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | lest they will tell the king, [my] lord, in the autumn, in Tishri (VII): "The outr[iders] have not come in." |
| Reverse [6:13] r 77–r 1313 | May the king command Aššur-naṣir and Danî that they station in the k[ing] my lord's presence the bodyguards who went to them last year. May the king [giv]e them orders to go (and) [fet]ch them [...]. |
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 ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš]-⸢pur⸣-an-ni | |
| 2' | [ma-a x x x x x]-MEŠ-ni | |
| 3' | [x x a]-⸢na-ku as-sa⸣-nam-me | |
| 4' | 01-en {lu₂v}SAG-MEŠ lu-ṣi-a | |
| 5' | ṭe₃-e-mu liš-kun-šu₂-nu | |
| 6' | u₃ ina UGU {lu₂}u₂-ra-si | |
| 7' | {lu₂}kal-lap qur-bu | |
| 8' | {lu₂}kal-lap ma-aʾ-⸢da⸣ | |
| 9' | {lu₂}kal-lap {uru}ub-[x] | |
| 10' | {lu₂}kal-lap ša E₂.[GAL] | |
| 11' | {lu₂}zu-⸢ku⸣ [x] | |
| 12' | šum-ma ma-hi-ir ina IGI [LUGAL EN-ia₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13' | u₂-⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | li-⸢il-li⸣-ku-u-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3 | ku-um ina tak-ri-ma-⸢a⸣-[ti] | |
| 4 | ina {iti}DU₆ a-na LUGAL EN-[ia] | |
| 5 | iq-ab-bu-ni ma-a {lu₂}kal-[lap-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | la e-rab-⸢u₂⸣-ni | |
| 7 | a-na {1}aš-šur—PAB-ir a-[na] {1}da-ni-i | |
| 8 | LUGAL li-iq-bi {⸢lu₂}qur⸣-ZAG-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ša MU.IM.MA ina ⸢UGU⸣-[hi]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu | |
| 10 | il-lik-u-ni ina IGI ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia₂ | |
| 11 | ⸢lu⸣-ša₂-zi-zu LUGAL ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 12 | [liš]-⸢kun⸣-šu₂-nu lil-li-ku | |
| 13 | [x x li]-⸢bu⸣-ku-u-niš-šu₂-nu | |
Sources & licences
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