CT 53, 151 (P313566)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 151 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313566 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | To the ki[ng], my [lor]d: your servant Nabû-[ze]ru-uṣur, the scribe of the palace supervisor. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | The herders of donkey mares used to stand in front of the palace, at the entrance, selling covered donkeys. |
| Obverse [9:17] o 1010–o 1717 | Now they refuse to stand (there), saying: "The governor told us in front of Nineveh, 'Should I (henceforth) see you in the palace, I shall crush your skulls.' A bodyguard should come to us and take us (there). Otherwise we shall not go (there)." |
| Obverse [17:23] o 1818– | The earli[er] donkeys which were in their charge [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] them |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] "You shall stand [...]" |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | [...] I cannot stand [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be]-⸢li₂⸣-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{⸢d⸣}[PA]—⸢NUMUN⸣—PAB | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}A.BA ša {lu₂v}ša₂—IGI—E₂.GAL | |
| 4 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 5 | {d}60 u {d}ŠU₂ a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 6 | lik-ru-bu | |
| 7 | {lu₂v}SIPA-ME {mi₂}ANŠE-ME | |
| 8 | ina IGI E₂.GAL ina IGI ne₂-ri-bi | |
| 9 | i-za-zu-u-ni {anše}ha-lup-MEŠ SUM-u-ni | |
| 10 | u₂-ma-a la i-ma-gu-ru la i-za-zu | |
| 11 | ma-a {lu₂v}EN.NAM ina IGI {uru}NINA | |
| 12 | ⸢iq⸣-ṭi-ba-na-ši ma-a ina ŠA₃ E₂.GAL | |
| 13 | a-ta-mar-ku-nu gul-gu-lat-ku-nu | |
| 14 | u₂-mar-ra-qa ma-a {lu₂v}qur-ZAG | |
| 15 | [ina] UGU-hi-ni lil-li-ka [o] | |
| 16 | ⸢lu⸣-u-bi-la-na-ši | |
| 17 | ⸢ma⸣-a šum-ma la-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 18 | ⸢la⸣ ni-lak ANŠE-ME pa-ni-u-[te] | |
| 19 | ⸢ša⸣ ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu [x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20 | ⸢x⸣ mu ub-ta-[x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x] ⸢ik⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ HAR | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x] zu | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ta-za-za | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x] la e-mu-qa-a.a | |
| 8' | [x x la] ⸢a⸣-za-za | |
Sources & licences
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