CT 53, 155 (P313570)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 155 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313570 |
| 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 | [As to what the king, my lord], wrote to me: "Have I been purified with (the help of) Urad-Ea [and] these [......]?" — [the gods of the king], my lo[rd], know that, verily, [the king, my lord], has been purified 10 times over! May [the god DN, the lord of the] shining [...], give light to the king, my lord, for numerous [years]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [As to what the king, my lord, wrote] to me: "[...] are being bound to [...] speech against me; |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [the advice ...] that they gave, it (or) anything |
| Obverse [9:15] o 1010– | (10) (Break) |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | [The king, my lord], is made [li]ke a sage; he has understood her [c]ounsels, he has spoken out his [s]ins and been purified. |
| Reverse [4:11] r 55– | [As to what the king], m[y lord], said: "He who [know]s [this] matter should speak out — is it true?" — [who could possibly give] any kind of counsel to the sun? "He who talks [lie]s and rubbish to the king, [his stance] is (unsteady as) a storm, and his front is (shifting like) the wind." |
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 | [ša LUGAL be-li] iš-pur-an-ni ma-a TA@v {1}ARAD—{⸢d⸣}E₂.A | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] an-nu-ti a-na-ku az-zu-ku | |
| 3 | [DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ MAN] ⸢EN⸣-ia lu ud-di-u₂ šum₂-ma a-di 10-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [LUGAL be-li] la iz-ku-u-ni | |
| 5 | {[d}x EN x x]+⸢x⸣ nam-ri a-na MAN EN-ia | |
| 6 | [MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ma]-aʾ-da-a-ti lu-u-nam-mir | |
| 7 | [ša LUGAL be-li iš-pur]-an-ni ma-a a-na di-ib-bi | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ik-ka-aṣ-ṣu-ru ina UGU-hi-ia₂ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ im-lik-u-ni šu₂-u mi-mi-ni | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x] i-ba-aš₂-⸢ši⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | [x x x x x] ⸢TUR⸣ i-ba-aš₂-[ši] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x] di-ib-bi la e-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] ta-ri-⸢ṣi⸣ | |
| 2 | [LUGAL be-li ki]-i NUN.ME e-pi-iš | |
| 3 | [x x x mi]-⸢il⸣-ka-ni-ša₂ ih-ti-kim | |
| 4 | [x x hi-ṭa]-ti-šu₂ i-du-bu-ub i-zu-ku | |
| 5 | [ša LUGAL be]-⸢li⸣ iq-bu-u-ni ma-a ša₂ a-bu-tu₂ | |
| 6 | [an-ni-tu₂ u₂-du-u]-ni liq-bi ket-tu-u ši-i | |
| 7 | [man-nu šu]-⸢u₂⸣ a-na {d}UTU-šu₂ mil-ku la mil-ku | |
| 8 | [i-mal-lik] ⸢ma⸣-a ša it-ti LUGAL i-da-bu-ba | |
| 9 | [su-ul]-⸢le⸣-e u sur-ra-a-ti | |
| 10 | [i-šid-su] ⸢me⸣-hu-u u₃ pa-na-as-su | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | [o] ša₂-a-ru | |
Sources & licences
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