CT 53, 157 (P313572)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 157 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313572 |
| 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 [0:3] o 11–o 33 | She will recover through [......]. All is well. [The king, my lord], can be glad. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | To [the king, my lord]: your servant Urad-Nanaya. [Good health] to the king, my lord! May Ninurta and [Gula] g[ive] happiness and ph[ysical] well-being to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] to the kin[g ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Ninurta [...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [King, lo]rd of kings [......]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | There is no f[ault] of mine [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | whatever my fault is [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | to the chief [...] |
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] ina ŠA₃ [x x x] | |
| 2 | ina ⸢x x⸣-a-ti ina [x x x x] | |
| 3 | ta-ba-laṭ DI-mu ⸢ŠA₃⸣-[bu ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | lu DUG₃.GA a-na [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 5 | ARAD-ka {1}ARAD—{d}na-na-a [lu DI-mu] | |
| 6 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia {d}MAŠ u {[d}gu-la] | |
| 7 | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub ⸢UZU⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 8 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia lid-[di-nu] | |
| 9 | [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {d}MAŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | [LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣ LUGAL-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢x⸣+[x x] i-ṣu ri ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢hi-ṭa⸣-a.a la-aš₂-šu₂ lu [x x x] | |
| 6' | mi-i-nu ša hi-ṭa-a.a [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x] ⸢a⸣-na {lu₂v}GAL-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]-nu ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x]-ni ma-a a-[x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x] ⸢ta⸣-mah-ha-⸢aṣ⸣ [x x] | |
Sources & licences
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