CT 53, 172 + 858 (P313587)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 172 + 858 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313587 |
| 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/saa05 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | "[......] went [w]ith them [...] |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | "[... 'Ever s]ince [I ha]ve been on the throne, there has not really been (anybody) you have sent to greet me; (everybody) comes to me [in the na]me of Aššur and your gods.' |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | "He further said: 'I have heard that you are scar[ed]; why are you scar[ed]? Even Rusa did not speak about destroying [your country; nor have I] spoken about it.' |
| Obverse [10:22] o 1111– | "They responded like th[is]: 'Since we are subjects [of Assyria], a foreman of cavalry is [our su]perior. (Only) the houses of Kumme are left to us; [we have authority] over them (only), we cannot put our feet anywhere.'" These were the words spo[ken] by this messenger. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | The following day, Ariye s[po]ke with [A]rizâ and this eunu[ch w]ho is in Kumme: |
| Reverse [5:14] r 66–r 1414 | "They have com[missioned] half of the horses to the messenger; there are no horse[s] (left) for me to review. [...] troops [...... t]o you [......] |
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 x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x i]-si-šu₂-nu i-tal-lak | |
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢TA⸣ be₂-et ina {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 4 | ⸢ka⸣-mu-sa-[ka-ni] ⸢ša⸣ a-na\d DI-me-ia | |
| 5 | taš-pur-ni ma\p-a la-⸢aš₂-šu₂⸣ [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ aš-šur DINGIR-MEŠ-ku-nu | |
| 6 | ina UGU-hi-ia il-lak u₃ ma-a a-se-me | |
| 7 | ma\p-a ig-da-na-ru-[ru] ⸢ma⸣-a a-ta\p-a | |
| 8 | ta\p-ag-da-⸢na-ra⸣-[ra ma]-a {1}ur-sa-a-ma | |
| 9 | ina UGU ha-pe-e ša\y [KUR-ku-nu] | |
| 10 | la id-di-bu-ub [a-na-ku-ma] | |
| 11 | la ad-da\d-bu-ub šu-nu ki-⸢i⸣ [an-ni-e] | |
| 12 | u₂-sa-pi-lu ma-a ki-i ARAD\p-MEŠ\m [KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 13 | a-ni-nu-ni ša—pa-an—{⸢anše⸣}BAD-HAL-lu [ina] UGU-[hi-ni] | |
| 14 | i-lak\p ma-a ⸢E₂-MEŠ⸣ {uru}⸢ku⸣-um-me | |
| 15 | ina UGU-hi-ni kar-[ra ma-a x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | ina UGU-hi ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 17 | ma-a la mu-qa-ni GIR₃.2-MEŠ\m-ni | |
| 18 | a.a-ka-me-ni la ni-šak-kan | |
| r | ||
| 1 | an-nu\d-te\p di-ib-bi | |
| 2 | ša\y {lu₂vy}A—KIN {lu₂vy}A—KIN an-ni-u₂ i-di-bu-⸢ub⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 3 | a-na\t ⸢ša\y⸣-ni-e UD-me {1}a-ri-e | |
| 4 | ina pa-⸢an⸣ {1}a]-⸢ri⸣-za-a ina pa-an {lu₂vy}SAG | |
| 5 | an-ni-[e] ⸢ša\y⸣ ina ŠA₃\p {⸢uru⸣}ku\m-um-me | |
| 6 | i-⸢du⸣-[bu]-ub ⸢ma⸣-a {lu₂vy}A—KIN {lu₂vy}A—KIN [x] | |
| 7 | TA@v\m meš\m-li {⸢anše}KUR.RA ip-taq⸣-[du] | |
| 8 | ma-a {anše}KUR.RA [ša\y] a-⸢ša₂⸣-ru-[u-ni] | |
| 9 | la-⸢aš₂⸣-šu₂ ma-a e-[x x]+⸢x⸣ ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣-ka | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢du⸣ | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣ | |
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