CT 53, 187 (P313602)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 187 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313602 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [May Nab]û and M[arduk bless the king, my lord!] |
| Obverse [1:6] o 22–o 66 | [Concerning] the tablets of [the series ... and] the non-canonical tablets [...... of which] I s[poke] to the king, my lord, they have now been brought. [If] it pleases [the king], m[y lord], let them b[ring them in, and let the king, my lord], have a look. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | Later [I shall collect] the Akkadian [writing-b]oards [......] and the Assyrian [writing-board]s [......], and I shall write the tablets [...]. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111– | [......] from here [......]. Let the king, my lord, [...]. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | [And concerning what the k]ing, my lord, [wrote to me]: "Let [all the omens] be e[xtracted]," — should I at the same time [copy] the [tab]let of non-canonical [omens of wh]ich [I spoke? Or should I write them] on a secondary tablet? [Wh]at is it that the king, my lord, [orders]? |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [The moon wh]ich (just) became visible, [portends] well-being [......]. Let the [king], my lo[rd], have a look at the writing-board, I [myself] shall see [whatever (else) there is] to it. (The omens are as follows:) |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | If the moon at his appearance [wears] a cro[wn. If the moon becomes vi]sible [on the 1st day]; |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | If the moon's position at its appearance [is stable]; |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [If] it rains [on the day] of the moon's disappearance. [If ......]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | Let the king l[ook up] their [interpreta]tions [and be glad]. |
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 | {[d]}⸢AG⸣ u₃ {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU a-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-[ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 2 | [ina UGU] ⸢DUB⸣-MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [u₃] ⸢DUB⸣-MEŠ a-hu-u₂-[ti x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [ša] ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ ⸢aq⸣-[bu-u-ni] | |
| 5 | [u₂-ma]-a an-nu-rig na-⸢ṣu⸣-[ni šum-ma ina IGI LUGAL] | |
| 6 | [EN]-⸢ia₂⸣ ma-hi-ir lu-še-[ri-bu-šu₂-nu LUGAL be-li₂] | |
| 7 | [le]-⸢e⸣-mur ha-ra-me-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | {[giš]}⸢ZU⸣-MEŠ URI{ki}u₂-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | {[giš}ZU]-MEŠ aš-šur{ki}u₂-ti [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x] ⸢DUB⸣-MEŠ la-aš₂-ṭur [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x] ⸢TA@v⸣ an-na-kam₂\t-ma ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 12 | [LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣ li-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [u₃ ina UGU ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ [iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 2 | [ma-a x x x] li-in-[x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x MU-MEŠ a]-⸢hu⸣-u₂-ti ⸢ša⸣ [aq-bu-u-ni] | |
| 4 | [x ṭup]-⸢pa⸣-šu₂-nu is-se-niš ⸢la⸣-[aš₂-ṭu-ru] | |
| 5 | [u₂-la-a] ina ṭup-pi ša₂-ni-im-⸢ma⸣ [la-aš₂-ṭur] | |
| 6 | [mi-i]-nu ša LUGAL be-li₂ [i-qab-bu-u-ni] | |
| 7 | {[d}30 ⸢ša⸣ in-na-mir-u-ni a-na ⸢šul⸣-[me x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [LUGAL be]-li₂ ina {giš}ZU le-e-[mur ana-ku-ma mi-i-nu] | |
| 9 | [ši]-⸢ti⸣-ni la-mur 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ ⸢AGA⸣ [a-pir 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂] | |
| 10 | [IGI].⸢LAL⸣ 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ KI.GUB-su [GI.NA GUB-iz] | |
| 11 | 1 ina UD].NA₂.AM₃ UD].NA₂.AM₃ A.AN ŠUR-nun [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [pi]-⸢šir₃⸣-šu₂-nu LUGAL ⸢le⸣-[e-mur x x x x x] | |
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