CT 53, 226 (P313641)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 226 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313641 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king], my lord: your servant Assurbanipal. [Good health] to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Bel and Nabû bless the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | Concerning Rahiṣ-Dadi [about whom] the king, my lord, said: "Let him enter [into] your [presen]ce, interrogate him, and report to me" — I have interrogated him, and he told me as follows: |
| Obverse [5:11] o 66–o 1111 | "The king having sent me, (saying) 'See how the face of Iyazê is, and give him a piece of your mind about those Cimmerians,' I went to see his face: he was very frightened. I said to him about the Cimmerians: 'Why have you removed the Cimmerians?,' and he said as follows: |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | "'The enemy at the side [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | "On account of that he [.....] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | "one was wounded [.....].' |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | "Iyazê [.....] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | "has eaten [.....] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | "[all is] well [.....] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | "they are very glad [.....] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | "the son of Cyaxares [.....] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | "has g[ained] footing [.....] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | "has frightened my heart [.....] |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | "year by ye[ar .....] |
| Obverse [23:24] o 24'24'–o 24'24' | "to Phrao[rtes .....] |
| Obverse [24:25] o 25'25'–o 25'25' | "has g[ained] footing [.....] |
| Obverse [25:26] o 26'26'–o 26'26' | "are [...]. The [city] lord[s .....] |
| Obverse [26:27] o 27'27'–o 27'27' | "[are] fight[ing] with each other [.....] |
| Obverse [27:29] o 28'28'– | "who have assembl[ed .....] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | "They have [taken] two towns [.....]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | "The name of the second one is Kudana; [I don't know] the name of [the first one. The ...] of Iyazê goe[s] with [.....]." |
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 | [a-na LUGAL] be-li₂-ia ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A | |
| 2 | [lu DI-mu] a-na MAN be-li₂-ia aš-šur {d}EN {d}PA | |
| 3 | [a-na] LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu ina UGU {1}ra-hi-iṣ—U.U | |
| 4 | [ša] LUGAL be-li₂-ia iq-bu-ni ma-a le-ru-ub | |
| 5 | [ina pa]-⸢ni⸣-ka ša₂-al-šu qi₂-bi-a a-sa-al-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [ki]-⸢i⸣ an-ni-i iq-ṭi-bi ma-a ša MAN iš-pur-ni-ni | |
| 7 | ⸢ma⸣-a a-mur pa-ni ša₂ {1}ia-ze-e a-ki ma-a ina UGU | |
| 8 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}gi-mir-ra-a.a am-mu-te qi₂-ba-aš₂-šu₂ a-ki | |
| 9 | ⸢ra⸣-mi₃-ni-ka a-ta-lak ma-a pa-ni-šu₂ a-ta-mar | |
| 10 | ⸢ma⸣-a pa-lih₃ a—dan-niš ma-a aq-ṭi-ba-šu₂ ina UGU {lu₂v}gi-⸢mir⸣-[ra-a.a] | |
| 11 | ⸢ma⸣ a-ta-a {lu₂v}gi-mir-a.a ta-ši ma-a ⸢ki-i an⸣-[ni-i] | |
| 12 | iq-ṭi-bi ma-a {lu₂v}KUR₂ i—ba-ti i—ba-ti [x x x x x (x)] | |
| 13 | ina UGU-hi šu-u ma-a šu-tu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | 01 ma-hu-uṣ ma-a a-⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ma-a {1}a.a-ze-e iq-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | ⸢e⸣-ta-⸢kal ma⸣-[a x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | ma-a [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | DI-⸢mu⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19' | ma-a ha-di-u a—dan-⸢niš⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 20' | DUMU {1}u₂-ak-sa-⸢ta⸣-[ar x x x x x x] | |
| 21' | ma-a ina UGU GIR₃.2 it-[ta-lak x x x x x] | |
| 22' | ŠA₃-bi u₂-sa-ag-ri-⸢ri⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 23' | ša MU.AN.NA ša₂ MU.⸢AN⸣.[NA x x x x x] | |
| 24' | ma-a a-na {1}pa-ra-⸢mu⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 25' | ma-a ina UGU GIR₃.2 ⸢it⸣-[ta-lak x x x x x] | |
| 26' | šu₂-nu ma-a {lu₂v}EN—[URU-MEŠ {lu₂v}EN—[URU-MEŠ x x x x x x] | |
| 27' | TA@v a-he-iš qa-⸢ra⸣-[bu x x x x x x x] | |
| 28' | ša ip-hur-[u-ni x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 02 URU-MEŠ u₂-⸢tu₂⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | MU-šu₂ ša₂ 02-tu₂ {uru}ku-⸢da⸣-na MU ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ša {1}a.a-ze-e TA@v u₂-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | il-la-[x] | |
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