CT 53, 229 (P313644)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 229 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313644 |
| 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/saa01 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | As to what you [wrote to me: "[...... |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | def[eat ...... |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | As to what you wr[ote to me: "...... |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | to a ša-šēpi guardsman [...... |
| Obverse [15:18] o 16'16'–o 18'18' | (16) (Break) |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [......] why [...... |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [did] you [lay] hands on Mannaean territory [......? |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [...] this favor [...... |
| Obverse [21:23] o 22'22'– | [which ...] have done [...... |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 23'b.e. 23'–b.e. 24'24' | (23) (Break) |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 25'25'–b.e. 25'25' | [As to ... what y]ou said: "I [...... |
| Bottom [3:5] b.e. 26'26'– | [......] of the Mannaeans [...... |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Is [there] a servant who does not [...] about [......? |
| Reverse [1:9] r 55–r 1212 | [As to] this governor of yours about whom you wrote: "[......]" — he is (my) governor! When he heard that the [......] was vacant, he disappeared, saying: 'Let me go [and grasp the feet of the king of Assyria.' So he did, and once] in Assyria I app[ointed] this person as commander-in-chief [......]. Don't [eunuchs] die in the harem every day? The one who [......] rebelled against you did not succeed [......]. You enthroned the son of Inurta-belu-uṣur in his place and turned [... into ...]. In return, I am going to enthrone this one [......]. |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1313–r 1616 | As to what you wrote: "...[......]; he should tell you!" I have asked him, and he told me: "My crime [...... one of] my colleagues wrote to me: 'Don't [...! ......]' I took fright and didn't say (anything) but fled [......] |
| Reverse [13:20] r 1717–r 22'22' | [As to what you w]rote: "In consideration of what I told him [......], pay back your [......]! With [......]", this is what he told me: "[It is] like this; [when] I fled [......] in the treaty [...... |
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 x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢u₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | šu [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ša [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ki-⸢i⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ša [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ša ⸢taš⸣-[pur-an-ni ma-a x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | a-bi-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ša taš-[pur-an-ni ma-a x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | ina {lu₂v}ša₂—⸢GIR₃⸣.2 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | ⸢ša⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19' | [x x x x x x]-ka a-na ⸢mi⸣-[i-ni x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20' | [x x x] A₂.2-ka ina ŠA₃ {kur}man-na-[a.a tu-bil x x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x] ⸢ṭa⸣-ab-tu an-ni-[tu x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 22' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ e-pu-[šu₂-x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 23' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 24' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 25' | [x x x ša] ⸢taq⸣-bu-u-ni ma-a a-na-ku [x x x x x x x] | |
| 26' | [x x x x] ša {kur}man-na-a.a [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [i-ba-aš₂-ši] {lu₂v}ur-du-u₂ ša\p la ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [ina UGU] {lu₂v}EN.NAM-ka an-ni-u₂ ša taš-pur-[an-ni ma-a x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {lu₂v}EN.NAM šu-u₂ ma-a ki-i iš-mu-u₂-ni ⸢ma⸣-[a x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ra-qu-u₂-ni ma-a ih-tal-qa\d ma-a lal-⸢lik⸣ [GIR₃.2-MEŠ ša LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} la-aṣ-bat] | |
| 8 | ina KUR—aš-šur{ki} an-ni-u₂ a-na {lu₂v}tur-ta-nu-ti ⸢a-sa⸣-[kan x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ša UD-mu ina E₂—MI₂-MEŠ E₂—MI₂-MEŠ la i-mut-tu-u₂ ša ni-[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | bar-tu ina UGU-hi-ka e-pu-šu₂-ni la iš-li\d-ma šu-[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | DUMU {1}{d}MAŠ—EN—PAB ina {giš}GU.ZA ina ku-mu-uš-šu₂ tu-⸢se⸣-[šib x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | tu-ut-te-re tu-u₂-ra a-na-ku a-na an-ni-u₂ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | u₂\m-še-šab-šu₂ ša taš-pur-an-ni ma-a KUR da šu₂ is [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ⸢liq⸣-bak-ka a-sa-ʾa-al-šu₂ ma-a hi-ṭa-a-a ma-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}ki-na-ta-te-⸢ia⸣ is-sap-ra ma-a la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [ma-a] ⸢ap⸣-ta-lah₃ la ⸢ad-bu⸣-ba ah-tal-qa\d [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [ša taš]-pur-an-ni ma-a ina UGU ša aq-ba-aš₂-[šu-ni x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ka sa-ah-hi-ir di\d-i-ni\d ma-a TA@v\m [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [ki-i] ⸢an⸣-ni-e šu-u₂\m iq\d-bi-a ki-i an-ni-[e x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | [ah]-⸢li⸣-qu-u-ni ma-a ina a-de-[e x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-a-te ša\d ni ⸢x x⸣ TA@v\m UD-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21' | [x x x x x] | |
| 22' | [x x x x]-⸢a⸣ TA@v\m pa-ni [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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