CT 53, 238 (P313653)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 238 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313653 |
| 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/saa15 · 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, m]y [lord]: your servant [Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, m]y [lord]! The pac[k-animals and the se]rvants of the king are well. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | The king, my lord, wrote to me: "[Be very atte]ntive!" At the command of the ki[ng, my lord], I have gathered [the servants o]f Bit-Dakkuri and [cla]imed authority over them. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | Yet Nabû-taklak has al[so cla]imed authority over al[l] the servants [of ...], saying: "They should do as I command, [the house] of my lord should not exercise authority (over them)." |
| Obverse [8:13] o 99–o 1313 | All the servants of [...] are city-dwellers; they sta[nd] before us and say: "[I]f Nabû-taklak is to govern u[s], we shall go [t]o the king, our lord; [...] the king, our lord, should govern us." |
| Obverse [13:17] o 1414–o 1717 | A[ll ...] and the servants of Bit-[Dakkuri] do not s]ubmit [under his rule]. Yet at the same t[ime ...... th]ere are servants o[f ... who] are devote[d to Nabû]-taklak [......] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [...] a slave ... [......] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [...] Marduk-zera-ibni [......] |
| Obverse [19:22] o 2020–o 2222 | [...] a fort [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣ ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}LUGAL—IGI.LAL-a-ni] | |
| 2 | [lu DI-mu ana LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣ DI-mu a-na\t {⸢anše⸣}[a-ṣa-pi DI-mu] | |
| 3 | [a-na {lu₂v]}⸢ARAD⸣-MEŠ\m ša\dm LUGAL LUGAL EN is-[sap-ra] | |
| 4 | [ma-a na-ah]-⸢ri⸣-da ina UGU pi-i ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 5 | {[lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ] ⸢ša⸣ E₂—{1}da-kur up-ta-hi-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 6 | [x u₂]-⸢sa⸣-aš₂-liṭ u₃ {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ gab\p-[bu] | |
| 7 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ u₂ EN in {1}{d}PA—tak-lak-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 8 | [u₂-sa]-aš₂-liṭ ma-a ina UGU pi-ia le-pu-[šu] | |
| 9 | [ma-a E₂]—EN-e-a E₂]—EN-e-a lu la i-ša₂-liṭ {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ\m [ša] | |
| 10 | [x x] ⸢gab⸣-bi URU-a.a šu-nu ina pa-ni\d-ni\d i-za-[zu] | |
| 11 | [ma-a šum]-ma {1}{d}PA—tak-lak i-ra-da-na-[ši] | |
| 12 | [ma-a ina] UGU LUGAL be-li-ni\d ni-lak ma-a [x x] | |
| 13 | [LUGAL] EN-e-ni li-ir\d-da-na-ši [x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x]-bi u₃ {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ ša ⸢E₂—x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 15 | [la i]-⸢kan⸣-nu-šu₂\d u₃\m is-se-[niš x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x i]-ba-ši {lu₂v}ARAD-MEŠ\m ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 17 | {1}{d}PA]—tak-lak am-⸢ru\d⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {lu₂v}QAL₃ kal [x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—NUMUN\d—DU₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 20 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ka-du ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ka-ni [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 22 | [x x x x]-u-ni [x x x x x x x x x] | |
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