CT 53, 241 (P313656)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 241 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313656 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | If the moon at its appearance [is ...]: the ruler [will have] no opponent. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | The interpretation of the observation [of the moon and the sun] is [as follows]: |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | If the moon is not seen with the sun [on the 14th] of Tam[muz (IV)]: the king will be shut up [in his palace]. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'–o 10'10' | If [the moon] and sun [are seen] together on the 15th day: a powerful enemy will raise [his] weapons [against the land] and destroy the sanctuaries [of the great gods]. |
| Obverse [10:17] o 11'11'–o 17'17' | Furthermore, from [the month Nisan (I)], the beginning of the pr[evious] year, (when) the gods s[aw] each other, until the [past] month Iyyar (II) they saw ea[ch other] during the 15th day. [The interpretation] of these [observations] is as follows: |
| Obverse [17:21] o 18'18'– | If the moon [keeps setting] while the sun rises: the reign of the king will come to an end, there will be year[s of struggle] and his country [will experience severe] famine. |
| Bottom [1:5] b.e. 21'21'– | (Now) in the month Tammuz (IV), the day refers to [the Westland], and the month refers to Assyria [...]; good [for ......]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Concerning what the k[ing my lord, wrote to me ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ina [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | 1 30 ina ⸢IGI.LAL-šu₂⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | NUN GABA.RI NU [TUK x x x] | |
| 4' | ša ⸢ta-mar-ti⸣ 30 u {d}UTU ki-i an-ni-i] | |
| 5' | pi-šir₃-šu₂ 1 30 ina {⸢iti}ŠU⸣ [UD 14-KAM₂\t] | |
| 6' | KI {d}UTU NU IGI-ir LUGAL [ina E₂.GAL-šu₂] | |
| 7' | u₂-tas-sar 1 UD 15-[KAM₂\t {d}30 | |
| 8' | u {d}UTU KI a-ha-meš [IGI.LAL-MEŠ] | |
| 9' | {lu₂}KUR₂ dan-nu {giš}TUKUL-[MEŠ-šu₂ ana KUR] | |
| 10' | i-na-aš₂-ša₂-a BARAG-MEŠ [DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ] | |
| 11' | i-na-qar u₃ TA@v ⸢ŠA₃⸣-[bi {iti}BARAG] | |
| 12' | re-eš MU.AN.NA ša-[ni-ti ki-ma] | |
| 13' | DINGIR-MEŠ a-he-iš e-⸢ta⸣-[am-ru] | |
| 14' | a-du ŠA₃-bi {iti}GUD [an-ni-i] | |
| 15' | ina ŠA₃-bi UD 15-KAM₂\t ⸢a⸣-[he-iš] | |
| 16' | e-ta-am-ru ša [ta-mar-a-ti] | |
| 17' | an-na-te ki-i an-[ni-i pi-šir₃-šu₂] | |
| 18' | 1 30 ina {d}UTU.E₃ {d}UTU.E₃ [ŠU₂.ŠU₂-bi] | |
| 19' | BALA LUGAL TIL MU.AN.[NA-MEŠ ip-pi-ri] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20' | GAL₂-MEŠ KUR-su SU.KU₂ [dan-na IGI] | |
| 21' | ina {iti}ŠU UD-mu ša {[kur}MAR.TU{ki]} | |
| 22' | ITI ša KUR—aš-šur{[ki} x x x x] | |
| 23' | du-un-⸢qu⸣ [ša x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ši ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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