CT 53, 249 (P313664)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 249 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313664 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] my [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] to the cro[wn] prince [...] |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | As soon as your gods [have ...ed] the face of the king, my lord, the king, my lord, will see his statement: a servant who is loyal [to his lord], a servant who [...]s the [...] of h[is lord], a servant who [falls] and die[s] on behalf the house of h[is] lords. |
| Obverse [6:11] o 7'7'–o 11'11' | Now, if on [... the ch]ariot-driver(s) and the 'third men' [com]e before the king, [my] lo[rd], let him be promoted. As to [...], let the overseer of the [...] write [the names of two ch]ariot-drivers and two 'third men' on [...], so that [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] Nabû-mušezib [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x-ia x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢ki⸣-ma DINGIR-MEŠ-ka pa-⸢ni⸣ ša LUGAL EN-⸢ia i⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢pi-i-šu₂⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ em-⸢mar {lu₂v⸣}ARAD ša [TA@v EN-šu₂] | |
| 5' | ⸢ke⸣-nu-u₂-ni {lu₂v}ARAD ša ⸢x⸣ ša EN-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}ARAD ša UGU E₂—⸢EN-MEŠ-šu₂⸣ E₂—⸢EN-MEŠ-šu₂⸣ [i-ma-qa-tu-ni] | |
| 7' | [i]-mu-tu₂-u-ni u₂-ma-a ⸢šum₂-ma ina UGU x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | {[lu₂v]}⸢DIB⸣—PA-MEŠ {[lu₂v]}⸢DIB⸣—PA-MEŠ {lu₂v}03-šu₂-MEŠ ina IGI LUGAL ⸢EN⸣-[ia x x x] | |
| 9' | [il-lak]-u-ni lu-u-sa-te-li ina UGU {giš}[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | 02 {lu₂v]}⸢DIB⸣—PA-MEŠ {lu₂v]}⸢DIB⸣—PA-MEŠ 02 {lu₂v}03-šu₂-MEŠ ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11' | [MU-MEŠ-šu₂]-nu liš-ṭu-ru ba-si ⸢lu⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x {1}{⸢d⸣}PA—mu-še-zib [x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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