CT 53, 289 (P313704)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 289 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313704 |
| 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 lord [......] |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [May they ...] the enemy of the king, [my] lord, (and) [establish] a good name to the k[ing, my lord]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | The gods of the king, my lord, will finish off [... and deliver them] to the ki[ng, my lord]! |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | When king, my lord, [sent] a message [to me], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | ... a crime in [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | All the gods of the k[ing ......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | de[livered ...] to the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | We have sent Umitê to [......]. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 11'11'–o 13'13' | The moment th[at the gods of the king], my lord, established a good name to [..., ......] to me |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'– | there [......] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 15'b.e. 15'–b.e. 15'b.e. 15' | thi[s ......] |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 16'16'–b.e. 16'16' | I wrote [......] |
| Bottom [2:3] b.e. 17'17'–b.e. 17'17' | what [......] |
| Bottom [3:5] b.e. 18'18'– | [...] life [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | appoints [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | I have sent [......]. The king, [my] l[ord] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | knows everything [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | I am [......]. May the king, my lord, do as [he deems best]. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 55–r 99 | As to the Ar[abs about whom] we wrote to the king, my lord, [...], because of the raid that [......], Ammi-leti of Napisu [and PN] the Mas'ean have returned [...]. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | Before us, 130 [...]-men [...] from Amrâ, the king of [...]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | raids [......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | of Ammu-la[din ......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | May the gods of the king, my lord, [......]! |
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' | ⸢EN-ia₂ ta-x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {lu₂}KUR₂ ša LUGAL EN-[ia₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | šu-mu dam-qa a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia₂ i-šak-ku-nu] | |
| 4' | DINGIR-MEŠ ša LUGAL EN-ia₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | u₂-gam-mu-ru a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia₂ id-du-nu] | |
| 6' | ši-pir-ti E₂ LUGAL be-li₂ [iš-pur-an-ni] | |
| 7' | pa-zu-u hi-ṭu ina ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 8' | gab-bi DINGIR-MEŠ ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9' | a-na LUGAL EN-ia₂ it-[x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | {1}u₂-mi-te-e a-na [x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | ni-sa-par ši-mu-nu ⸢ša⸣ [DINGIR-MEŠ ša LUGAL] | |
| 12' | EN-ia₂ šu-mu dam-qa ⸢a⸣-[na x x x x x] | |
| 13' | iš-kun-u-nu a-na ⸢a⸣.[a-ši x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15' | an-ni-[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | as-pur-⸢an⸣-[ni x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | ⸢mi⸣-i-ni [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x] nap-ša₂-te [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-pa-qid ina UGU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | as-sap-ra LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | gab-bi u₂-di di-du-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | a-na-ku LUGAL be-li₂ ki-i ⸢ša⸣ [i-la-ʾu-nu] | |
| 5 | le-pu-šu₂ ina UGU ar-⸢ba⸣-[a.a ša a-na] | |
| 6 | LUGAL EN-ia ni-is-pur-an-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | TA@v pa-ni mi-ih-iṣ ša ⸢mi⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 8 | {1}am—li-ta na-pi-ša₂-a.a {1}x x x x] | |
| 9 | maš-ʾa-a.a is-su-hu-ru-nu [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ina pa-ni-ni 01 me 30 {lu₂}[x x x x x] | |
| 11 | TA@v {1}am-ra-aʾ LUGAL ša [x x x x x] | |
| 12 | mi-ih-zi-a-ni ⸢di⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ša {1}am-mu-u—la-[din x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | DINGIR-MEŠ ša LUGAL EN-ia₂ ⸢lik⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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