CT 53, 327 (P313742)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 327 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313742 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king, my lord]: your [servant Šamaš-upahhir]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [2:10] o 33–o 1010 | As to [the measurements] of the b[ull coloss]i about which the king [my lord wrote to] me, the length of the first bu[ll colossus] is [x] and a half royal [cubits], [its] widt[h is x]; from the length and the width [x] cubits and a half have been finished. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | [Another] colossus: [length is] 9.5 cubits; from its other side t[o the r]iver [......] cubits [...... |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [a bull colossus: length is x cubits], width [x cubits]; |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | a bull colossus: [length] 10.[5 cubits], width 5 cubits; [in the c]ity [of ...]; |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | a bull colossus: [length] 10 cu[bits], width 5 cubits; [...] the land of Habruri. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 6'6'– | [In all] eight bull colossi of the magnates [remai]ning. We have [not] yet detached them [from] the r[ock]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}{d}UTU—u₂-pa-hir₂] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣-u ⸢DI⸣-[mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | ina UGU [na-ma-da-a-te] | |
| 5 | ša {⸢na₄⸣}{[d}ALAD.{d}LAMA]-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ša\d ⸢LUGAL\d⸣ [be-li₂ iš-pur-an]-ni | |
| 7 | 01-en {na₄}{⸢d⸣}[ALAD.{d}LAMA x ina 01 KUŠ₃]—MAN KUŠ₃]—MAN | |
| 8 | ru-ṭu GID₂.DA-šu₂ ⸢DAGAL⸣-[šu₂ x x] | |
| 9 | TA@v\m ŠA₃ GID₂.DA TA@v\m ŠA₃ ⸢DAGAL⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | [x ina] 01 KUŠ₃ ru-ṭu gam-ru ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 11 | 01-en] {⸢na₄⸣}{<:.({d}ALAD.{d}LAMA)>} 09 ina 01 KUŠ₃ ru-ṭu | |
| 12 | [GID₂.DA TA] ŠA₃ 02 bat-te-šu₂ a-[na] ⸢ID₂⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x ina] 01 KUŠ₃ i tu₂ ši [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | {⸢na₄⸣}{<:.({d}ALAD.{d}LAMA)>} 10 [ina 01 KUŠ₃ ru-ṭu] 05 ina 01 KUŠ₃ | |
| 3' | [ina] {⸢uru⸣}[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | {[na₄]}{<:.({d}ALAD.{d}LAMA)>} 10 ina] 01 KUŠ₃ 05 ina 01 KUŠ₃ | |
| 5' | [pa]-⸢an⸣ {kur}hab-⸢ru⸣-ri | |
| 6' | [PAB] 08 {na₄}{d}ALAD.{d}LAMA-MEŠ\m | |
| 7' | [re]-⸢hu⸣-te ša\d {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | [x KUR]-u u₂-di-i-ni | |
| 9 | [la] nu-pat-ta | |
Sources & licences
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