CT 53, 390 (P313804)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 390 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313804 |
| 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/saa13 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [May the god ... who] g[oes before] him bless the king, [my] lord. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | (It is) for 1,000 years [that the king] will rule the wh[ole extent] of the universe [and all] the lands of the four quarters. |
| Obverse [5:21] o 6'6'– | Moreover, Mullissu, mother of mercy, and Šerua, who intercedes for the king, and all the other gods who [sit with Aššur], your god, in judgment, [have gone out] safely [and come back] in fine condition. They have completed [their days. All the gods] have taken up residence in their dwelling(s). [Now] every day they have blessed [the king, my lord. All is ve]ry [well]. The king, my lord, can be [very] pleased. |
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' | [ša ina pa-ni]-šu₂ il-[la-ku-ni] | |
| 2' | ⸢a-na LUGAL⸣ EN-⸢ia⸣ [lik-ru-bu] | |
| 3' | 01 lim MU.AN.NA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša LUGAL] | |
| 4' | kiš-šu₂-ut kal ⸢gi-im⸣-[ri u₃] | |
| 5' | KUR.KUR kib-⸢rat⸣ erbe-[ti ka-la-ma] | |
| 6' | i-rad-du-u-ni ⸢u₃⸣ {d}NIN.LIL₂ | |
| 7' | AMA rem₂-ni-tum {d}⸢še⸣-ru-u-a | |
| 8' | ⸢ṣa⸣-bi-ta-at ab-bu-ut-ti LUGAL | |
| 9' | ⸢u₃⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ gab-bu am—mar | |
| 10' | [ša TA@v {d}aš-šur] ⸢DINGIR⸣-ka ina pur-se-e | |
| 11' | [uš-ša-bu]-ni ina šul-me | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12' | [it-tu-ṣi]-⸢u₂⸣ ina ša₂-lim-ti | |
| 13' | [e-tar]-⸢bu⸣ us-sa-⸢li⸣-mu | |
| 14' | [UD-me-šu₂-nu] ina šub-ti-šu₂-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [DINGIR-MEŠ gab]-⸢bu⸣ it-tuš-bu | |
| 2 | [u₂-ma-a] ik—kal—UD-me ik—kal—UD-me ik—kal—UD-me | |
| 3 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] ik-tar-bu | |
| 4 | [DI-mu a—dan]-niš ŠA₃-bu ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 5 | [EN-ia a—dan-niš] lu-u DUG₃.GA-šu₂ | |
Sources & licences
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