CT 53, 402 (P313816)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 402 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313816 |
| 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/saa21 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......the he]art [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...... the he]art of the guest(s) [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] ... my people [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | he goes [......]. Now then [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | the king, my lord, sent a messenger with me. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Bel-ibni is not my enemy for blood (spilled by me), nor is he my enemy for deaths (caused by me). |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | He says: "Why [did they] appoint [him] over the people here?" — that is why he hates me ...[...]. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | [He has ...ed] their sons and daughters to Arabi[a ...], and the rest he has gathered and brought into [...]. |
| Obverse [12:15] o 13'13'–o 15'15' | Further, he has [...ed] my ... [......]. He ...ed them and made t[hem] be late [...], and (then) [...ed] all those who were late in [...]. He has not released [......]. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 16'16'–o 17'17' | My messenger [......] and all those who cross over to me [.......] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [He does] not [......] what is left of them |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | Now [......] |
| Obverse [19:21] o 20'20'–o 21'21' | con[cerning ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | the king [...] words to [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | the bread about which the king [gave me] orders [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | my mules, my people [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | "...... [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | let him release and go [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | I improved [...]; the peopl[e ......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | I gave [...]; one [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | he came, did not [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | and another time [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | he killed [......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | the troops wh[ich ......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | are stationed [......] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | to the town Mart[ena ......] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [Perhaps the king, my lord], will say: "[......] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | "their people [......] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | "I and [......] |
| Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18' | [A]fter [......] |
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' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢a⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bu ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi ub-ri-[x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢hu⸣-ru\d UN-MEŠ\m-ia₂ [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢il-lak⸣ an-nu-ri\d ⸢x⸣ | |
| 6' | ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x] ina ŠA₃ ⸢hi⸣-sa-te EN re-e-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 7' | LUGAL be-li₂ {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN is-si-ia is-sa-par | |
| 8' | {1}EN—DU₃ la EN—MUD₂-MEŠ\m-ia EN—MUD₂-MEŠ\m-ia u₃ la EN—mu-ta-⸢ti⸣-ia₂ EN—mu-ta-⸢ti⸣-ia₂ šu-u | |
| 9' | ma-a a-ta-a ina UGU UN-MEŠ\m ša an-⸢na-ka⸣ [ip]-taq-⸢du⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 10' | ina UGU-hi šu-u₂ iz-zi-ra-an-ni ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11' | DUMU-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu\d DUMU.MI₂-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu\d a-na ŠA₃ {kur}a-ri-⸢bu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12' | u₃ re-eh-tu₂ ik-ti\t-ri\d-ik\d a-na [x x x x] | |
| 13' | us-se-ri-ib u₃ SAR\p ia u₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | it\m-ta-⸢ṣar⸣-šu₂-nu\d us-sa-mar-ki-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu x x x x x] | |
| 15' | u₃ am—mar im-mar-ku-u-ni ina [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | la u₂-ram-me {lu₂}A—KIN-⸢ia₂⸣ {lu₂}A—KIN-⸢ia₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | u am—mar e-bir-u₂-⸢nin⸣-[ni x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | re-eh-⸢ta⸣-šu₂-nu la [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 19' | u₂-⸢ma⸣-a ⸢ki⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 20' | ina ⸢UGU e⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 21' | u ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢hu⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | LUGAL ⸢dib-bi⸣ a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | NINDA-MEŠ\mm ša LUGAL ṭe₃-e-mu ⸢iš⸣-[kun-an-ni-ni x x x x x] | |
| 4' | {anše}GIR₃.NUN.NA-MEŠ\m-ia UN-MEŠ\mm-ia₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ma-a ⸢ṭe₃ x lil⸣ su [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | lu-⸢ram-me lil-lik am⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | u₂-dam-mi₃-iq UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | at-⸢ti-din⸣ 01-⸢et⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | it-tal-ka la [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | u₃ ša₂-nu-te-[šu₂ x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | id-du-ak\d [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | e-mu-qi₂ ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | šak-nu-u-ni\d [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | a-na {uru}mar-⸢te⸣-[na x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | i-qab-bi ma-a [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | ma-a UN-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | ⸢ma⸣-a ana-ku u [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | [x] ki-ma [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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