CT 53, 823 (P314232)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 823 |
|---|---|
| ID | P314232 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1'1'–o 7'7' | Do not neglect your guard; [you] must be intensely [on your guard]! Yet there is no [......], and you [need not] worry about him! Let the scholar[s] tell [the oracles] to you, whether [good or bad]; Aššur and my gods [will go before you]! A bone in [......]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | Perhaps the scholar [ ......] as far as the city of Marubi[štu ......]. |
| Obverse [9:20] o 10'10'– | Aššur-reš-iši the royal bodyguard [has met with the dignitaries] of Bit-Barru; they dined together, and he [...] [emptied] a cup in the presence of Ki[babaše]. He relates: "[......]; when at my side [......] confusion like [......] these magnates [......] he placed on it [......]. [And] then [...... |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | ......] until [I come]. Now [......] and [send them] to me. |
| Reverse [7:16] r 88–r 1616 | [I am writing to you] right [now]: write me [...... of Aš]pabara [...... o]f enthroning [......, and ...... when] you have concluded [a treaty] with them. And afterwards [...... |
| Edge [0:2] e. 1e. 1–e. 22 | As to what you wrote to me: "[We piled up for them] 600 (homers) of barley with a seah measure" — did you pile it up for them with a seah of 9 litres? [......] the barley so that the barley at their disposal will be [...]. |
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' | [a]-⸢na⸣ EN.⸢NUN-ku-nu la ta⸣-[ši-ṭa EN.NUN-ku-nu] | |
| 2' | lu dan-na-at la-aš₂-šu ma-[x x x x] | |
| 3' | ni-kit-ta-ku-nu TA@v\m pa-ni-šu [lu la-aš₂-šu] | |
| 4' | dul-la-ku-nu ep-ša₂ {lu₂v}um\y-ma-[ni te-re-e-ti] | |
| 5' | ⸢li⸣-qi-bu-nik-ku-nu šum₂\p-ma [x x x x] | |
| 6' | aš-šur DINGIR-MEŠ\m-ia ina pa-na-[tu]-⸢ku⸣-[nu il-lu-ku] | |
| 7' | e-ṣi-in-tu ina {giš}[x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | is—su-ri {lu₂}um\y-ma-⸢nu⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9' | a-du ŠA₃ {uru}mar-u₂-bi-[si x x x x] | |
| 10' | {1}aš-šur—SAG—i-ši {lu₂v}qur-bu-[ti {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ] | |
| 11' | ša\d {kur}E₂—bar-ru-e ma-[x x x x x] | |
| 12' | NINDA-MEŠ TA@v\m a-he-iš e-⸢tak⸣-[lu x x x] | |
| 13' | GU₂\t.ZI ina pa-na-at {1}ki-[ba-ba-še is-si-ti] | |
| 14' | i-da-ab-bu-ub ma-a [x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | ki-i id-du\d-u₂-a [x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | da-la-hu a-ki ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | an-nu-ti\t {lu₂v}GAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi is-sa-kan [x x x x x x x] | |
| 19' | [u₃] ⸢id—da⸣-[a-ti ⸢id—da⸣-[a-ti x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | iš-[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | a-du ⸢E₂⸣ [a-na-ku al-lak-an-ni] | |
| 6 | u₂-ma-a a-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | u₃ ina UGU-hi-⸢ia⸣ [še-bi-la-ni] | |
| 8 | [u₂-ma-a] an-nu-rig\d [a-sap-rak-ku-nu x x] | |
| 9 | [ša {1}aš₂]-pa—ba-ri ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x] ⸢ša⸣ še-šu-bi [x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ina UGU-hi-ia šup-⸢ra⸣-[ni ki-i a-de-e] | |
| 12 | i-si-šu₂-nu taš-ku-na-[ni x x x x x] | |
| 13 | u₃ id—⸢da⸣-[a-ti id—⸢da⸣-[a-ti x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | {lu₂v}⸢SIPA⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | ⸢u₃⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ša taš-pu-ra-⸢ni⸣ [ma-a] 06 me {še}PAD-MEŠ ina ŠA₃ {giš}BAN₂ [ni-du-ub-ka-šu₂-nu] | |
| 2 | ina ŠA₃ {giš}BAN₂ ša 09 qa ta-ad-bu-ka-šu-nu-u₂ {še}PAD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | ba-si {še}PAD-MEŠ ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu lu ta-[x x x] | |
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